Maximum Velocity: The Best of the Full-Throttle Space Tales

by David Lee Summers (Editor), Carol Hightshoe (Editor), Dayton Ward (Editor), Jennifer Brozek (Editor), Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Editor)

Overview

An anthology of action-packed, science fiction adventure tales featuring pirates, strong women, soldiers, horrors, vagabonds, and deadly battles in space.

The Full-Throttle Space Tales series collected action-packed, high octane, science fiction stories across the full potential of the genre. Here, the original editors have teamed up to pick the very best of Full-Throttle Space Tales, eighteen stories collected here for the first time. Stories by David Boop, C. J. Henderson, W. A. Hoffman, Julia Phillips, David Lee Summers, Carol Hightshoe, Irene Radford, Bob Brown, Scott Pearson, Alan L. Lickiss, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Dayton Ward, Anna Paradox, Ivan Ewert, Erik Scott de Bie, Shannon Page, Mark Ferrari, Gene Mederos, Jean Johnson, Mike Resnick, and Brad R. Torgersen Buckle your seatbelts, because we’re going to accelerate to Maximum Velocity!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614755302
Publisher:	WordFire Press
Publication date:	02/03/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	397
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

The following are the bios are the five editors: David Lee Summers is an author, editor, and astronomer living in Southern New Mexico. He edited the science fiction and fantasy magazines Hadrosaur Tales and Tales of the Talisman for ten years each along with the anthologies A Kepler’s Dozen, Space Pirates, and Space Horrors. He’s also the author of ten novels including Owl Dance and The Astronomer’s Crypt. His short fiction has appeared in such venues as Cemetery Dance and Realms of Fantasy Magazines. When not working with the written word, David operates telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Learn more about David at www.davidleesummers.com A native Texan, Carol Hightshoe found her way to her current home in Colorado by way of a five-year detour in The Nederlands - courtesy of her husband Tim and the US Air Force. She has been published in various anthologies and magazines including Creature Fantastic, PanGaia Magazine, Stories of Strength, Baen's Universe, Tales of the Talisman and A Kepler's Dozen. Her novels include: Call of Chaos, Chaos Embraced, The Road into Chaos, and Chaos Challenged. In addition to her own writing, she is the editor and publisher of the online e-zines: The Lorelei Signal and Sorcerous Signals as well as running her own micro-press, WolfSinger Publications. Dayton Ward is a New York Times bestselling author or co-author of nearly thirty novels and novellas, often working with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies, and he’s written for magazines such as Kansas City Voices, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Star Trek and Star Trek Communicator, as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com. Before making the jump to full-time writing, Dayton was a software developer, having discovered the private sector and the perpetual fear of outsourcing after spending eleven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Though Dayton lives in Kansas City with his wife and daughters, he’s a Florida native and maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Visit him on the web at www.daytonward.com Jennifer Brozek is a Hugo Award nominated editor and a Bram Stoker nominated author. She has worked in the publishing industry since 2004. With the number of different projects she juggles at one time, Jennifer is often considered a Renaissance woman, but prefers to be known as a wordslinger and optimist. Read more about her at her website: www.jenniferbrozek.com or follow her on Twitter at @JenniferBrozek. Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and Hugo-nominated editor of adult and children’s speculative fiction. His debut novel, The Worker Prince, received Honorable Mention in Barnes&Noble Book Club’s Year’s Best Science Fiction Releases. His short stories have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and online, and include entries in The X-Files and Decipher’s WARS, amongst others. As an editor for WordFire Press, he edited books by such luminaries as Alan Dean Foster, Tracy Hickman, Frank Herbert, Mike Resnick, and Jean Rabe. He was also the first editor on Andy Weir’s bestseller The Martian. His anthologies as editor include Shattered Shields with co-editor Jennifer Brozek, Mission: Tomorrow, Galactic Games, Little Green Men–Attack!, Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6, Beyond The Sun, and Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera For a New Age. He is also coediting anthologies with Larry Correia and Jonathan Maberry set in their New York Times bestselling Monster Hunter and Joe Ledger universes. Find him online at bryanthomasschmidt.net.

Table of Contents

“On the Eve of the Last Great Ratings War” copyright 2008 David Boop. First published in Space Pirates: Full-Throttle Space Tales #1, August 2008

“Space Pirate Cookies” copyright 2008 by C.J. Henderson. First published in Space Pirates: Full-Throttle Space Tales #1, August 2008

“Earth Saturn Transit” copyright 2008 by W.A. Hoffman. First published in Space Pirates: Full-Throttle Space Tales #1, August 2008

“Outpost 6” copyright 2009 by Julia Phillips. First published in Space Sirens: Full-Throttle Space Tales #2, February 2009

“Hijacking the Legacy” copyright 2009 by David Lee Summers. First published in Space Sirens: Full-Throttle Space Tales #2, February 2009

“Rebel Moon” copyright 2009 by Carol Hightshoe. First published in Space Sirens: Full-Throttle Space Tales #2, February 2009

“Price of Command” copyright 2009 by Irene Radford and Bob Brown. First published in Space Grunts: Full-Throttle Space Tales #3, May 2009

“Finders Keepers” copyright 2009 by Scott Pearson. First published in Space Grunts: Full-Throttle Space Tales #3, May 2009

“Granny’s Grunts” copyright 2009 by Alan L. Lickiss. First published in Space Grunts: Full-Throttle Space Tales #3, May 2009

“Last Man Standing” copyright 2010 by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. First published in Space Horrors: Full-Throttle Space Tales #4, October 2010

“Into the Abyss” copyright 2010 by Dayton Ward. First published in Space Horrors: Full-Throttle Space Tales #4, October 2010

“Listening” copyright 2010 by Anna Paradox. First published in Space Horrors: Full-Throttle Space Tales #4, October 2010

“Backup” copyright 2011 by Ivan Ewert. First published in Space Tramps: Full-Throttle Space Tales #5, September 2011

“The Frigate Lieutenant’s Woman” copyright 2011 by Erik Scott de Bie. First published in Space Tramps: Full-Throttle Space Tales #5, September 2011

“Oh Give Me Land, Lots of Land, Under Starry Skies Above” copyright 2011 by Shannon Page and Mark Ferrari. First published in Space Tramps: Full-Throttle Space Tales #5, September 2011

“The Thirteens” copyright 2012 by Gene Mederos. First published in Space Battles: Full-Throttle Space Tales #6, April 2012

“The Joystick War” copyright 2012 by Jean Johnson. First published in Space Battles: Full-Throttle Space Tales #6, April 2012

“Guard Dog” copyright 2012 by Mike Resnick and Brad R. Torgersen. First published in Space Battles: Full-Throttle Space Tales #6, April 2012