Eight-foot warrior women from Venus. Chrome androids with terrible secrets. Shambling monsters with halitosis. Two pallets of saltines. Cranium sockets. Spaceships that leak hydraulic fluid. Amazing technologies. Evil corporate executives. Four-armed bartenders. Luxury hotels on asteroids. Telepathy.

INGREDIENTS: possessed paintings, devil babies, aluminum foil hats, sexy demons, post-apocalyptic cannibals, reckless sorcerers, noble thieves, head trauma, abandoned suburbs, assassinations, beer-drinking aliens, vengeful lab animals, dead ex-boyfriends, euthanasia squads, frontier justice, time travel, booster suits, space lesbians, metro-sexual Cyclopes, fascist grandmas, surveillance states, air-cars, forbidden magazines, rebellion, Kreene Hounds, urban wizards, suspended animation, magic board games, and firewood

This is a story about cubicle dwellers and their evil boss. There are midgets, ghosts, sex, death, murder and infidelity. There is also a water balloon fight.

Clear your head and relax. Replace annoyance with amusement. Enjoy calm, clarity, humor, and patience.

We have enough notions, preconceptions, worry, stress, and expectations. With practice, we displace that nonsense with something real. We quiet the mind, calmly observe thoughts, reduce static, and let Zen happen.

Ten robot stories for humans. Illustrated by C. R. Warner.

With persistent effort, a brain can significantly improve the quality of its existence.