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Contents

A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER ...... 6 . .

AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL DI FILIPPO ...... 8. .

LIFE IN THE CARBYNE AGE ...... 10

GALAXY OF MIRRORS ...... 14 . .

SPECTER-BOMBING THE BEER GOGGLES ...... 34 .

LIFE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE ...... 46 . .

LITTLE WORKER ...... 64 . .

FRACTAL PAISLEYS ...... 80. . . THE MILL ...... Sample ...... file ...... 119 THE GRANGE ...... 189 . . .

PHYLOGENESIS ...... 215 . . .

GRAVITONS ...... 232. . .

REDSKINS OF THE BADLANDS ...... 251

FarmEarth ...... 276. . .

ANGELMAKERS ...... 298

THE JONES CONTINUUM ...... 320. . .

Contents | 1 ADVENTURES IN COGNITIVE HOMOGAMY: A LOVE STORY . . . 334 .

KAREN COXSWAIN ...... 358 . .

A NIGHT IN THE THIRTEENTH AVENUE MISSION ...... 381 .

I KANT CUZ I’M TOO JUNG ...... 396 . .

THE NEW CYBERIAD ...... 412

YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS ...... 435 . .

FEMAVILLE 29 ...... 472

SHUTEYE FOR THE TIMEBROKER ...... 497. .

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Contents | 2 COPYRIGHT INFO

The Paul Di Filippo MEGAPACK™ is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC . All rights reserved . * * * * The MEGAPACK™ ebook series name is a trademark of Wild- side Press, LLC . All rights reserved . * * * * The stories in this MINIPACK™ originally appeared as follows: “Interview” is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC. It first appeared in The Paul Di Filippo MINIPACK™, a free giveaway from Wildside Press for social media subscribers . “Life In The Carbyne Age” originally appeared on OMNIreboot . com . Copyright © 2014 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Galaxy Of Mirrors” originally appeared in Is Anybody Out There . Copyright © 2010Sample by Paul Di Filippofile . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Specter-Bombing The Beer Goggles” originally appeared in TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction . Copyright © 2011 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Life In The Anthropocene” originally appeared in The Mam- moth Book of Apocalyptic SF . Copyright © 2010 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Little Worker” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1989 . Copyright © 1989 by Mercury Press . Reprinted by permission of the author .

COPYRIGHT INFO | 3 “Fractal Paisleys” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fan- tasy & Science Fiction, May 1992 . Copyright © 1992 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “The Mill” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, October 1991 . Copyright © 1989 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “The Grange” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1991 . Copyright © 2011 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Phylogenesis” originally appeared in Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 3 . Copyright © 1989 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Gravitons” originally appeared in Hardware #2 . Copyright © 1990 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Redskins of the Badlands” originally appeared in Analog Sci- ence Fiction and Fact, November 2013 . Copyright © 2013 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “FarmEarth” originally appeared in Welcome to the Greenhouse . Copyright © 2011 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Angelmakers” originally appeared in Interzone #141, March 1999 . Copyright © 1999Sample by Paul Di Filippofile . Reprinted by permission of the author . “The Jones Continuum” originally appeared in Science Fiction Eye, March 1988 . Copyright © 1988 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Adventures In Cognitive Homogamy: A Love Story” originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October-November 2013 . Copyright © 2013 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Karen Coxswain” originally appeared in Rip-Off! Copyright © 2012 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “A Night In The Thirteenth Avenue Mission” originally appeared in After Hours #17, Winter 1993 . Copyright © 1993 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . COPYRIGHT INFO | 4 “I Kant Cuz I’m Too Jung” originally appeared in New Pathways into Science Fiction and Fantasy, September 1989 . Copyright © 1989 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “The New Cyberiad” originally appeared in We Think, Therefore We Are . Copyright © 2009 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Yes We Have No Bananas” originally appeared in Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy . Copyright © 2009 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Femaville 29” originally appeared in Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy . Copyright © 2006 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author . “Shuteye For The Timebroker ” originally appeared in Future- shocks . Copyright © 2006 by Paul Di Filippo . Reprinted by permission of the author .

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If you haven’t (yet) heard of Paul Di Filippo—well, you’ve been missing a lot . His tales are wild (some might say “gonzo”) and push a lot of boundaries . You never know what to expect, except it’s go- ing to be one great ride . Paul was born in 1954 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island . He has been publishing fiction professionally since the 1970s, releasing a steady stream of great short fiction and novels. (Wildside Press has released several, including A Mouthful of Tongues, an erotic SF novel; Cos- mocopia, an ingenious tale of a drug that can restore creative pow- ers . . at a price; and the fantasy Harp, Pipe, and Symphony—plus the collection The Great Jones Coop Ten Gigasoul Party (And Other Lost Celebrations) . Paul has personally chosen these stories as a sampler . If you like them—well, for 99 cents you can have these 3 plus a whole lot more in The Paul Di Filippo MEGAPACK™ . I’ll let you get on with it . (Suggestion: start with the interview .) Enjoy! Sample file —John Betancourt Publisher, Wildside Press LLC www .wildsidepress .com

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