In Situ Author:Carrie Cuinn (Editor) From independent publisher Dagan Books, IN SITU is a new anthology of science fiction stories featuring alien archeology, hidden mysteries, and things that are better off left buried. These fifteen evocative science fiction stories will take you from dusty archaeologists digging up our alien past into a distant future where we've become the ... more »relics. Thought-provoking and entertaining, IN SITU explores science, theology, preservation, and the art of alien finance, in a whole new way. Edited by Carrie Cuinn, this intriguing collection contains original fiction and art:...a quiet man finds more than he bargained for when he sets out with his metal detector on a lonely hill; ...a soldier meets a new kind of enemy fighting an altogether different kind of war; ...on a distant swamp planet, a woman questions what kind of human she's becoming ; ...a pregnant archeologist finds a connection with a long-dead alien child; ... while deep space scavengers wonder what it ever meant to be human at all.
Contents:
Donning the Helm / shortstory by Dawn Vogel
The Dig / shortstory by David J. West
The Stone / shortstory by Rebecca Lloyd
Relevant Information from the Tel Namjah Site / shortstory by Kelly Stiles
Seeds / shortstory by Bear Weiter
Vessels of Clay, Flesh, and Stars / shortstory by Mae Empson
Recovery / shortstory by Jason Andrew
Chennai 5 / shortstory by K. V. Taylor
Jewel of Tahn-Vinh / shortstory by R. S. Hunter
You'll Always Have the Burden with You / shortstory by Ken Liu
Requiem / shortstory by Paul A. Dixon
Rachel's Journal / shortstory by Sarah Hendrix
The Assemblage of the Aeolians / shortstory by Greg Burch
Salvage / shortstory by Graham Storrs
The Field Trip / shortstory by Alex Shvartsman
Afterword (In Situ) • essay by Carrie Cuinn
Key to the Mathematical and Scientfic Symbols Found in the Book (In Situ) • essay by editor