Plato's Cave During the Slicer Wars and other short stories

“Plato’s Cave During the Slicer Wars” – The Slicers killed most of mankind. Can the Allegory of Plato's Cave save them or will mankind be wiped from the planet?

“The Devil Dwells in a Red House” – an immigrant arrives at a Pennsylvanian coal-mining town to find the devil living everywhere.

In “Variable Time” a policewoman interrogates a criminal to find the location of a kidnapped child before the victim dies. The time-stretching serum should give her more than enough time – or will it?

What wafts “Through the Terrace Doors” may surprise you.

“Fahevial” – How far would you go to keep your word? Would you give own your life? The lives of everyone you know?

“Rendezvous in Ashland” – what happens in Ashland, stays in Ashland.

“To Wear Your Grief Upon Your Sleeve” – some people wear their hearts on their sleeves. Others wear their grief.

A child helps her estranged father “Walk with God”.

In “Vega One” we find out what someone is willing to sacrifice when she is the last of her species.