Terrible Beauty: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories

Thought-provoking stories that will expand your horizons while leaving you thoroughly entertained. Some highlight technological advances that would transform the future, others introduce fantastical elements into our everyday reality.

A man uncovers the terrifying metamorphosis his lover undergoes each spring.

A young girl's dreams set off a series of magical transformations in people in brutal circumstances.

After finding a device from the future that disables guns, two moms are targeted by shadowy forces.

A young woman misreads a recipe and bakes a cake with peculiar powers.

A spaceship finds an uninhabited planet identical to our own hosting an organism that can remove humans from our Earth.