Contents COPYRIGHT INFO . 3 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 . Sample file 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 permis- sion of the author . “Galaxy Of Mirrors” originally appeared in Is Anybody Out There . Copyright © 2010Sample by Paul Di Filippofile . Reprinted by permis- sion 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 permis- sion 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 permis- sion 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 permis- sion 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 permis- sion of the author . Sample file COPYRIGHT INFO | 5 A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER 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 ABOUT THE SERIES Over the last few years, our MEGAPACK™ ebook series has grown to be our most popular endeavor . (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One ques- tion we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?” The MEGAPACK™ ebook series (except where specifically credited) are a group effort . Everyone at Wildside works on them . A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER | 6.