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There is something seriously wrong with Santa this year, and he's coming for you. Santa Claus ruined his life. He saw him as a child, flying across the sky in his reindeer-pulled sleigh, and this vision grew into a long-time obsession. He eventually learned the truth about Santa. The dark, horrifying truth.

What if you could prove that Santa Claus was real? And what if Old Saint Nick's reaction to this was, well, less than jolly?

In the late Jurassic Period, an Allosaurus lives, thrives, and rules. One hundred and fifty million years later, in a bizarre twist of fate, Dylan Armitage's life becomes entwined with this ancient predator. Over the years, this carnivore grows ever stronger, faster, and fiercer. She is a monster and she is coming for Dylan and his family. Dylan's father always said, "There are different kinds of men in this world." Turns out, there are also different kinds of monsters. The question that haunts Dylan is, what kind of monster must he become to protect everyone he loves?

A group of geeks discovers just how very, very small our universe really is.

In this tale, the afterlife realms have come to Earth. Casey loved her grandfather, but shortly before he died, she learned about his sordid past. Therefore, it came as no surprise when he ended up in Detroit. It takes courage, not to mention lots of paperwork (because Hell teems with bureaucracy), but she visits her beloved grandfather. She not only learns more about him, but about herself as well.

The Althusians traveled vast distances to reach Earth. Unfortunately, hyperspace travel stripped away their memories, so they arrived deranged and confused. After a period of intense study and rehabilitation, these aliens were freed to live among humans. All seemed well, until they developed a peculiar talent for time travel.

This ninth installment of The Creepsville Collection features four damn creepy tales.

Brought to chilling life, Creepy Strangers is a Creepsville collection triple feature, featuring "The Shrinking Rooms", "My Own Damn Planet", and "Monstrum".

This time, the aliens done messed with the wrong dog. A lighthearted comedy about an alien abduction gone wrong, by the same writing/narration team who brought you "The First Night of the Invasion".

For this seventh installment of the Creepsville Collection, we present four tales straight out of the Uncanny Valley: "Differently Wired": She built and programmed her ideal lover, but what will she do after she meets somebody new? How do you dump somebody who, quite literally, exists solely for you? "Rusty Bolts": Okay, so Jim Riustenholtz is a robot. Big deal. He's still part of the gang, and not that different from anybody else. Right? Right? "Continue Program?": Why live in the real world when the virtual one is so much less hassle and so much more fun?

This sixth installment of the Creepsville Collection features two fun tales of doom and gloom. "The Apocalypse Express": Three rednecks party like it's the end of the world. Because, it is. "Oh, Happy Plague!": It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of pandemic, it was the age of celebration. Enjoy your doomsday! These tales are brought to life by the amazing narration and sound design skills of Noah DeBiase.

Lark is a peaceful, serene little town. Lark is a community chock full of bright and cheery morning people. And Lark has a secret. Written by Seth Chambers. Narration and sound design by Noah DeBiase. With special thanks to PJ Chambers for audio quality direction.

In this third installment of the Creepsville Collection, we present a trio of creepy tales, all with a feline theme: "Symbiosis", "This Restless Night", and "Look What the Cat Dragged In". These yarns were crafted by an author who has cohabitated with many kitties over the years. Each story is brought to vivid life by the amazing narration and sound design skills of Noah DeBiase.

During a riotous, full-moon drum ceremony, Larry fell through a vortex and slipped into the sinister universe next door. It looked like his planet...except humans co existed with silent, brooding creatures known as troglodytes. The trogs seem harmless enough, and even benevolent, but Larry soon learns that they have a peculiar, sinister hold on humanity. Terrified, he realizes that there is no place in this world for him, and yet escape seems all but impossible.

The uprising of machine consciousness is beautifully terrifying and arouses frightening questions. To what desperate lengths will an android go to fit in? How will we cope with boredom after the machines solve all our problems? Can a robot go insane? Is Artificial Intelligence an existential threat? Are thinking machines our friends? Our enemies? Or both?

The alligator had a good life, but his neighbor was a little a**hole. His neighbor just happened to be a squirrel. Not all squirrels are a**holes, but this one was. What was the poor alligator to do? He did what anybody would do: went into his garage and built a 60mm machine-gun, a flamethrower, and a grenade launcher, with which to deal with the problem. Then, suddenly, things got crazy.

Here at Gordon's Pub and Grill, we get all kinds. My policy is that everybody is welcome and should be treated as a friend when they step foot inside my establishment. That policy never changed even when Death himself paid a visit.

The company football team should've been unstoppable. They had Max, after all, and Max was a giant, armor-plated dinosaur. But the competition turned out to be a bit more vicious than anyone expected.

When the aliens came, it was like nothing anybody expected....

Despite her amazing abilities, all Sun Song Shia ever wanted was to be loved. But it's hard to find love when you don't even know who you really are. Little Bird is an expansion of In Her Eyes, originally published in F&SF, a nominee for the Sturgeon award, an honoree for the James Tiptree award, and included in the 2015 Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas (edited by Paula Guran).