Planetary Anthology: Pluto by Dawn Witzke, Richard Paolinelli (Tuscany Bay’s Planetary Anthology #1)
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Overview: Pluto, the Roman god of death and wealth, ruled the underworld far away from all of the other gods. So it was only fitting when, in 1930 and working on a theorized ninth planet proposed by Percival Lowell, Clyde Tombaugh used the telescope at Lowell Observatory to locate the ninth planet in our solar system, far, far away from its brothers and sister.
Then came that day in July of 2015. Like the Romans when they found themselves within Pluto’s realm and discovered it was nothing like the desolate fires of damnation assigned to his Greek counterpart, Hades, those of us in modern time discovered that Pluto was nothing like we had imagined since 1930.
That iconic photo of Pluto, with the heart-shaped plain later named Tombaugh Regio, told us that there was so much more to the planet. First, it was not blue and not just solid ice as so many had expected it to be. Just like Pluto’s mythological domain, the planet displayed a variety of features and composition.
In this volume, what you will find in the pages that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will read tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
It includes:
Like So Many Paper Lanterns by B. Michael Stevens –When you sell your soul, you discover that surviving a war can be worse than not.
Time Out For Pluto by P. A. Piatt – Pluto is an average teenager with average teenager problems. He’s a god yet he gets no respect, his siblings drive him crazy, his father’s in prison, and his mother is oblivious. When Pluto is stripped of his most prized possession, he gets angry, and when the Lord of the Underworld gets angry, the dead walk the earth.
A Brush by J.D. Arguelles – Trin is a painter on Pluto. When a machine invasion strikes her home she discovers a power in her brush, and within herself, that she never knew she possessed.
The Pluto Chronicles by Bokerah Brumley – A ragtag group of colonists must save the Pluto settlement from its latest threat: a giant chicken.
Bat Out Of Hellheim by Corey McCleery – All Hell breaks loose when a ship full of nanotechnology-powered undead flee the underworld, and only an army of post-human Vikings stands in its way.
The Rainbow-Colored Rock Hopper by J. Manfred Weichsel – A hunter-trapper who lives on an asteroid must capture a specimen of that most of elusive of all prey, the rainbow-colored rock hopper, or lose his asteroid to a greedy banker.
The Heart Of Pluto by Christine Chase – Astronaut Allan Muir was stranded alone at the edge of the Solar System. He might be the first man to step on Pluto, but it didn’t look like he’d be the first to leave. Still, with locals this friendly, things could certainly be worse.
The Case For Pluto by A.M. Freeman – The fate of a world hangs on the decision of a courtroom. In the stress of the trial, will the people of Pluto be able to prove their worth? That they’ve got what it takes to remain free… to remain a planet?
Marathon To Mordor by Karina L. Fabian – It’s American Gladiator in space as technoathletes pit their suits and their mettle against the most extreme racecourse in the solar system.
Miss Nancy’s Garden by Jim Ryals –It’s bad enough to be put in prison for making a little moonshine (well a lot of moonshine and on two planets), but when your prison is a hole 40 feet under the surface of Pluto, you’re in a world of hurt. It’s even worse when the warden is an agoraphobic cannibal with anger management issues. But when flowers start to bloom on the surface, things really heat up.
On Eternal Patrol by L.A. Behm II – There’s a tradition in the US Navy that when a submarine is lost, the crew is still out there on patrol. Death doesn’t stop their watch. . . .
Pluto Invictus by W.J. Hayes – Cyrus Strabo is back. Last seen in in the Venus Anthology (Venus Felix), this time Cyrus has been hired to oversee artifacts be delivered to a conference on Pluto. Everything is going smoothly until Major Cliché reappears. And that is only the beginning of Cyrus’ bad day.
Worst Contact by Arlan Andrews –The massive but silent Rainbow Spaceship, four vertical kilometers of it, landed in a remote desert plain in Texas. Scientists, engineers, and the military could not puzzle out its appearance, the possible intentions of its crew, or how to communicate with them. But one man and one woman had a hunch…
Ambit Of Charon by David Skinner –The clerk from a tiny research base on Pluto searches for his fellow scientists on Charon, and learns that their recent troubles are mostly metaphysical.
Sunset Over Gunther by Frank Luke – Interested only in his upcoming marriage, the son of a minor lord has to lead troops against invaders. He will do anything to win the war, including volunteering to feed the gods. His uncle offers forbidden magic. Is the cost too great?
Adaptive Reasoning by John M. Olsen – Andy, a synthetic creature designed to win a war, struggles with what it means to be both human and alien. When conflicts arise, he must learn about dedication and sacrifice with little more than logic and a stranger’s memories to guide him.
Judgment Of Anaq by Andy Pluto – Kazar Hasai, a well-to-do merchant, and Rif, a swindler, meet at a baazar in a wealthy town. Hasai fears his worldly successes will not please the judgment of Anaq the Inquisitor, who names the sins of men after their deaths. Rif provides a solution: a strange parchment whose riddle, so he says, can forestall or even cancel Anaq’s judgment if the right answer is broached.
Life At The End by Jake Freivald – A yearning for solitude and lasting beauty led Serge Volkov to build a greenhouse on Pluto. Now a visit from his estranged daughter is disrupting his isolated home.
A Clockwork Dragon by Allen Goodner – When the price of peace is too high, moral men will go to war. This steam-punk retelling of St. George and the Dragon shows the only way to overcome evil is to confront it.
The Collector by Declan Finn – Archer is a professional thief and a con man. When the owner of Pluto has a job for him, getting the goods is the easy part. Getting out alive is another story
Yes, Neil D. Tyson, Pluto Is A Planet by Richard Paolinelli – A family’s travel home after a visit to late 1950s Disneyland is even more out of this world than their day at the park itself.
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