Twelve-year-old Owen “Rocket Man” Thom looks forward to the beginning of a magical 80s summer, celebrating his thirteenth birthday and riding BMX bikes with his Crew. Owen zooms down a local dirt track, ready to break an all-time “max air” record when something goes wrong, leaving him injured. That event kicks off a series of twisted, terrifying troubles. In the nostalgic, coming-of-age vein of The Goonies, Stranger Things and Stephen King’s terrifying “It”, “The Almost-Apocalypse of Apple Valley” keeps you turning the pages and rooting for The Crew.

Are you a fan of the upside-down worlds of the Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, or Black Mirror? How about Stephen King or Neil Gaiman? Then spend some time reading these 26 twisty, turny stories that cross genres and blur the lines between reality and fantasy. In Andreiana, it’s 1985 and the Soviet Union is about to make its move on the United States. Only a mysterious girl can stop them before its too late. In Your Punching Privileges Have Been Revoked, an aging boxer is looking for a comeback and an old man seems to offer the key. In A Letter to the Gubamint, aliens begin to invade Coconut Groves Mobile Home Park and it's up to one citizen to inform the government. All 52 of Phillip McCollum's Fantastic Shorts are available over two volumes.

Are you a fan of the upside-down worlds of the Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, or Black Mirror? How about Stephen King or Neil Gaiman? Then spend some time reading these 26 twisty, turny stories that cross genres and blur the lines between reality and fantasy. In Seven Hundred and Seventy-Six, a timid bank clerk working in the Arizona frontier encounters a strange man and an even stranger gun. In Halfway, detective Marty Quinn comes home to find his wife murdered and a high-tech entrepreneur is a prime suspect. In Captain Coffee, a caffeine-powered superhero comes to the rescue. ...and many more fun ways to spend a few minutes of your day. All 52 of Phillip McCollum's Fantastic Shorts are available over two volumes.