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BEACONS OF TOMORROW
An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Second Collection
Paperback, 240 pages, Tyrannosaurus Press, 2008

A would-be artist makes a devil’s bargain and must choose between the life he had and the life he always wanted. A genetically enhanced primate is forced to question his own humanity. A scientist’s experiment puts religious doctrine to the test. Enjoy these and fifteen other stories that run the gamut of speculative fiction, from past to post-apocalyptic, from surreal to supernatural, from futuristic to fantastic. Read more here.

Contributors include Eric Pinder, Ray Veen, David Densely Thomas, Madeline Bay, Paul Lamb, C.S. Larson, Sheri Fresonke Harper, A. Christopher Drown, Terry Lindner, Kathryn Mattingly, Gary Sleeth, Danielle Parker, R. Gatwood, Susan Mattinson, Erik Goodwyn, T.J. Starbuck, F.R. Jameson, Kristi Peterson, and Nathan Schoonover.
Edited by Bret Funk.

CYCLING’S GREATEST MISADVENTURES
Paperback, 254 pages, Casagrande Press, 2007

“Love the book; hate the title” sums up an excellent review of this anthology that appearered here. In these pages you’ll find twenty-seven true stories, some terrifying, some comical, some contemplative, some downright bizarre. Both everyday riders and pros tell their stories of freak accidents, animals attacks, sabotage, idiotic decisions, eerie or unexplained incidents, and other jaw-dropping, adrenaline-pumping calamaties. These stories bring to life the strange possibilities that await us once we step on the pedals of our road, mountain, or commuter bikes.

Authors include Eric Pinder, Heather Andersen, Luke Bauer, Amy Nevala, Greg Taylor and Dave Stamboulis. Edited by Erich Schweikher and Paul Diamond. Read more here.

Includes an 18-page Bike Crash Photo Gallery that is both amusing and alarming. Pictures include Lance Armstrong and Iban Mayo crashing during the 15th stage of the Tour de France, and the Relax Team car overturning while the careless driver was shouting encouragment to a rider during the Tour de Langkawi. Essays include “The Day I Beat Miguel Indurain,” “Riding Tandem with a Rodent,” “Sabotage on the Tour de Femme,” “Spin Cycle” and “Bicycles
and Bagpipes,” an expanded/modified excerpt from the chapter of the same name in North to Katahdin.

SOUL OF THE SKY
Exploring the Human Side of Weather
Paperback, 150 pages, Mount Washington Observatory, 1999
Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Soul of the Sky calls itself “a different type of weather book.” It’s not preoccupied with charting fronts, defining what an isobar is, or trying to get you to memorize the conversion formula from degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit (you can find that here, along with some thoughts on which scale is better). Instead, it’s a collection that illustrates how the weather can both inspire and terrify, connect us and urge us on to new adventures, and invite us to gain a deeper appreciation of how weather and climate affect our everyday lives. Edited by Dave Thurlow and C. Ralph Adler. Illustrations by Paul M. Breeden.

Authors include Eric Pinder, Jan DeBlieu, Robert Henson, Diane Ackerman, Chet Raymo, Annie Dillard, David Laskin, Catherine Buni, Gretel Ehrlich and others. Includes an interview with Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm. Essays include “Unearthing the Sky,” “Aristotle’s Rainbow,” “Rage on a Grassy Ridge, “Within Mount Washington Clouds,” “The Shape of Air,” A Memorable Easter Ice Storm,” and “Ice.”

A slightly different version of “Ice,” by Eric Pinder, also appears in Sheep Football.