New Stories posted in the last 30 days

A volume in the Earthbound Series
Volume IV of the Earthbound Series: Nykkyo is now a widower living with Sukiko's mom and son, and carrying an incredible secret about her death. As New York recovers from the 9/11 attack, an outbreak of a fatal virus on Earth occurs, killing one of his Floran co-workers. While investigating possible off-world origins of the virus, Nyk and his new protoge Dyppa travel to her homeworld where he learns his world's idyllic standard of living is far from the norm across Floran's colonies.

Michael comes home from work early to find his son and daughter helping each other shave for the swim meet.

Amara, 19, arrives at St. Catherine's Nursing Institute with a Bible and a Ghana-must-go. She wants to be a good altar girl. Chi-Chi, 21, final year Hostel Rep, has other plans. She stares too long. Stands too close. Knows exactly when Amara's breath catches. In a hostel where Warden Agnes watches everything and NEPA takes light every night, Amara is trying not to sin. But some sins feel like prayer.

A former Marine Captain is trying to deal with wounds suffered in Viet Nam while running a struggling business. He discovers his wife in bed with a black man. Life gets worse from there. No 'AI' was involved in writing this story. I always have problems with the codes.

A watch can be exciting even when there is no demon attack...

A Claire Hammer: Already a Whore Story
Chapter 5 of "The Year She Looked Nineteen." The second half of Claire Hammer's gap year before attending the University, set two years prior to NaturalHammer's "Becoming a Whore."

A celebrated geiko is sold to a samurai—full price, no haggling. She expects a gilded cage. Instead, Fuyuki Kazuma hands her a blade and asks her to defend herself, even against him. What follows is a rare marriage built on trust: he teaches her to fight; she teaches herself to stop kneeling. When enemies mistake her for merely decorative, they learn otherwise in blood. A story of a woman who refused to choose between grace and danger—and found she never had to.

This is a Swarn Cycle story. You discover how far someone will go to get off the earth.

This is part of the Swarm Cycle. A little information can go a long way.

An over excited cross dresser, fouls fail of a robber.