Parabolic Orbits: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Inspired by the Parables of Jesus

Jesus’ parables used familiar elements to teach timeless truths. In these pages, you are invited to revisit his messages through the imaginative tropes of sci-fi.In this follow-up anthology to A TIME FOR EVERYTHING you will * A mining colony on a planet with dangerous secrets in Kerry Nietz’s “Pest Control”* A prisoner serving a life sentence on a doomed world in Denise Bruggers’ epistolary “The Debt”* An immortal facing death for the first time in Kathleen Bird’s “Walk in the Light”* An unproven military squad in a high-stakes battle for the survival of their city in J. L. Burrows’ “Wasted Talent”* The final hours of a centuries-long reality show in Earth’s orbit in Amy Walsh’s “The Great Selection”* A colony representative who must take unusual measures to get the attention of an uncaring bureaucracy in Elizabeth Staab Van Deusen’s “The Stars from Home”* And more!These are the stories he told . . . retold across space and time!