Less Lonely Planet
by Rhys Hughes

A collection of inexplicably joined short stories and tales from Rhys Hughes, the author who is to convention what apricots are to armadillos. 32 tales about life, non-melodic sounds, cats, adventures, love, bread, circuses, pyramids, ducks, and more!

Since time immemorial, the planet Earth has revolved around the sun on its own, carrying one species of technically advanced hominids, a handful of basic urges, a dozen or so original plots. But a very slow collision with the rogue world Happenstance is about to change all that.

The two celestial bodies will fuse together into a single object, doubling the surface area, trebling the population, quadrupling the number of resonant archetypes, multiplying by a millionfold the virtues of hyperbole!

A less lonely Earth means more high adventure, more low morals, more medium rares. Oh yes!

Reviews:

…this is just a flat-out fun reading experience. …Less Lonely Planet stands out on its own with an originality and all-out humor that you don’t see very often within the sci-fi and fantasy genre. …[Rhys] Hughes has taken up the baton from such great humorous writers as Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman and run off in his own direction proving he is an author that stands out from the rest. Less Lonely Planet by Rhys Hughes is an extremely enjoyable short story collection that will leave you with a whole new humorous outlook on life.
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     I went into this collection expecting some hardcore Science Fiction… but what I came away with was so much more enjoyable that I could have imagined.
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     …the prose that Hughes writes is smooth flowing and an absolute joy the read. He writes with a rich descriptive style that perfectly paints the picture for the readers while never wasting time with unnecessary words that creates a clean prose that moves expertly along the pages throughout each story.
     If you looking for a quick read that is extremely enjoyable from the first page to the final sentence, you cannot go wrong with the humorously written Less Lonely Planet by Rhys Hughes.

— Joe Kroeger; Horror World
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Foreword
• Thinner Air
• Troubleroot
  
• Goblin Sunrise
  
• The Two Kingdoms
  
• The Taming of the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shrew
  
• Thief Among Thieves
  
• Below the Carnival
  
• The Muse Ouroboros
  
• Accordion Beach
  
• The Mice Will Play
  
• The Desiccated Sage
  
• Two Fat Men in a Very Thin Country
  
• Niddala
  
• Sending Freedom Far Away
  
• The Impregnable Fortress
  
• The Bathing Bells
  
• Doom Laden Haven
  
• The Six Sentinels
  
• In Moonville
  
• But it Pours
  
• The City That Was Itself
  
• The Man Who Gargled with Gargoyle Juice
  
• The Tallest Midget in Christendom
  
• The Kissable Climes
  
• The Non-Existent Viscount in the Trees
  
• When the Microscopic Giants Took Over Happenstance
  
• Venus and Stupid
  
• Von Ryan’s Daughter’s Express
  
• In Sunsetville
  
• Fable with Turkish Coffee
  
• Sir Cheapskate
  
• Playing Impossible Instruments
  
• Afterword: Interview with the King of Shush
  (who knows everything)