Acclaimed author 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 and suspense, science fiction, thrillers, and romance, along with the occasional story that doesn't fall into any one specific category.

Annie Reed has won awards in categories as diverse as her writing. She's been honored with appearances in six year's best mystery, suspense, and thriller volumes, including an amazing three years in a row in the BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR (2022, 2023, and 2024) edited by Otto Penzler. She received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future and won a Literary Fellowship from the Nevada Arts Council for her speculative fiction story "One Sun, No Waiting." She's been a multiple Derringer finalist, and one of her holiday romance stories was chosen to appear in English language study materials in Japan for students preparing for college entrance exams.

She's a founding member and frequent contributor to the innovative UNCOLLECTED ANTHOLOGY, now beginning its twelfth year of publishing themed urban and contemporary anthologies three times a year. Her short fiction appears regularly in MYSTERY, CRIME & MAYHEM, THRILL RIDE MAGAZINE, and ROMANCE FOR ALL SEASONS, which she co-edits with bestselling writer David H. Hendrickson. She currently writes and edits fulltime.

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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