If I Should Die Before It Wakes, and Other Stories. (Paperback)

There is surprise, humor and often suspense in these six stories featuring the novelette "If I Should Die Before It Wakes," where a marine biologist discovers a nightmare poised to awaken in the world's oceans.

Other stories include "Concerning the Death of Robert Logan on CV-IV" where a team of nerdy zenolinguists try to solve the mystery of an abandoned planet. The misinterpretation of a common word could a fatal consequence. Just after a malfunction causes a robot designed for teen amusement to attain self-consciousness, he's assigned to an elder-care facility in "Assisted Living." In "I Follow the Sun," a man and a vampire go into a Singapore bar yet only one leaves. A bizarre murder confession leads a Boston detective to a group of scientists with a time machine in "Killing Time." Find out the horrifying reason a man must always wear a blindfold in "Out of Sight."