Owen Oliver was an optimist with a dark imagination. Better known for his light romantic short stories, he occasionally turned his pen to what might happen after an unthinkable catastrophe: aliens, mad scientists, planetary disasters, bizarre creatures, and more. But dire as these backdrops are, Oliver's main interest is how humanity reacts, for better or worse. And sometimes, it is much, much worse . . . But in Oliver's stories, the horrific always meets hope.