TMax: Stories

You've been dying since before you could read. You just don't remember most of it. Home alone and bored, a kid spots a dusty box with a crayon smiley face on the highest shelf, and nothing is going to keep him from it, not even the furniture tower it takes to get at it. A short, funny, strangely tender twist on the origin story for a young internal superhero.

After years of sibling rivalry with her dog-loving brother, Sarah illegally gene-edits her cat Rocky to never sleep, unleashing a feline that begins quietly consolidating power over the neighborhood, the country, and the world. Caution: Animals were harmed in this story.

A simple story about a complex creature that decided to do something to save the world.

A Giant Robot. Nuclear Reactor. And a cat.

Even the perfect predator, the common house cat, has a natural predator.

It's not easy being a dragon. Even they need days off.

Would you trade your teenage son in? Maybe for a better model? Or maybe for a daughter?

Could you sell Earth? Please. I don't want the job, especially since Earth has produced two of the greatest things in the universe. Changed Title (was - How do you sell an unsaleble planet that you don't want to sell?)

Do not go outside. Your car isn't broken down. It's hunting you. One man's family needs forces him to brave the new world.

A superheroine, an alien, and a town in the middle of the desert, what else do you need for an interesting short story...How about action? Check. First contact? Check. A dead cat? Check.