Annie Reed has been called "one of the best writers of her generation" and for good reason. She writes in multiple genres, including urban and contemporary fantasy, mystery, suspense, science fiction, romance, and thrillers, along with the occasional story that doesn't fall into any one specific category.

She's a founding member and frequent contributor to the innovative UNCOLLECTED ANTHOLOGY, now in its tenth year of publishing themes urban and contemporary anthologies three times a year. Her short fiction appears regularly in PULPHOUSE FICTION MAGAZINE; MYSTERY, CRIME & MAYHEM; and starting this year in THRILL RIDE – THE MAGAZINE. She's even written official STAR TREK fiction and admits that she's an unabashed MCU fangirl. She currently writes and edits fulltime. When she's not cuddling cats.

Unexpected Aliens by Annie Reed

Little green men from Alpha Centauri?

Not always. And not what you'll get in this collection by award-winning writer Annie Reed.

Annie puts her unique twist on these six stories of unexpected alien encounters. Meet a grandfather protecting his granddaughter from the future he knows is coming, and an ambitious reporter who finds more than he bargained for at the edge of known space. Attend a pop culture convention with truly out-of-this-world guests and get to know a retiring time travel pioneer who discovers the deadly purpose behind his life's work.

These stories and more fill the pages of Unexpected Aliens.

Come along for a trip to the future you never imagined.

 

REVIEWS

  • "Annie is a master short fiction writer."

    – Kristine Kathryn Rusch, award-winning editor and writer of The Retrieval Artist series

  • "Annie Reed is a regular in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine and you can understand why with

    this original take on comic and science fiction conventions."

    – Dean Wesley Smith, editor, SNOT-NOSED ALIENS (discussing “Blue-Eyed Bombshell”)

  • "Annie's writing is magic, seriously."

    – Robert J. McCarter, author of A Ghost’s Memoir series

  • "You can't go wrong with Annie Reed. Her deftly-crafted tales—with characters as memorable as the stories themselves—far surpass most of what's out there."

    – Michael J. Totten, author of Resurrection
 

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