Slouching Towards Bethlehem

By Bennie Grezlik

This collection of SF, horror, and urban fantasy stories will keep you up at night long past the time you finished reading them. They cover everything from alien abductions and space age cruelty to human resurrection that sort-of works, with a dollop of humor to lighten the load. Don't wait for Halloween to read these stories!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bennie Grezlik
• Release date: Dec 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310544743

Bennie Grezlik

Bennie Grezlik has been writing and publishing lies since 1978. In the last few years, Stonegarden.net has released three of his novels, the latest being The Search For Earth. He has written stories for a number of anthologies, the most notable being a series of zombie tales for Yard Dog Press. He also wrote and produced for about five years the Skip Thruster, Space Detective plays that were brought to life for ApolloCon by enthusiastic actors, otherwise known as fans. Skip Thruster radio plays were first aired on KPFT, Houston.In another life back in the psychedelic sixties, Bennie was a technician at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston from 1966, through 1969. You read that title correctly. This was before the center was named for its mentor, Lyndon B. Johnson. And, yes, Bennie used a slide rule because it was sexy and because it was B.C. (Before Calculators).

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