A product of illicit genetic engineering, Beth escapes from a research facility in a stolen kayak. Pursued by men in a fast cruiser, she turns into a limestone fissure, hoping to find a place to hide. Swept into a tidal cavern, she escapes, finding herself mystically swept into an alternate world.
18-year-old girl's parents are killed in automobile crash. Father is DUI and responsible for the accident with another married couple. The husband dies at the scene the wife seriously injured survives and sues taking everything. With only three bags containing everything she has left in the world she is taken in by a friend of her mother. the so-called aunt makes an offer.
A tribute story in The Vallis Defense universe, continuing worlds created by Refusenik and Cold Creek
A sovereign on Mars. A Marine veteran in West Texas. A defenceman in Michigan. Three men who have never met, and a signal from deep space that will not wait for them to be ready. Waylon Eckermann builds a nation. Scott MacIntyre wants a quiet life and gets a much larger one. Michael Stewart picks up where Parallel Ice left him and writes code that reshapes the world. They begin as strangers. They do not end that way. A tribute blending Cold Creek's Defenceman with Refusenik's Human novels.
From the age of twelve, Honey has been crushing on her brother's Tex-Mex buddy. Now, at sixteen, with Ruese nearing graduation, this petite beauty is determined to satisfy her deepest longings, even if three years of seeking a substitute for Ruese, along with sexual indiscretion have given her a bad reputation.
Driven into highlands of central British Columbia, a young teen prostitute escapes from her murderous pimp. In near total darkness, frantic and fleeing death, she collides with a log cabin. Wakened from bad dreams, a blinded Canadian vet takes her in, learns her story, then offers the girl a home on his isolated ranch.
Two unlikely friends. A proud female warrior. A clever goblin wizard. One month of survival. To cross the absolute border into Gobbyland, Rikka must surrender her humanity and become Drak’s pony girl. To navigate goblin territory, they must play a deadly game of make-believe. Drak the master, and Rikka his pony girl—a reluctant animal in tack and bit. As they prepare to cross the border, both must face the terrifying truth that pretending to be a master and beast might change them forever.