{"id":67,"date":"2020-06-11T01:54:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurespasteditions.com\/?product=love-without-gun-control-and-other-fantasy-horror-and-science-fiction-stories-by-m-christian"},"modified":"2020-06-11T01:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:54:48","slug":"love-without-gun-control-and-other-fantasy-horror-and-science-fiction-stories-by-m-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurespasteditions.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"LOVE WITHOUT GUN CONTROL and Other Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction Stories by M. 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Christian\"><span class=\"zoom_hover\">Zoom<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/futurespasteditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bfi_thumb\/2026\/10\/love-without-gun-control-and-other-fantasy-h-1382577813-2wi6t7bqa639vgscx058u8.jpg\" style=\"width:400px; height:px;\" width=\"400\" height=\"\" class=\"checkout_dropshadow\" alt=\"love-without-gun-control-and-other-fantasy-h-1382577813-jpg\" \/><\/a>\t                    <\/div>\r\n\t                \t            \t            \r\n\t            \t        <\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\r\n    <!-- BEG Product Information Holder -->\r\n    <div class=\"productinfoholder\" style=\"width:520px;\">\r\n\t\t                            <div class=\"productdescriptionview\"><p>\"Unique and truly fascinating,\" writes Mike Resnick!<\/p>\n<p>M. Christian isn't as good as his peers say\u2014he's better! This \"best of\" collection, featuring the cream of his fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories, is a dazzling achievement. Only M. Christian could have imagined what happens when a boy's uncle blows Tibetan days powder in his face, or when a woman gave birth to a new species\u2014but not one of flesh and blood, or when the Goddess of the Road gave the gift of beauty to a mortal man.<\/p>\n<p>You will find these and eleven other unforgettable tales from the man Stephen Dedma, author of <em>The Art of Arrow Cutting<\/em> and <em>Shadows Bite<\/em>, hails as \"A chimera, an amazing combination of tour guide and magician. Whether he's writing science fiction, horror or fantasy, he can take you to places you've never imagined, show you sights no one else will get to see, introduce you to some fascinating people, and guarantee that the trip will be memorable from start to finish.\"<\/p>\n<p>Among the contemporary classics featured in this stellar collection are: \"Some Assembly Required\", \"The Rich Man's Ghost\", \"Medicine Man\", \"Wanderlust\", \"Buried &amp; Dead\", \"Nothing So Dangerous\", \"Shallow Fathoms\", and \"Constantine in Love\".<\/p>\n<p>M. Christian's fantasy and science fiction has appeared in <em>Talebones<\/em>, <em>Space &amp; Time Magazine<\/em>, <em>Skull Full Of Spurs<\/em>, <em>Graven Images<\/em>, <em>Horror Garage<\/em>, <em>Song of Cthulhu<\/em>, and other science fantasy publications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n                            \r\n        \t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- SHOWCASE -->\r\n                <p class=\"checkout_product_showcasemsg\"><\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <!-- favorites link -->\r\n                \r\n\t\t\t\t\t            \t\t\t<div style=\"clear:both; display:block; height:1px; width:100%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"tabs34\">\r\n            \t<!-- BEG Tabs Menu -->\r\n                <ul>\r\n\t                                                            <li><a href=\"#tabs34-1\">Buy Now!<\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li><a href=\"#tabs34-2\">Review<\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                                                                                                                <\/ul>\r\n                <!-- END Tabs Menu -->\r\n            \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tabs34-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Buy Now!<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Click to purchase this book from:<\/p>\n<p>(eBook) For a limited time: <b>*FREE*<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002LEI6RM\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002LEI6RM&linkCode=as2&tag=sizzlediti-20\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/love-without-gun-control\/id660465912?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/ebook\/love-without-gun-control\" target=\"_blank\">Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>$15.99 (Paperback)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1615082166\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1615082166&linkCode=as2&tag=sizzlediti-20\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/love-without-gun-control-other-fantasy-horror-and-science-fiction-stories-m-christian\/1021832457?ean=9781615082162\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tabs34-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Review<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am a junkie! A poor pathetic thing, crawling up the walls, shredding fragments of wallpaper and plaster beneath my broken finger nails, screaming for my next fix. Hollow eyed, I plead with M.Christian for just one more story. He\u2019s a hard man. He turns away, telling me it\u2019s for my own good. Then finally, finally, he relents. And I blubber my thanks through a mess of snot, spit and tears.<\/p>\n<p>M.Christian sends me <i>Love Without Gun Control<\/i>. And like any true addict, I find a vein, stick in the needle and overwhelm myself with the fix.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve read all of his stories. Every tantalising word he\u2019s ever written. I worry that one day he\u2019ll stop. No more stories. What the hell will I do?<\/p>\n<p>You see he never fails to surprise me. His stories move seamlessly from straight erotica to gay erotica and now, in <i>Love Without Gun Control<\/i>, he gives me a collection of science fiction and horror.<\/p>\n<p>In \"Needle Taste,\" there is haunting despair, from the disciples of Owlsley, a serial killer. They take mind bending chemicals to enhance his hideous deeds. His followers can\u2019t leave him alone and live in a desperate, deadly fascination of what has happened to those he has brutalised and killed. Prair replays the final moments of Owlsley\u2019s capture in his mind and repeats the killer\u2019s mantra; \u201cthe only sin is letting them go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\"The Rich Man\u2019s Ghost\", reads like a fable and Christian tells the story with the skill of Aesop. Hiro Yashido sees a ghost, and to see a ghost means doom. He has not only seen the ghost, the ghost has seen him. His wealth, his overwhelming success in high finance is nothing. He will have to embrace his worst nightmare, poverty. Hiro Yashido fears nothing. He has not achieved his great wealth by walking on tiptoe. But he does fear the ghost and it\u2019s curse. Ghosts walk between the bite and the bytes of the datasea and they are jealous. Hiro Yashido works hard to dispel the ghost\u2019s curse and the ghost ponders on whether, or not to release him.<\/p>\n<p>\"Wanderlust\", takes us out on the road. The story reads like a classic \u2018road\u2019 film and we embark on the archetypal American journey. The landscape unfolds with panoramic camera sweeps; gasping, breathtaking images of mountains, snow, jagged peaks and windswept pines. A cheap doll, embodies the idea of perfection, of absolute love. It is conveyed to the driver in his own overwhelming, Christ like beauty. He stops at a roadside gas station. The people he meets are spellbound by the ecstasy of his beauty. But sheer love has its opposite and hatred, and ugliness and the abject fear it brings, must have its say. He wants to say sorry. But all that he can do is drive away.<\/p>\n<p>In \"Orphans\", Christian gives us a drifter, seemingly, a man without purpose. He hitches lifts and meets people. Is he running from something, or running to something? He doesn\u2019t know. Or he won\u2019t say. What is the virus they speak of; the wasting disease that has taken their loved ones? Is it loneliness? Or is it something else? He apologises, it\u2019s all he can do. Is this an allegory, a story for our times? Christian doesn\u2019t tell us; but he certainly makes us think.<\/p>\n<p>As if all that weren\u2019t enough, Christian retells the story of Robinson Crusoe in \"Friday\".<\/p>\n<p>Combining Daniel Defoe\u2019s style with a futuristic slant, the traveller\u2019s ship crashes into the earth. Like Defoe\u2019s hero he is stranded, like him he has to improvise to survive and like him he has his Friday.<\/p>\n<p>As I said earlier, what the hell will I do if M.Christian ever stops writing? There\u2019s a gem here, a jewel, a real talent. Where does all of this come from? Where does he get his ideas and images? \u201c\u2026eyes as dark as knots in old trees\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026titles for them were as irrelevant as trying to take apart a static charge before a lightening strike\u2026\u201d Beats me! I\u2019ve saved the title story until last. \"Love Without Gun Control,\" and I\u2019m going to read it now! 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