Charlie Foxtrot: Stories

Continuing tale of the Survivors from an apocalyptic event killing off 99% of humanity. It is highly recommended you read the first story (Survivors) before picking up this story.

A story in the Cosimo Universe
The previously untold beginning of the Families of Empire story series. Why did mankind flee Earth and the AI-based society that had been embraced there? What drove them to make the horrible decision of fighting the remainder of mankind? Read the tragic tale of two exceptional adventurers who sacrificed everything to set mankind on a path to the stars.

A story in the The Integration Era Universe
The overlay arrived when she was twenty-nine. Three months later her son was born, and she had known since his first hour that the system would eventually find him. She had twenty-two months. In the heavy autumn light, his hands stilled over an unfinished block tower and she watched the Integration open his file: Drive 4, two empty skill slots, Designation Pending, Monitoring. She sat down on the floor and told him about things the system has no notation for.

A story in the The Integration Era Universe
What happens to dating in the Integration Era? For some, nothing changes. But what about a high-Signal individual who reads every first date before the appetizers arrive? Dessa Vayne is Signal 29. Three dates ended before dinner. How will Kael Dross perform?

A story in the The Integration Era Universe
Mira is sixteen and Lattice 14 means the overlay has never gone ambient. She maps everything — rooms, conversations, her boyfriend's intentions before he's finished forming them. Tonight she already knows where things are going, and she already knows her answer. She asks him to slow down. He says something she didn't map. The system flags nothing. It turns out the map has edges.