Save Me Plz and Other Stories
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Publisher Description
Today David Barr Kirtley is best known as the host of the popular Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast, but before launching Geek's Guide to the Galaxy in 2010 (along with acclaimed science fiction editor John Joseph Adams), David was best known as a rising young star in the world of fantasy & science fiction, with short stories appearing regularly in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales and in books such as New Voices in Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Best of the Year. This volume collects 20 of David's best stories, along with 13 illustrations and more than 40 pages of author's notes explaining how the stories came to be written and published.
A young man vanishes after becoming obsessed with a fantasy video game. A group of friends experiment with a mind-bending alien drug. An inventor from the future never takes off his invincible armor for fear of a lurking assassin. A college student comes to fear the blood-guzzling dragons ridden by his classmates. The Maltese Falcon challenges Sam Spade to solve an existential mystery. By turns humorous and horrifying, with affectionate nods to everything from zombie movies to Saturday morning cartoons, Save Me Plz and Other Stories is a love letter to the fantasy & science fiction genre written by one of its most passionate advocates. Perfect for fans of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy or anyone who loves a really weird story.
Customer Reviews
Great Collection of Well Crafted Short Stories
“Save Me Plz and Other Stories” is a collection of short stories by David Barr Kirtley, who is probably best known for hosting the Geeks Guide to the Galaxy Podcast at Wired.com. Before becoming a podcast host, Mr. Kirtley wrote a variety of types of short fiction. These short stories were published online, in periodicals, and in anthologies.
“Save Me Plz and Other Stories” gathers all of these previously published works into a single collection. Mr. Kirtley adds an afterward to each story which describes his writing motivation, process, and the publishing history of the story. There’s also a nice introduction and an afterwards to to the overall collection. Overall, it’s a well thought out anthology.
There are sections for fantasy stories, science fictional stories, and finally horror stores. Some of these take inspiration from other works, like the Mars of Edgar Rice Burrows, others are unique. All of them are well constructed, and have previously been professionally published. Unfortunately, Mr. Kirtley has devoted himself to podcasting so there may not be more short stories forthcoming from him in the immediate future.
Excellent science fiction
Holds up against the best collections of awardwinning SF. Highly recommended.