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    Barrens Volume 1: Barrens, #1
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    Barrens Series

    By Nicholas Stillman

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    About this series

    Discover a new brand of romance in the Barrens series with seven more stories of danger, desperation, and survival:

    "Silken Slippers"

    Two lunarian surveyors must stop the Moon's journey in a heist to save their space-faring population.

    "Tougher Than Us"

    On a newly terraformed Earth, a poor couple must toughen each other to survive the mind-crushing loneliness that worsens each second.

    "No Word for Winter"

    A young man seeks love despite every person in the world having a cold symptom.

    "Whatever You Want"

    A bitter divorcee must survive the harshness of space, a bleak planet, and crushing alimony laws as his ex-wife lands with him on a new colony.

    "Only I See the Dots"

    Exiled for rudeness, a rocket pilot must resculpt his manners to find companionship before he starves on the war-blasted barrens.

    "Playtime Ends"

    In a nanny state of the near future, a dissident youth heads into the northern barrens seeking pain, crime, and manliness among the tough crowd.

    "Above Most Things"

    Despite the deadly Pain Flu, two pilots break national quarantine laws to spend a night together.

    Get Barrens Volume 2 now for romance on the hellscapes of Earth and beyond.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStillman Sci-Fi
    Release dateApr 30, 2018
    Barrens Volume 1: Barrens, #1

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      Barrens Volume 1: Barrens, #1

      Nicholas Stillman
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      Dive into seven stories of danger, desperation, and survival in the most hellish reaches of Earth and space: "Just Resolved" In a city repeatedly demolished by weaponized lightning storms, a worn-out wrestler must find shelter for mankind's last survivors. "The Delicate Days" A haggard couple must overcome shipwide caregiver burnout and survive a seizure-inducing pandemic before colonizing a barren new world. "Eight Hundred Games of Ping Pong" A crewman in perpetual orbit must develop a formula for abiogenesis to make a hostile world habitable. "The Ropes" On a Venusian resort for immobile isolationists, the slavish caretaker must resist killing them all to impress the new servant girl. "The Broken One" On a desertified Earth, a mute survivalist must guide children across the deadly wasteland without corrupting them along the way. "Rictus" After global cooling, giant crows, prowling bears, and fanatical researchers take over a frozen city. "Only I Know How It Ends" A deadbeat survivor of the worldwide suicide apocalypse watches the last of humanity's internet content. Get Barrens Volume 1 now for the ultimate test of willpower and unprecedented toughness you can only find in science fiction.

      Dive into seven stories of danger, desperation, and survival in the most hellish reaches of Earth and space: "Just Resolved" In a city repeatedly demolished by weaponized lightning storms, a worn-out wrestler must find shelter for mankind's last survivors. "The Delicate Days" A haggard couple must overcome shipwide caregiver burnout and survive a seizure-inducing pandemic before colonizing a barren new world. "Eight Hundred Games of Ping Pong" A crewman in perpetual orbit must develop a formula for abiogenesis to make a hostile world habitable. "The Ropes" On a Venusian resort for immobile isolationists, the slavish caretaker must resist killing them all to impress the new servant girl. "The Broken One" On a desertified Earth, a mute survivalist must guide children across the deadly wasteland without corrupting them along the way. "Rictus" After global cooling, giant crows, prowling bears, and fanatical researchers take over a frozen city. "Only I Know How It Ends" A deadbeat survivor of the worldwide suicide apocalypse watches the last of humanity's internet content. Get Barrens Volume 1 now for the ultimate test of willpower and unprecedented toughness you can only find in science fiction.

    Author

    Nicholas Stillman

    Nicholas Stillman writes dark but entertaining science fiction. His weekly short stories and collections aim for variety and novelty with fun and thought-provoking twists. They often branch into dystopia, crime, horror, medical fiction, black comedy, romance, adventure, adult, and the completely new. Some of Stillman’s themes include civilizational collapse, addictions of the future, medicine in space, dark psychology, and the terrifying fate of our healthcare. Stillman offers monthly free short stories at StillmanSciFi.com. Get yourself free, easily accessible short stories for life--the perfect way for any science fiction fan to spend time on commutes or at home.

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