Losing Touch in Polluto 8

My latest published story, Losing Touch (Number 27 of The One-Thousand), appears in Polluto no. 8 which you can purchase here: http://www.polluto.com/subscribe.html

I usually don't warn people, but I will this time, since you're shelling out ten pounds, there's some dark shit in this story and it may not be your kinda thing. If it is your kinda thing, you should definitely get a copy because dark shit seems to be what Polluto thrives on. I'm very pleased that Polluto published this one because it had become what I like to call my cursed story. Again and again I would get no response from editors on this one, not even a rejection, even after query letters were sent and at least one magazine went out of business while this story was with them.

The story takes place in a future where humanity is part of a large galactic society with lots of different alien races. One day the aliens all freak out about what they call The Great Catastrophe and take the hell off without explanation. Years later, our hero, Agent Kip Dyre, gets word that an alien might have been found on a new human colony. He's got to find it and learn just what the heck The Great Catastrophe is before humanity falls victim to it.

Buy it, read it, enjoy.