Title: Doctor Ramani's Children and Other Stories
Description: A collection of 5 contemporary tales of science fiction and fantasy by Indiana author G. S. Hargrave:

Doctor Ramani’s Children: A modern-day genius on a mission to permanently alter what it means to be human–whether anyone else likes it or not; 

BD-428: A soldier of the near future, whose survival depends on an ambulating piece of equipment that may have just become sentient; 

The Jade Cicada: An entomologist follows the lowly object of his studies across an unseen boundary, and finds himself in decidedly unfamiliar territory; 

On Some Bright Stream: A nuclear physicist discovers that the price of understanding can sometimes be a quantum of pure, unadulterated horror;

Bibliophiles: In which one of the strangest aspiring writers you’re ever likely to meet crosses paths with a mysterious old book, and a sinister character that is even stranger.
Subjects: fantasy, science fiction, nanotechnology, bionics, genetic engineering, telepathic cats, tulpas, kami, robotics, entomology, large hadron collider, bibliophiles
Places: Central Illinois, Chicago, southern Indiana, Fort Hood, Geneva, London, Osaka, rural Japan, India, Pandora's Books
Time periods: The early 21st Century; present day and the near future.