Military Stories

A Story in the A Fresh Start Universe
This short story was written as an adjunct to rlfj's "A Fresh Start." It explores how a good man's actions and words might affect those who witness them, and how those effects might expand into something that is more far reaching, and longer lasting, than anyone could have contemplated at the time. It has spoilers, and should not be read before Chapter 162 of A Fresh Start. I hope you enjoy it.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
An advisor to the Coalition Security Council travels to an uncharted territory of Borealis in order to evaluate its inhabitants for admission into the alliance, but what he finds there goes far beyond the scope of his assignment.

A story in the Angels Universe
USA Africa Command, had a request that needed to be dealt with. Grumpy Charley picked up on the request and now the team is on the way to Somalia. Ronny, the new pilot with the team, is finding his feet in the new outfit. Does it seem like one or two of the “unattached” Angels has set their sights on him? Time will tell, while the Angels, and the team hit the menace of blood thirsty rebel group in a hostile and poverty-stricken land on the Horn of Africa. How will the love pan out for Ronny? / (Reviews)

A Story in the Magic Ink Universe
Forget what you know about American History. In the Third Reality, the British won the American War for Independence. The Eternal Flame is sending the O'Connells there to correct things. It won't be a good day or year for the British.

Evolution
Most of the Connor clan hosting Companions have moved to Texas. It has been a year since the fateful space ship crash. The ethereal alien that survived, opening a portal allowing more Companions into this universe, has been finding ways to protect the hosts. General Branch is still at large. When Branch resurfaces with terrorists, he is focused on revenge. A kidnapping causes a different portal opening, and the beings that enter this universe are not the benign Companions that Caleb knows. / (Reviews)

He was sold to an assassins organization as a baby. His sister paid the price so he doesn't become one. He becomes a Marshal instead. / (Reviews)

What if Carlos Hathcock had a counterpart in Vietnam he never knew existed? Marisol Cortez learned to shoot before she learned to read — first on a Guatemalan coffee farm, then as a teenage guerrilla sniper. In America she becomes a trauma nurse, then an Army officer with a secret: the CIA needs her rifle as much as her hands. Sent to hunt a sadistic sniper terrorizing Marines, she must trust that patience is the only weapon that matters.

A Story in the The Amulets of Power Universe
Bill and Suenee spend some time at 46th Group Headquarters, but there is trouble brewing in the Shan States, and Bill is soon on a Team headed there to solve the problem with a little help.

A Seneca Story
The regiment is posted to Texas. A horrific interlude in Colorado. And more.

A story in the Black List Universe
The alliance between nations seems to be crumbling as the rise of an ancient draws closer. Can the Goji stay together long enough to see it or will the council not have enough power to stop their own destruction from the inside out?