Edgar Allan Poe once said "Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them." Yet sleep - hibernation - may be the only way to make interstellar travel possible. Aboard the starship Raven, a crewman standing watch is surrounded by sleeping passengers and crew, and might go a little crazy. Or maybe the next person on watch just thinks he has.
This space-age re-imagining of Poe's classic "A Cask of Amontillado" was first published in the anthology "Full Throttle Space Tales #4: Space Horrors", edited by David Lee Summers.
Edgar Allan Poe once said "Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them." Yet sleep - hibernation - may be the only way to make interstellar travel possible. Aboard the starship Raven, a crewman standing watch is surrounded by sleeping passengers and crew, and might go a little crazy. Or maybe the next person on watch just thinks he has.
This space-age re-imagining of Poe's classic "A Cask of Amontillado" was first published in the anthology "Full Throttle Space Tales #4: Space Horrors", edited by David Lee Summers.
“Poetic Justice” by Alastair Mayer is the next excerpt from Space Horrors. This is the opening story, and anthologist David Lee Summers picked this story to set the book’s mood. It’s a very Poe-like story, one that keeps you thinking. You will have to guess which Edgar Allen Poe story this is based on, or better, read the book.
Product Details
BN ID: 2940012656322
Publisher: Altered Matter Publishing
Publication date: 4/25/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 944,670
File size: 34 KB
Meet the Author
Alastair Mayer was born in London, England and raised in Canada. He now makes his home in Colorado. He is an experienced pilot and scuba diver and a former contributing editor at Byte Magazine.
Alastair is a member of SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America), and his stories have appeared in Analog magazine and several anthologies.
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Overview
Edgar Allan Poe once said "Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them." Yet sleep - hibernation - may be the only way to make interstellar travel possible. Aboard the starship Raven, a crewman standing watch is surrounded by sleeping passengers and crew, and might go a little crazy. Or maybe the next person on watch just thinks he has.This space-age re-imagining of Poe's classic "A Cask of Amontillado" was first published in the anthology "Full Throttle Space Tales #4: Space Horrors", edited by David Lee Summers.