The Bikes of New York

By Chester Burton Brown

A grim but all too believable near future is painted in striking visual detail by science-fiction veteran Chester Burton Brown in this harrowing story of poverty and power during a global energy-crisis. We follow Luc Drapeau on his descent into the underworld of New York in a desperate bid to secure a future for himself and his family controlling access to electricity-generating stationary bicycles the poor use to earn coins from the rich. He may win the fight, but in the process he may lose his soul.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chester Burton Brown
• Release date: Feb 2, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466076402

Chester Burton Brown

CHESTER BURTON BROWN is a compulsive storyteller and pulp science-fiction wallah based near the North Pole. He is also known on the Internet as "Cheeseburger Brown." He is the author of dozens of novellas and short stories, as well as a regular correspondent for Wetmachine and Footprints magazine. Chester Burton Brown's first full-length novel was "Simon of Space" (Ephemera Bound, 2008). His stories have also appeared in Cosmos magazine, Stupefying Stories, and AE: The Canadian Science-Fiction Review. Mr. Brown likes a nice song, but dances poorly.

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