Barry spends summer vacation at the home of Aunt Jane and Uncle Dick while attending the local junior college. He gets more education than he bargained for.
A Story in the Three Valleys Universe
The United States settled the Project 1950s as a lifeboat in case of a nuclear war. The founders picked an alternate time line where humanity died out with the Mt. Toba eruption of 75,000 BC. It is currently some 18,000 BCE, and the height of one of the periodic ice ages. Wendy van Veldt is an engineer-in-training. Her plans for the next few years are to start her career, and live happily ever after with her husband and her wife. Things don't quite work out that way.
A Making of a Gigolo Story Martha's husband was a worthless drunk, and everybody knew it. She wasn't used to attention from a man, and when Bobby gave it to her, it caused her to do some things she hadn't intended to. / (Reviews)
In 2039, Ty, a former Army Ranger, discovers an ancient alien AI and a buried star-ship beneath the Grand Canyon. Descended from an old space faring race, he learns Earth is targeted by machine intelligence's that erase “efficient” civilizations. Refusing empire, Ty builds a voluntary, ethical defense. Humanity survives not by force, but by remaining messy, divided, and free—becoming impossible to erase.
A Story in DB_Story's Sequels Universe
There's more than one story to tell about Westworld, where robots entertained guests until something went wrong. And some endings are better than others. A Silver Clitorides finalist. UPDATE: Westworld is being remade for release in 2007 -- but probably not like this!
Alex Winham, just coming out his shell after the painful end of a 20-year marriage, gets a lesson in trust he didn't know he was looking for. (Sorry, kids, this one's a grown-up story.)