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Slam is a bright and acerbic depiction of the slacker culture of Texas and a testament to a lost and found generation. Dave stepped out of Bastrop Federal Prison after a six-month stretch for tax evasion and into the home of one Marguerite Johnson, a.k.a. the Old Lady. The Old Lady passed on, leaving her house and her fortune to her twenty-three cats. But the cats need a caretaker—or so he thinks. There are others with an eye on the Johnson estate, and soon Dave is caught up in a whirlwind of anarchists, gold diggers, skateboard punks, lawyers, hackers, and arsonists—a population of dropouts and misfits who will do anything to avoid doing anything.

Ray Shackleford is trying to deal with the death of his father and the collapse of his marriage when the impossible happens: music that no one has ever heard before begins to play from his stereo speakers. It is only the first step on a journey that will take him to Los Angeles, London, Cozumel, and points far beyond, and that will bring him face to face with Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix—and his own mortality.

Ray Shackleford is trying to deal with the death of his father and the collapse of his marriage when the impossible happens: music that no one has ever heard before begins to play from his stereo speakers. It is only the first step on a journey that will take him to Los Angeles, London, Cozumel, and points far beyond, and that will bring him face to face with Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, Jimi Hendrix—and his own mortality.

Lewis Shiner''s stunning science fiction debut

After the world''s governments collapsed, the corporations took control. Houston''s Pulsystems has sent an expedition to the lost Martian colony of Frontera to search for survivors, but Reese, aging hero of the US space program, knows better. The colonists are not only alive; they have discovered a secret so devastating that the new rulers of Earth will stop at nothing to own it. But none of them have reckoned with Kane, tortured veteran of the corporate wars, whose hallucinatory voices are urging him to complete an ancient cycle of heroism and alter the destiny of the human race.

Collected Stories is the definitive compilation of Lewis Shiner''s short work, featuring over forty stories voiced by top narrators in the business. Contents include:

Introduction, read by Karen Joy Fowler "Perfidia," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Stuff of Dreams," read by John Rubinstein "The War at Home," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Straws," read by Scott Brick "Nine Hard Questions," read by Kimberly Farr "White City," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Primes," read by Arthur Morey "The Long Ride Out," read by Rex Linn "Sitcom," read by Stefan Rudnicki "The Death of Che Guevara," read by Roxanne Hernandez and Stefan Rudnicki "His Girlfriend''s Dog," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Deep without Pity," read by Rex Linn "The Circle," read by Kimberly Farr "Twilight Time," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Jeff Beck," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Wild for You," read by Kris Tabori "Till Human Voices Wake Us," Read by John Rubinstein "Flagstaff," read by Scott Brick "Tommy and the Talking Dog," read by Janis Ian "Oz," read by Kris Tabori "Love in Vain," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Steam Engine Time," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Kings of the Afternoon," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Sticks," read by Stefan Rudnicki "The Tale of Mark the Bunny," read by Janis Ian "The Killing Season," read by Rex Linn "Scales," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Snowbirds," read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki "Match," read by Kris Tabori "Relay," read by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki "Castles Made of Sand," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Prodigal Son," read by Rex Linn "Mozart in Mirrorshades," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Kidding Around," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Mystery Train," read by John Rubinstein "Secrets," read by Roxanne Hernandez "Golfing Vietnam," read by Gabrielle de Cuir "Stompin'' at the Savoy," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Gold," read by Arthur Morey "Dirty Work," read by Stefan Rudnicki "Lizard Men of Los Angeles," read by David Birney