Skeletaxonomy

ARE YOU WANING? WAXING? CRESCENT? FEELING GIBBOUS?

The Planet Scumm Institute for "Skeletaxonomy" is recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial of scummicillin, a probacterial designed to treat symptoms associated with body solidity, three-dimensionality, and organ, uh... having.

If you''ve experienced one of the following, you may be eligible to participate in our study:

• Complications from one or more fullbody skeletal replacements

• Out-of-body experiences brought about by illicit virtual reality "jacking"

• Identity theft by mind-copied synthetics

• Rust, suspension fatigue, or "Tin Man

syndrome"

• Feelings of inadequacy or weaponization while piloting an exo-suit

• Post-expiration quasi-materiality

• Shin splints

• Wombats

• Unexplained head detonation, with or without a pre-explosion fugue

Call the Planet Scumm Institute today for a consultation, at no cost to you.

"SKELETAXONOMY" ISN''T JUST IN OUR NAME-IT''S IN OUR BONES.

(Those of us that have bones, that is.)

Skeletaxonomy is the 12th anthology of short science fiction presented by Spark & Fizz Books, collecting the following stories:

1. An Abridged History of The Skeleton 2 and Post-Transhumanism by R.C. Joseph
2. Crawl Space by Dan Stintzi
3. Cake by Katie Sweet
4. Self Repair by Lucy Zhang
5. Exodus by Jordan M. Griffin
6. It Seems So Delicate by Anthony M Abboreno
7. Rain Delay by Christina Delia
8. Wombat by Mattia Ravasi
9. The Late Show with Jerry Paplovich by Scott J. Moses