Synopsis "Pandora's Progeny: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Short Stories"
Before The Hunger Games came "Chronos' Christmas." If you loved Orson Scott Cards's - "Ender's Game" and William Gibson's, "Burning Chrome," and hid under the covers with the lights on while reading Stephen King's homegrown horror, or couldn't put down an Ann Rice vampire novel; if you find aliens romantic and terrifying then there are stories in this collection for you! In this horror story, fourteen-year-old Jing and her brother, fifteen-year-old Gyp Crawler, do whatever they must to survive in a place like "Vegas for Children." A place where the nice people in town want to buy children's glands and organs to stay young. In a cyberpunk Christmas tale, genetically selected children compete and kill for the chance to win Christmas. Only the strongest survive, or do they? When Chronos, the leader of his gang, discovers his love for one of the most detested members of his group is stronger than his love for his creator, he can't help but try to save her from ultimate destruction. In this mythological fantasy, a sixteen-year-old skateboarder calls himself Squatch after the mythological forest creature he worships. He agrees to go on a family camping trip to the San Diego Zoo to see a captured Bigfoot. In this vampire tale, the newly undead Angel can't understand her need to return over and over to the abandoned child called Alia, the little girl who feeds Angel small cups of blood. From two forsaken children, Angel learns that monsters come in many colours. In this science fiction story, old man Kayden, an alien species trapper, and his secret client make their way aboard Habitat's aging space station. A special item sold in the duty-free shop brings Kayden across the galaxy. In this science fiction story, tall, grassy fields of the northern flatlands hide a mysterious lemonade stand that waylays lost travellers when strange children offer to quench a thirst. In this horror tale, Halloween comes early to Jason, Milo and Tannis who live on a hobby pumpkin farm run by their parents. Harvest time arrives in a few weeks, but Dad has disappeared, and Mom behaves strangely.
