The Science of Lost Futures
Published on 8. May 2018
217 pages
978-1-942683-61-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Science of Lost Futures is a prize-winning collection full of quirky humor and intelligent absurdity. Ryan Habermeyer is a yarn spinner of the first order. Drawing on urban legends, internet hoaxes, and ancient medical folklore, these stories go beyond science fiction and magical realism to create a captivating collection of fabulist stories that revel in the alien and the absurd.
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Ryan Habermeyer was born and raised in Los Angeles. He earned his MFA from the University of Massachusetts and his PhD at the University of Missouri. His work has appeared most recently in Cream City Review, Carolina Quarterly, Los Angeles Review, and Chattahoochee Review. He lives with his wife and children on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Salisbury University.
Content
A Cosmonaut's Guide To Microgravitic Reproduction
The Foot Visitation
Frustrations Of A Coyote
Everything You Wanted To Know About Astrophysics But Were Too Afraid To Ask
Indulgences
Ellie's Brood
What The Body Does When It Doesn't Know What Else To Do
St. Abelard's Zoo For Endangered Species
The Good Nazi Karl Schmidt
A Genealogical Approach To My Father's Ass
Your Tragedy Is Important To Us
Truckee River Bandit
The Fertile Yellow
Veyo, Forgotten By The Mormons
An Unfinished Man
Valdosta, After The Flood
In Search Of Fortunes Not Yet Lost
The Catapult Of Tooele Neophytes