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A rogue scientist believes he's got the key to unlocking temporal causality: One simple injection! By altering the electrons of a human, Dr. Sendec postulates that he can thus alter the entire quantum state of that human, sending them back and forth between eras at will. Thinking he's on the precipice of eons: Master of the ages, the breakthrough Dr. Sendec theorized is, in fact, fractured. For, in the desolate wasteland of the Now, he finds himself stuck between seconds, caught between moments and trapped in time...

Oni Ono: the lonely little crow, introduced young listeners to a feisty, fun, independent baby bird named Oni. In her first outing she learned the value of family, and now in her second adventure - Oni Ono learns to depend upon her support structures for reassurance during stressful times. How do kids deal with difficult sleep patterns? This story serves to reinforce trust in familial social structures for child development purposes, and can help sooth little ones off to rest.

In a steam-punk fever dream, these are the exploits of the aerial vessel Metalworx. This late-model cloud trawler comes fully loaded with pneumatic harpoon cannon, alcoholic dwarf, miniature dragon, amnesiac prince, and unstable captain. 

After the fall of Mr. Blue, the Chron-Arch's companions never expected to see him again. Now, they're face-to-face with the new face of everyone's favorite accidental Time Lord.

Follow the antics of little Ono Ono, the baby crow, who decides to leave her busy, busy family nest because she thinks they aren't paying enough attention to her.

Having joined forces with his former selves, Mr. White and Mr. Blue, the man in red aided in saving all of the Cosmos. Now, the "crimson arm of time" bids a fond farewell to Sully, as Jade and Valentine return to the fray. Yet it seems that Deceit, and indeed the Violet Stranger, both have one last surprise for the man in red.

The time machine lay in ruins. Jade is stranded. Mr. White has perished.... Or has he? Now the Chron-Arch returns as Traveller: Mr. Blue to save existence once again (although he may accidentally destroy the entire solar system first)!

After his father's death, young Morte must come to terms with his inheritance. And it is is nothing like what he imagined it would be... 

 Two former lovers find themselves in familiar territory. For one brief instant, realities collide. 

One day, everything will be taken from you. Nothing can prepare you for this day; not faith, not love, not hope. In a far distant, distant future, Arthureus Vercingetorix learns this lesson the day he and his fiance are brutally murdered to protect the interests of the corporate "InterSystem". Yet he is mysteriously resurrected as a "Spiker", the latest in a long line of vengeance zombies. Now, all the cosmos will know what happens when a nightmare...fights other nightmares.

During a discussion about seven years of sobriety, an independent coffee shop owner in California recounts his tumultuous start in "business".... 

Some of us visit science fiction. Zak Standridge kinda lives there! From the obscure (1968s The Prisoner) to the mainstream (1966s Star Trek) to the in-between (1970s Doctor Who) to the overlooked (1990s Quantum Leap and 2000s Firefly/Serenity) to the modern (American Gods in 2020), Mr. Standridge has spent decades distilling here for you his cherry-picked favs of sci-fi!

The mild misadventures of a given day in the life of a cashier...the day Jesus showed up! 

Eve needs a break! The steampunk pirate princess and future captain of the SAS MetalWorx feels the full weight of overworking, and decides to utilize her friendships as resources for handling stress.

KingStargazed is fiction, if not a metaphor. He existed in the abstract and only manifested for a brief time before his departure from this plane. This was to be his final novel before he perished from a brain tumor. What you are about to hear are his cliff notes on the upcoming work that, as it turns out, was to be his final prediction for the future of Planet Earth.