Emma Rules is asked to investigate a case, but finds the Police Commissioner the main suspect. She faces an impossible mission, quickly solve the crime with minimal staff, and few resources. If she clears the Commissioner, everyone will suspect collusion. If she fails, it'll make the NYPD look corrupt and plunge the city into turmoil. In addition, her sister-in-law and niece seek her assistance, throwing her life into turmoil when she has little time to deal with it.
A decade ago, a mysterious tower appeared between two apartment buildings on Central Park West in New York City. Its appearance touched off a series of debates and investigations as to how and where the tower came from. With the new building came a set of very odd features. Such as people with histories already living in the tower. Every storm that came through the area seemed attracted to it. Then there were the dead bodies. One hundred twenty-three so far. This is the story of the Storm Tower. / (Reviews)
A story in the Galactic Chronicles Universe
A Justice Provider's Tale (c) Vanessa Ravencroft A stand-alone story within the Galactic Chronicles Universe The year is 5020 OTT, and this is the story of Angel Marifrou
Part of 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
RichardGerald and I wrote this jointly for Bebop and Nora's "50 Ways to Leave your Lover" event. Since one of those options is a bus, we modeled our story on the classic Hollywood 'meet cute' film "It Happened One Night." Which means that we changed the characters, swapped the sexes, radically altered the plot, and wrote a whole new story. But we DID think about the film while we were trashing it. So as the pitchmen would say: It's exactly like the original except on a train and....
Join Carl Matthews, his beautiful cloned AI, and his bevy of girlfriends as they travel the universe, and another dimension, in search of justice and fair play in the energy business.
A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
When a shipment of weapons goes missing on a remote mining colony, Agent Boyd is sent to assess the situation. What he uncovers is a plot to take control of the planet, but during his getaway his spaceship is shot down. Stranded on the planet's moon and with only his survival suit at his disposal, he must find a way back to civilization, all while trying to deal with an unwitting alien companion.
A Coldwater County Story Rather than send the man to the state hospital, which is what I should have done, given his suicidal behavior, instead I chose a more self-indulgent course. As the police began to suspect my complicity, I cursed myself for my arrogance.
Steve Anderson knew it was wrong to fall in love with Maria D'Amato, his patient who was twice his age, but it happened and before he knew it, his life spiraled into directions that he never realized existed. There were secrets they withheld from each other, and one of those secrets cost Maria her life. Now Steve must find a way to protect her daughter without falling in love with her, too.