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A Story in the Eden Universe
Humans have been looking for years for another planet on which life has arisen. When they finally find one, the relationship with its denizens gets off to a rough start. As the relationship between the two races develops, each finds it must re-examine what it means to be an intelligent species.
In a grove near you, pagans and other Vermont towns folk are gathering to celebrate Samhain, the night when the veil between the living and the dead, between this world and others, is thin… and sometimes a passageway for ancient evils! Can one modern witch and a very confused local town sheriff put an end to a hundred and fifty years of terror? You don’t need magic when you carry a .44 Magnum, but sometimes it really helps!
A young scientist meets the boss's daughter at his department's Christmas shindig. Sparks fly, sperm flows and suddenly a shot gun wedding is looming. Problem: she is pregnant from another man. Or so she thinks. It's not really a Christmassy sort of story but it may fit the spirit.
A Bells Across the Universe Story Sequel to The Bells of Tanah. Almost a year has past. Our heros have traveled across the galaxy, in their supermarket spaceship The Bells. Love is in the air. Babies are coming. Life, as they say, is good. Life is also pain. Can Humans and Orang overcome the obstacles in their way? Can they, in fact… find a new home?
Northern California, 1870. The Yahi people are nearly gone — twenty-two survivors hiding in the hills above a young rancher's land. Three women walk through his gate with an impossible request: become their husband, father their children, save what remains of their people. What follows is not an arrangement. It becomes love. It becomes family. It becomes everything. History cannot be outrun. But it can be remembered.