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The Box and Other Odd Stories

(2012)
A collection of stories by

 
 
From award-winning author, Steven Torres:

13 Stories, 60,000 words, Countless Oddities...

In Perfecta, the citizens have been genetically modified to help them become their best selves, but that doesn't mean there can't be a little murder.

Murder at DynaCorp has a lot of heart - it's just been taken out of someone's chest without an incision.

A Million Little Problems infest a young researcher and kill her in this nano-tech mystery.

The Way Mike Saw It is simple enough. One of his fellow professors must be a murderer.

A Student of World History learns the hard way that good grades must be earned.

What happens when The Dean turns into a million roaches before calling the meeting to order?

In Well Worn, the twisted but true story of Cinderella and her prince finally comes to light.

The Price of being Billy's friend is quite high, and can only be paid in blood, but whose?

Desert People is about a photographer on assignment in an arid land and the people he winds up buying.

Taking Van Der Flieder's Star is an old-fashioned tale of greed, meteorites, and catching the last ferry.

The Coupon of Death was scribbled onto the back of a restaurant coaster by a half-drunk hitman. How could that go wrong?

In Death Notice, an old man wonders why everyone thinks he's dead when all he's done is fall in love.

The Box - a young man explores the upside of live burial.



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