The Collectors and Other Stories - E-book - ePub

The CollectorsEarth is a scorched wasteland. Nothing more than a husk of its former self. Nothing else lives on the surface except for rats, cockroaches and other vermin. An advanced alien race finally touches down on the surface of the dead Earth. But they are greeted by more than the rats and the other scurrying vermin. FlybyMichelle and Peter have just had an argument, the worst agument they have ever had.
And he has just given her an impossible ultimatum. But amidst the traffic jam they find themselves in they witness, coming from the heavens, something which will change themselves, and the world, forever. Something which helps Michelle to make the decision Peter has confronted her with. Grave MistakesMike is your every day, ordinary guy. He just wants to go to work, make his wife happy and, of course, make his boss happy too.
Making his boss happy, tonight, is going to be one of his biggest mistakes which could cost him his life and his immortal soul. Mike Turner is visited by something which is making mistakes of its own. Killing a Million ShadowsPatrick Neely is a good hard working kid, going to his very first job interview. After a minor accident on the subway, Patrick starts to see his shadow do somestrange things; like wave at him, looking out the train window at the passing commuters.
What does his shadow want? Is it all in his mind? And why does his shadow call him a murderer?Going ZombieThere has been a strange outbreak in an Australia suburb and the residents have been quarantined. No one leaves and no one enters. The outbreak only affects the female portion of the population, turning them temporarily into creatures that resemble the undead. And slowly the change is lasting longer.....and there is a fear it is spreading to the male populace.