In THE NEAR FUTURE, Gene O'Neill covers an immense spectrum of color in a post-apocalyptic vision of California. A meta-novel of sorts, part three of The Cal Wild Chronicles collects some of Gene's most memorable fiction, cohesively connecting stories such as "The Armless Conductor," which was published over thirty years ago in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, to Doc Good's Travelling Show, a Bram Stoker Award nominated novella, and "Coyote Gambit." Tying these stories together are completely new chapters of Cal Wild, such as a new short story, "Return of the Ice Man," as well as a...
In THE NEAR FUTURE, Gene O'Neill covers an immense spectrum of color in a post-apocalyptic vision of California. A meta-novel of sorts, part three of ...
Gene O'Neill's magnum opus of speculative fiction, The Cal Wild Chronicles, comes to a close with THE FAR FUTURE, a meta-novel with interconnecting tales that takes place shortly after-and also intertwine with-those in THE NEAR FUTURE and the rest of this colorful series. Collecting some of Gene's more recent works, such as memorable short stories like "Down on the 01 Level," where for a price one can transform into skins of past celebrities, "Nostalgia," in which full-body art is commonplace and sometimes useful when hiding from the law, and even "The Hungry Skull" (a love story), which...
Gene O'Neill's magnum opus of speculative fiction, The Cal Wild Chronicles, comes to a close with THE FAR FUTURE, a meta-novel with interconnecting ta...