Transient Tales Volume 4

The fourth in the Transient Tales series collects 11 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between. Volume 4 features a life coach to the Gods, a ghost-disposal expert, a time gambler, a singing slug, a cunningly-disguised space teleport device, a girl who can eat anything, an inter-dimensional auction, a suburban demon infestation, a Garden of Eden where everyone can be God, a long-suffering Memory Transfer Manager, and a life-saving zombie. Congratulations on Your Apotheosis Being an all-powerful superbeing might be better than working retail, but Sharon’s still bored. All she wants is an arch-enemy, so that they can fight an epic, eternal battle across space and time. Is that so much to ask? The Visiphorical Art All of life is art and no one wants to die. Not even the ghosts. You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance Some people (and insurance companies) think going into the Time Pocket is reckless, but maybe it’s worth the ris. Black Thumb Debra thinks there’s nothing for a slug to feed on, in her blighted garden. She’s wrong. Out Shopping in Hyperspace It seems like Mia’s the only one who recognises her father’s genius. But she’s not giving up. Jeanette's Feast Gavin’s heard that cockroaches can survive anything. Maybe even his family. Free to Loving Home (Donation Required) Interdimensional travel can be time-consuming, physically debilitating and sometimes illegal, but the auctions at the Hugh Everett Rehoming Centre always make it worthwhile. Not the Pizza Girl In the battle of man’s stomach versus his immortal soul, the stomach wins every time. Garden of Fog and Monsters They pitch it to the volunteers as a contest that can be won, but there’s no such thing as a free paradise. Re: Corrections to Consciousness Module 14 (Memories: Age 41-60) Upgrade Ltd, and it’s Memory Transfer Managers, are very committed to making sure customer complaints are resolved, whatever it takes. The World Doesn't End, Even When it Should Since the government won’t make zombies available on the NHS, Lucy will have to make her own arrangements.

About the Author

Michelle Ann King was born in East London and now lives in Essex. She writes mainly SF, dark fantasy, horror and crime fiction--probably due to a childhood spent reading Stephen King and watching zombie films. Favourite works of fiction include The Stand, Cloud Atlas, Lost Boys, Galaxy Quest, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Preacher and Locke & Key. She has been a mortgage underwriter, supermarket cashier, massage therapist, makeup artist and insurance claims handler before having the good fortune to be able to write full-time. Her work has appeared in many print and online venues, including Strange Horizons and Daily Science Fiction. Her short stories are being collected in the Transient Tales ebook series.

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