A Story in the Clearwater Universe
When Joe Dresdner gets assigned a new parolee, he is leery of her. Dolores Jorgensen is supposed to be a model inmate with a good outlook, but she is also an ex-porn starlet with a homicidal streak. Not exactly a girl to fall in love with, right?
Medium Erotic Story of the Year, 2013.
A young boy of ten loses his parents, leaving him at the mercy of Child Protective Services. When he expects the worst, a legitimate foundation swoops in, offering him a new family and a chance to regain his future, perhaps even a better one. Nothing is free in this world though, and no foundation or corporation is completely benevolent, especially one that holds lucrative patents in nanotech.
This is a Western story in two parts. The Palmer Ranch with Randy and Sheila on the East end of the valley, and the Ferris Ranch with Dave and Teresa on the West end with the town of Ferris in the center. The first part will stand alone. The second part has the same stand alone quality. It tells the story of the long valley where Ferris Town draws characters from both. Some characters speak in dialect. Ignore the spelling. Sound these words out to get the meaning.
A young man wakes up in a cave with no memory of who he is. He stumbles on an alien ship and what he believes could be his destiny. Join him as he leaves Earth to explore the stars and to see what the future holds for him.
It is the 25th century. War rages between humanity and the Bugs - a ravenous hive mind. At last, the end is in sight. The Bugs have had enough: Humans are too tough, too wily, too vicious. They have sued for peace. For Prince Louis Benoit XII, this peace is merely the beginning of the struggle. His father, King Benoit XI, wishes to cement the peace treaty between humanity and the bugs with a traditional move made between human monarchs. A royal marriage between his son and the Bugs.
Does anybody really like a wizard? Aden is a wizard and he is not even sure that he likes himself. People call him cantankerous and obstinate to his face, but he has his reasons. In a distant future, people think he is performing magic when he is just practicing "science." Alas, science is fading away, shifting from memory into forgetfulness as the world slips into a melancholy repose. Then the past rears its ugly head.