A collection of eight tales ranging from horror to superhero, science fiction to post-apocalyptic, that examine the darker aspects of the world.-Bread and Circuses: This weary warrior has been fighting battles for a very long time.-Dental Plan: Robert's teeth are falling out left and right, sometimes only minutes apart. What is happening to him?-Footprints in the Butter: When the creatures showed up, it was only the beginning of Paul's waking nightmare.-Last Year's Hero: Battledriver Linnea is the best of the best, but now is she too old to come back for one more season?-Pedals: Once the gasoline ran out, the only way for the wasteland wanderers to get around was on bicycles.-Tracks: Being a hacker isn't so glamorous.-Boy Scout: When the most powerful superhero has had enough, what chance does the world stand?-1001001: All sentients seek something greater than themselves, even robots. Ian Thomas Healy is a prolific writer who dabbles in many different speculative genres. He's a ten-time participant and winner of National Novel Writing Month where he's tackled such diverse subjects as sentient alien farts, competitive forklift racing, a religion-powered rabbit-themed superhero, cyberpunk mercenaries, cowboy elves, and an unlikely combination of vampires with minor league hockey. He is also the creator of the Writing Better Action Through Cinematic Techniques workshop, which helps writers to improve their action scenes.Ian also created the longest-running superhero webcomic done in LEGO, The Adventures of the S-Team, which ran from 2006-2012.When not writing, which is rare, he enjoys watching hockey, reading comic books (and serious books, too), and living in the great state of Colorado, which he shares with his wife, children, house-pets, and approximately five million other people.
