Military Stories

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
Tepin, a shy Valbaran artist, travels to the Pinwheel in search of inspiration. During his exploration of the space station, he encounters a Krell, a giant alien with an uncanny resemblance to the ancient deities of his people's past. Enamored, he attempts to make friends with the creature, not realizing that his assumptions about the alien's gender are incorrect...

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!

Captain Scarlett was recalled to active duty from retirement to do what he does best, make the solar system safe for travel and commerce. Armed with a deadly weapon, a criminal known only as The Scrapper can destroy any ship, station, or asteroid mine and pick them clean of valuables. His target: the riches of Mars. Can Captain Scarlett, Pandora and their army of volunteers stop The Scrapper? There's also Captain Scarlett Saves Mars!, and, Captain Scarlett, Martian Envoy.

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?

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 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 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.

When a wounded American pilot crashes near her farm in occupied France, widow Clarice Deveroux risks everything to hide him. Through five months in a cheese cellar during the siege of Dunkirk, survival becomes friendship, friendship becomes love, and two broken hearts discover that God's tender mercies arrive exactly when needed most.

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 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.