Alien Invasion Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)

By: William Wood and Eric Reitan and Stephen Parks and John Walters and Angus McIntyre and Rich Larson and Bo Balder and Jennifer Rachel Baumer and Maria Haskins and Suo Hefu and Rachael K. Jones and Claude Lalumière and Sunil Patel and Laura Pearlman and Tim Pieraccini and S. A. Westerley

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Synopsis: New authors and collections. Visitors from other planets have long obsessed us. H.G. Wells&’ War of Worlds spawned a huge wave of speculative fiction but the roots of such fears run deep in our literature, where the mysteries of other cultures have long threatened the familiar and the comfortable. Did aliens build the ancient pyramids? do they live amongst us today? what happens when they invade? And are they just the people from the next valley? or country? or planet? Would it be an inevitable act of aggression, one of assistance and care, or simply a reminder of our paltry existence in a crowded universe? Flame Tree&’s successful Gothic Fantasy series brings a brilliant new mix of classic and new writing, in this beautiful edition. These new authors appear alongside the following classic and essential writers: George Tomkyns Chesney, George Allan England, Austin Hall, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, Robert Potter, Garrett P. Serviss, Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, H.G. Wells; along with text from The Taking of Ireland (retold tales from The Book of Invasions).