The premiere short story anthology based on the movie ALIENS, featuring the Colonial Marines in deep space, doing what they do besthunting bugs!When the Colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug huntkill or be killed. Here are eighteen all-new stories of such "close encounters," written by many of today's most extraordinary authors.Set during the events of all four Alien films, sending the Marines to alien worlds, to derelict space settlements, and into the nests of the universe's most dangerous monsters, these adventures are guaranteed to send the blood racingOne way or another.

Jonathan Maberry is the is the multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Ghost Road Blues and the NYT bestselling author of Patient Zero.