Alyss Alarc N Santo

Skeletaxonomy Alyss Alarc N Santo

ARE YOU WANING? WAXING? CRESCENT? FEELING GIBBOUS?




The Planet Scumm Institute for "Skeletaxonomy" is recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial of scummicillin, a probacterial designed to treat symptoms associated with body solidity, three-dimensionality, and organ, uh... having.




If you've experienced one of the following, you may be eligible to participate in our study:

- Complications from one or more fullbody skeletal replacements

- Out-of-body experiences brought about by illicit virtual reality "jacking"

- Identity theft by mind-copied synthetics

- Rust, suspension fatigue, or "Tin Man

syndrome"

- Feelings of inadequacy or weaponization while piloting an exo-suit

- Post-expiration quasi-materiality

- Shin splints

- Wombats

- Unexplained head detonation, with or without a pre-explosion fugue




Call the Planet Scumm Institute today for a consultation, at no cost to you.




"SKELETAXONOMY" ISN'T JUST IN OUR NAME-IT'S IN OUR BONES.




(Those of us that have bones, that is.)




Skeletaxonomy is the 12th anthology of short science fiction presented by Spark & Fizz Books, collecting the following stories:


An Abridged History of The Skeleton 2 and Post-Transhumanism by R. C. JosephCrawl Space by Dan StintziCake by Katie SweetSelf Repair by Lucy ZhangExodus by Jordan M. GriffinIt Seems So Delicate by Anthony M AbborenoRain Delay by Christina DeliaWombat by Mattia RavasiThe Late Show with Jerry Paplovich by Scott J. Moses