This Fist

THIS FIST, the third short story collection from Matthew Atkinson, features ten face-punching stories that will rattle your perception of the world around you.Descend into a ring of savagery, satire, and sin full of action-packed skull-crushers like the high-flying "e;Gladiator Flight,"e; the party-crashing "e;Dumbbell Step-Up,"e; and the rough-sailing "e;A Steamer in the River."e; No one is spared from the absurd assault of THIS FIST— neither kids ("e;Midnight Mow"e;), nor, uh, fantasy people ("e;Atrous Orb II"e;), nor nerdy women ("e;My Best Ideas"e;), nor the truly unfortunate ("e;Dreamtide"e;).THIS FIST punches straight through RPG-like fantasy ("e;Errand of Vermin"e;), classic-style SF ("e;Hyper Offense"e;) and grounded college-core litfic ("e;Everything I Touch Gets Ruined"e;), too.Access to the ultimate power is literally at hand. Raise it up, trust it, and direct it against your enemies, even if it looks a little silly— that's how you use THIS FIST.For clarity, this collection includes these stories:1. "e;Midnight Mow"e;2. "e;A Steamer in the River"e;3. "e;Gladiator Flight"e;4. "e;Dumbbell Step-Up"e;5. "e;Atrous Orb II"e;6. "e;Errand of Vermin"e;7. "e;Dreamtide"e;8. "e;My Best Ideas"e;9. "e;Hyper Offense"e;10. "e;Everything I Touch Gets Ruined"e;