When Worlds Collide

What could possibly happen when two cultures meet for the first time?

In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, anything.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE presents fourteen original stories where two different societies intersect and deal with the aftermath of that meeting. Will the conflicting cultures merge and adapt and find peace? Or will they clash, unable to either accept their differences or acknowledge their commonalities? Who will survive when the last of the Fae battles a world-killing AI? What happens when a being who is part of a vast collective-consciousness is forced to face their own individuality? Can a werewolf ever break free of the unholy pact its fae creator has made with humanity? Will Earth really manage to commit the biggest and most egregious faux pas in history when it’s on the cusp of joining the Galactic Union? And why is it that two very different kinds of elves are angrily facing off at a simple dinner party?

Whether your taste runs to humor, horror, science fiction, or fantasy, the stories collected in this latest anthology from Zombies Need Brains and written by some of today’s hottest SF&F authors will delight, thrill, and terrify you. Join Christopher Leapock, Howard Andrew Jones, Gary Kloster, Louis Evans, Peter S. Drang, Esther Friesner, S.C. Butler, Nancy Holzner, Auston Habershaw, Violette Malan, Stephen Leigh, Alan Smale, Steven Harper, and Jordan Chase-Young as they delve into what may happen…WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.

Contents:
* Introduction (When Worlds Collide) • essay by editors
* The Erratics (2021) / short fiction by Christopher Lepock
* Brother of the Sword (2021) / short fiction by Howard Andrew Jones
* Walls of Teeth and Iron (2021) / short fiction by Gary Kloster
* Faux Pas (2021) / short fiction by Louis Evans
* The Darithian Life Cycle (2021) short fiction by Vorpal Robotics LLC DBA Volpal Publishing Group
* Seelie With a Kiss (2021) / short fiction by Esther Friesner
* What and Why (2021) / short fiction by Samuel C. Butler Jr.
* Melusina (2021) / short fiction by Nancy Holzner
* The Malevolent Liberation of Pret (2021) / short fiction by Auston Mabershaw
* The Mercenary Code (2021) / short fiction by Violette Malan
* Deep Heart Inside (2021) / short fiction by Stephen Leigh
* The Dogs of Babylon (2021) / short fiction by Alan Smale
* Eight Mile and the City (2021) / short fiction by Steven Harper Piziks
* How the Fae of Savernake Forest Fought the AI Who Ate the World (2021) / short fiction by Jordan Chase-Young