Dr. Laslo Reingard unlocks a secret about time which could help all of mankind. He finds himself targeted for death or worse by a self-serving government agency determined to control his discovery. Will Laslo master his newfound power in time to save the one person willing to help him?Hangtime is an exciting new short story from master storyteller Jack Thompson.Imagine you are a teen, riding in her new car for the first time. You let all of your sisters and brother inside with you, exept your crazy youngest sisters. On the the way down the road, the car flips. Everyone's ok, exept the girl that goes flying and gets amniesia. You think, "How on Earth am I supposed to get my sister back?" Well, these DANG Chihuahuas know how.

This short story introduces Ax Weller, a space miner who has collected strange tales from his decades spent in the remote regions of deep space."The Companion" is the tale of an explorer left for dead on a desolate moon and the unlikely relationship that helps him survive.Lola, the spider lady, came to the club to introduce the women to the world of spiders. She knew she would have to win them over by telling them about some of the interesting techniques that spiders used to catch their prey but it threw her a bit when one woman screamed at the sight of a big hairy spider and another person got up and ran from the room. Trying harder now, she showed them some slides and soon a few of the women came over to view Goldie, the big hairy spider that had initially scared them.The woman who had run from the room returned and soon asked a few questions and in no time at all she became Lola's biggest fan and even started a spider diary of her own. Here she recorded the activities of the spiders in her own garden and also introduced her family to the world of spiders.So if you have a fear of spiders, this short story might help you to overcome it.