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A bittersweet holiday tale set in a grimdark future, long after humans took to the stars. The Solstice Festival celebrates the new dawn and the promise it brings. It holds more significance for Marcus since he managed to claw his way out of poverty by focusing on the future. However, the legacy of his humble beginnings haunt him in a world where social hierarchy is everything. Instead of celebrating with his own family, Marcus agrees to visit his partner’s parents on their lavish estate to celebrate the Solstice.

This is a humorous, episodic novel of dark fantasy and science fiction, composed of the four novellas Amy and the Ankylosaurus, Helen and the Evil Elves of the Elder Gods, Sithe in the City, and Dragon vs Dinosaur. It begins when Magnus creates a device to open portals to other quantum universes so he can show his ex-girlfriend, Amy, real dinosaurs. This goes awry when Amy goes through the portal and he has to rescue her, accompanied by his fellow scientist Helen, Amy's best friend.

This thirty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 31 features "Fortune Cookies" by Hunter C. Eden; "That Time of Year" by D.K. Cassidy, "The Pairing Witch" by David Alan Jones, "Similar" by Holly Heisey, and "#Eddie_and_June" by Daniel Arthur Smith.

Colonists struggle against natural forces for permanent habitation on a new world. Prejudice and discrimination force a society of savants into strife. His civilization's complacency fuels a young alien's restlessness. The first android and his creator forge a new path for humanity. A Paleolithic family searches for a lasting legacy. In the Victorian era, a common man encounters an uncommon foe.