Keith Olexa (ed.), Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome: Phobos Galaxy

Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome: Phobos Galaxy

Keith Olexa (editor)

Phobos, 2004, $14.95, 351 pp.

0972002634

This is a solid ten collection anthology by seven individuals (Daniel Conover, Carl Frederick, and James Maxey submitted two tales each) who have won Phobos Fiction contests and considered by editor Keith Olexa as some of the future breed of superstars. The tales range the gamut of science fiction from Justin Stanchfield's terraforming deep space to earthly satire and all points in between as the only "Meeting of the Minds" (besides Gerald Gross' contribution) is that this is an outstanding compilation. The formats also differ from a series of correspondence (Rebecca Carmi's "Letters to a Sister"), Matthew Rotundo's extreme sports "expos ", all the way to a humorous biting tale by Mr. Maxey focusing on a fetish for the latest cosmetic fad Skintex. Any anthology that has aliens arriving for a KISS concert is an indication of the solar and earthly lunacy of this absolutely brilliant short story compilation worth reading just to "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

Harriet Klausner