The Arrival of the Overlords (Volume Two of Matter Is Mostly Space) builds on the abnormal realities generated by events in The Metaphysical Invasions.
Vera Kamchatka and Roland Randall re-appear in various incarnations as their lives careen through the worlds of alien abductees, brain-suckers, toilet-stall politicians, Those People, the vile “Bill Planter” alien, and the destruction of the human race. The author himself makes a brief amateurish appearance.
The stories in The Arrival of the Overlords are
“Somewhere Dreamers Wake”
“Those People”
“Those To Be Destroyed Are First Shown Love”
“Adaptogenia”
“Unnatural Strangers”
“The Invasion Of The Televoids”
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