Denise Little (Editor), Cosmic Cocktails

Cosmic Cocktails

Edited by Denise Little

Daw, December 2006, $7.99

ISBN: 0756403987

The premise of this anthology is the neighborhood bar as a center of social activity; except instead of the streets of Green Bay, the fifteen tales take place in various cosmic locations. The tales range from drinks on planets in other galaxies rivaling the Star Wars' cantina scene, to space stations of the future, to saloons where time runs differently for travelers, aliens and human, dropping in for a drink or two during happy hour. The contributions are fun, as the bartenders at times seem more way out then the customers. Readers will toast this out of this world collection. Though Spike Jones and the City Slickers have not shown up, the zany and the weird have, for "In some secluded rendezvous that overlooks the avenue, with someone sharing a delightful chat of this and that and cocktails for two". (Words & Music by Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow).