Resonant Dust: Stories - Volume 4 is the fourth collection of speculative short stories in my Resonant Dust series. Get your sci-fi in bite-sized chunks!

New hi-tech toys keep appearing in a young boy’s crib, but his mother knows for certain no one else has entered the house. A teen and his parents travel from their Mars colony to Earth, seeking answers to a strange radio silence, only to discover the planet’s entire civilization has vanished. Miners excavating palladium on a remote asteroid realize the asteroid is not what it appears to be. Following cryptic instructions in a letter from his deceased parents, a man opens an antique chest to find a mysterious ‘conjuring machine’ that will transform his entire life. A woman accidentally inhales a toxic chemical and becomes patient zero in a global pandemic that forces everyone to look just like her.

Fifteen science fiction stories to challenge your perception of humanity’s future. Whether you're a devoted sci-fi explorer seeking fresh perspectives or a multi-genre reader hungry for thought-provoking short fiction, Resonant Dust: Volume Four will fire up your imagination.

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Here are a few of my favorite reviews of Resonant Dust: Stories - Volume 4:

"A great group of stories! Imagine living in a spaceship that was headed to another planet, and centuries later the remaining people have devolved to a primitive state, and then get rescued. Or finding a machine in a box of your mom's stuff after she dies. And this machine can give you something you want. Or thinking you are a 12 year old girl, only to find out that you are a computer program. Or find out the nanobots they injected into you to heal you have become sentient."
-Scott Oliver on Amazon

"All of these stories are based on interesting concepts, well thought out, well written and reach a satisfying conclusion. They are bite sized pieces of the kind of writing that you find in Stan’s novel length books. Highly recommended!"
- Jim on Goodreads

"Stan Smith’s short stories are true gems, full of imagination, fun and interesting characters, and unexpected plot twists. The only problem is they always leave me wanting to read more about what happens next!"
- Kirsten on Amazon

"Exceptional collection of short stories. What an imagination Stan C Smith has. Each of these tales is engrossing, addictive reading. The author himself notes that there isn't time to write a novel length version of all of the stories he comes up with. He's correct, though, that each of these shorts are ideas worthy of such treatment. Please, please keep these awesome collections coming, Mr Smith!"
- Chris Wells on Goodrerads

"Terrific Tales. I've just read Resonant Dust 4 and 5 in quick succession. It brings me back to the days of browsing secondhand bookshops and finding a new sci-fi anthology of favourite authors. Hours of reading pleasure ahead. Stan C. Smith does a wonderful job of creating these vignettes of a different world every time."
- C. Daly on Goodreads