James, an 83-year-old man, reads a strange book and ends up in a stranger world at the age of 12 with the benefit of a mature mind. Based on Rise of the Shield Hero and because I have a Raphtalia fetish, I couldn't resist writing this out. James wanders off, gets captured and is sent to the Wheel of Pain (yes that one), eventually he escapes and makes his way back 'home'. The first chapter is the introduction, setting the stage for James's adventures in this magical and dangerous realm.
Widower is asked to go on a tour with his former sister-in-law. He doesn't like her very much, but as a favor does go. On the trip he discovers why his wife never got along with her sibling. He comes to understand the animosity that happened over an incident when they were teenagers / (Reviews)
Jack Hazard was a successful bounty hunter, but he was nothing special beyond that. Then he got conked with a full beer bottle on the back of the head. When he came to, he was hearing voices even when nobody was talking! He thought that he was going crazy, but then he discovered that he had developed ESP and the other quirks that go with it. See what mind reading, etc. can do for a professional bounty hunter.
A Story in the Eros Universe
Roger rescues Amber from being killed by her old Master. While she is recovering, he explains his origins on Eros. Amber joins him in his business. After a time she goes to visit her father. It turns out to be a very bad trip. This is story one in the Eros Universe.
Ken is totally blind, but something very strange happens when he reaches puberty: He starts seeing sex organs. Red is for male, green for female. Then he finds that the new girl Lisa at the blind school has the same kind of vision. They are drawn to each other, and drawn to sexual exploration as they are exposed before each other. They see things both wonderful and not so wonderful that are hidden from the sighted.
A story in the Time Adventures Universe
A plain man becomes more. The story of Joe a man who is anything but plain, the three worlds he lives on and the three women he loves. Plus another in the far past that his love for actually started it all.
Ivan Merciant was a political convict for 20 terran-years, freed by smugglers to locate the lost Treasury of the wealthy Merciants, once Dukes of Como Prime in the days of the old Galactic Empire. Led by two murderous smugglers, financed by Lillian, a Republican courtesan, related to the dead Emperor, served by the everloving domestic help Selene, they embark to navigate a treacherous triple-sun system to find hidden treasure, knowing survival depends on the greed of their present crew mates.