The Dial: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories
RWWarwick
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RWWarwick
Ongoing, First published Mar 28
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A 10-story collection of science fiction stories by up and coming writer R. W. Warwick.

Travel across dimensions to find your one true love, or journey to Earth's next ice age where the terrible consequences of nuclear energy still plague mankind's descendants. From discoveries on a distant asteroid, to reality itself disappearing in a flash of light. Only when humanity's back is against the wall, does that spark of redemption shine through!

"Pemberton's Dial". A jaded writer has an existential crisis when his latest work is plagiarised by a dark political force.

"Whatever Happened to Pangaea?" Explores a young man's grip on reality when his world is revealed to him as a construct of his imagination.

"Let the Cold Winds Blow". Tells the fury of a mother who has lost her son in a senseless intergalactic war. 

"It Were Aliens". Describes a prisoner's struggle with mankind's harsh new reality when its future is placed in his hands.

"Beyond Scope". A first contact tale with a twist, told in the tradition of the Golden Age of science fiction.

"The Far Side of Eternity". Gives us a glimpse of our distant future, and the outlandish consequences of nuclear energy. 

The Dial is a provocative look at the future of humanity, and the dangerous paths we might take.
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