Collected Stories

As Far As you want to go…These thirteen stories are all over the place! Tales from far-future Namibia to near future Connecticut; from farther flung planets to fantastical Earths and even in a few far-from-exotic North American towns.The characters-both human and…not-will stay with you long after The End: a dear robot gives "upload" new meaning, an apocalypse survivor attempts to stay human, a centenarian on a colony ship turns subversive, an "up-donk" clarinetist in Tijuana is framed for murder, a mother and son contend with "helpful" home invaders, a grieving girl on the Texas Gulf Coast goes on an impossible ride. And so many more!Don't miss Rooster's Dawn-collected stories of Nancy SM Waldman, Volume 2 Nancy SM Waldman grew up in Texas but now lives in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia with her husband Barry where she writes from the calm solidity of a house built in 1900 with views of the woods and just enough wildlife to keep things interesting. She has an outpost across the Butterfly Bridge from her beloved sister in the mountains of western North Carolina.

The stories in this volume are in five sections. The first contains Retirement Stories about senior citizens coping with old age or recalling past loves and adventures. The second section is called Sequels and Series. It includes three more In Olden Times stories about Abe and his family dragon Bob, and three more adventure stories about Alvin Oaks, who's partially solved the Universal Theorem, both introduced in Volume II. Finally, there are three stories about Uncle Pringle, a retired possibly CIA agent turned consultant, who helps people with their problems in sometimes surprising ways. The Speculative Stories in the third section include one in which an author's characters come to life, two in which super-intelligent inhabitants of another planet debate the fate of Earth, and one in which Journeyman Meets Seinfeld. The Dark Stories of the fourth section are about the fearsome things that lurk Out There, and similar menaces. The fifth section has Stories Written (Mostly) for Fun plus a few serious stories, concluding one about When My Father Met My Mother. I hope readers will have fun reading all these stories.