Ma/Fa Stories

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
An ecological engineer is transferred to the war-torn Rask territory, site of the deposed Matriarch's deadly rebellion, where he's tasked with helping to restore the damaged jungles. To his surprise, he's quickly put in command of a pack of ex-soldiers who are more concerned with jockeying for status than learning how to drive a tractor. Finding his place in the hierarchy might be just as hard as greening the desert.

Marcus Upton is a young man living in New York City. He has a good job in finance, great friends, a good job, and the love of a good woman. And then a single day changed all that for him. Enjoy the journey of a regular man who has just come into unbelievable wealth and witness the doors and opportunities it opens for him.

A story in the Axeman Universe
Another Portal Diving story. Greg is a former athlete who takes as job as custodian at a mental hospital, just getting by and tagging nurses whenever he can. When portals open in our world, allowing those who have been granted a weapon to explore for adventure and profit, Greg finds himself pulled along. Can he survive and thrive in this new reality? What choices will he have to make and what will those choices cost him and those around him? / (Reviews)

An Uncle Bob Story
Bob's wife decides he should help out her sister with her "problem", which is fine. But her daughters turn out to be "problem" children, who need a firm hand... er well... firm SOMETHING.

Sherry misses her son, Eric, at college. On her weekly visit to see him, she discovers he's seeing a girl who looks just like her.

Roy Baines is one of the top weapons desigers in the government. He has plans to build a super secret weapon that would be light years ahead of what they had now. He is visited by beings from another place. They bring back a woman who had lived 500 years in the future.

At 30 years old, Bob starts to find himself putting on weight and developing a beer belly. To remedy this, he decides to take up jogging in the early morning hours. He soon finds that his attractive neighbor favors running at this time as well. She takes him under her wing to show him the ropes and, before long, a strong sexual attraction begins to develop between the two married runners. / (Reviews)

Wally was short thin boy that was usually picked on. He was nothing special but his mind was odd. Centuries earlier a king fled his planet after his throne was usurped. The ship was nearly destroyed and somebody very special had to be found to repair it. / (Reviews)