The story was inspired by events in Michael Bunker’s novel, Pennsylvania, and I’d like to thank him for writing the novel, and graciously allowing me to play in his world. If you haven’t read Pennsylvania, you should. The illustrations that accompany the story are by the amazing Ben Adams. Thank you, Ben. You can find more of Ben’s work at his website - http://www.benjadams.com. A huge thank you to the multi-talented Jason Gurley who created the spectacular cover. And thank you to Joe Nassise for his development editing of the story and the team at Red Adept Editing for copy editing and proofreading. Finally, thank you to my beta readers - Jeff, Sherryl-Annette, Connie, Ryan and my wife, Ann. Their invaluable feedback improved the story immensely. Get a FREE Short Story Only Friends is a short story that was originally published in The Anthology of European SF.
