Collected short fiction from multiple bestseller Michael Z. Williamson.After a brutal car crash, a disabled young man beats all odds to pursue hisdream of crewing the first starship. Outnumbered and outgunned, a Freeholdwarship must use guile, expert maneuvering and sheer courage to survive apursuing UN fleet. Meanwhile, other Freeholders resort to terrifying psyops todestroy their invaders' morale. A family learns that their patriarch isn't ascrazy as they thought when a zombie uprising actually happens. A young girl mustuse her knowledge of elementals and spirit beings to protect a king who isunaware of the threats against him. In an alternate Bronze Age, the descendantsof dinosaurs fight with sentient felinoids for territory and survival. Humansreduced to cowering in caves find a most unlikely weapon against their alieninvaders.
With cutting satire on classic poetry and modern movies, ano-holds-barred lambast of several beloved firearms and their fan clubs,Williamson concludes with more of his Inappropriate Cocktail recipes, frequentlyboth delicious and outrageously snarky, commemmorating celebrities, events andcultural memes.