Cretaceous

The Little Shop of Wonders #1

by Robert Appleton

No matter how hard you try, no matter how far you look, you will never find this shop.

It will find you.
 
Dreams, desires, the most outlandish wishes: all are for sale at Esther May Morrow's timeless antiques and sundries store, for the bargain price of...well, that would be telling. You'll have to see for yourself. So come on in. Don't be shy. Make her an offer. She never refuses anyone.

There's just one thing I should mention: each purchase comes with an absolute guarantee--no one who leaves her shop will be ever the same again.

CRETACEOUS (A Short Story):

An old man purchases an elixir to save his dying dog. But their next walk together takes them a little farther than usual ... into the time of the dinosaurs!

5,300 words
 
Other stories from The Little Shop of Wonders* include: Gin Rummy, Lot 62, Spellbound, The Conscripted Man, Miss Olivia, Phenomenal, Happy Meal, and The Temporal Man
 
*Available separately or in The Complete Anthology

24 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2016

About the author

Robert Appleton is a British science fiction and adventure author partial to tales of survival in far-flung locations. Many of his sci-fi books share the same universe as his popular Alien Safari series, though tend to feature standalone storylines. His rebellious characters range from an orphaned grifter on Mars to a lone woman gate-crashing the war in her biotech suit. His sci-fi readers regularly earn enough frequent flyer miles to qualify for a cross-galaxy voyage of their choosing. His publishers include Harlequin Carina Press, and he also ghost-writes novels in other genres. In his free time he hikes, plays soccer, and kayaks whenever he can. The night sky is his inspiration.

His work has been nominated for several awards, and in 2011 he won the EPIC Award for Best Historical Fiction.

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