Book excerpt: From the risks of having goddesses walk among us to surviving a fall from space with an improbable flying pig, Pen-Ultimate II brings you a new collection of tales from the imaginations of alumni from the Boston area Ultimate Science Fiction Writing Workshop. Journey with us as we explore inhuman dreams of love, perplexing alien lifeforms, time and matter manipulation, the divine and not-so-divine consequences of our choices and more in worlds like and unlike our own. This speculative fiction anthology contains sixteen stories written by twelve graduates of the Boston area Ultimate SF Writing Workshop. All proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) emergency medical fund. Stories by: KJ Kabza Chad Kroll Orin Kornblit Chris Howard Scott Davis Talib S. Hussain LJ Cohen William Gerke David P. Fischer Meredith Watts T.S. Kay Pam Phillips