by Adam Mac
A collection of short fictions — a miscellany of the apocryphal and grim — including a couple that reference the author's previously-published brain-in-the-vat stories. Many of the stories are what might be called 'alternate history,' although the author uses the term 'apocryphal tales' — as the fictions combine a base of what is considered to be historical fact with conjectures and speculations. The intent is to blur the line between accepted fact and purely creative fancy in...