Military Stories

A Story in the The Amulets of Power Universe
An unsuspecting Sergeant Bill Baker has been chosen by the Amulets to be their visible representative against the North Vietnamese, while they continue their clandestine work against the Vietnamese invisibly. Bill has been trained in several Army schools and given a girlfriend to help him. Now it's up to him. This is part 1 of the prequel to The Amulets of Power.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Calix has left his cousin's gang behind and agreed to fight for humanity out among the stars. What does that even mean? Will he find himself and, maybe, a new family?

My grandkids are always asking me about my part in World War II, so I thought it was time to put pen to paper and share my experience with them and you!

A Thank You Note Story
Spend a few days with an American infantry platoon in the hedgerows of Normandy, France. Just be sure to keep your head and your ass down! This is another of my “Thank-you Notes” stories, but it is longer than usual.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
When a shipment of weapons goes missing on a remote mining colony, Agent Boyd is sent to assess the situation. What he uncovers is a plot to take control of the planet, but during his getaway his spaceship is shot down. Stranded on the planet's moon and with only his survival suit at his disposal, he must find a way back to civilization, all while trying to deal with an unwitting alien companion.

A Personalia story
Part of the Personalia universe
A story in the world of The Personalia, but only tangentially. It is a crime mystery with a bit of romance; the tale of an ex-soldier becoming a butler to the rich, but he is not just a butler.

A Clan Amir of Berant Story
Gerry Mannheim continues to grow and develop in response to the events around him. These stories show many aspects of his maturing attitudes and responses to those events.

The Kreg'ar may be extinct but the war is still being waged
David was a very boring person, with a boring job and a boring life. That was until the Aliens came.

A Tiger Team Story
Arriving at the Addison III space station expecting to find a minor rebellion to quell, Tiger Team is surprised when their shuttle is shot down on the way to the planet. They soon learn that things are much more complicated and far reaching than they had been led to believe. Far reaching enough to cause an Interstellar incident.

A Magic at War Story
An Army sniper wakes up in a cellar smelling of goats and his own blood with no idea as to how he got there. The last thing he remembers was getting on a helo after completing his mission to take out a Taliban chief and an al-Qaeda planner. When he wakes he is cared for by an woman named Alla and her family before being sent back across the Afghan-Paki border and his life as a sniper. But even back home recovering or with his unit, his dreams are haunted by an angel. Will he ever see her again?