Military Stories

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
Xipa's fight for survival becomes more desperate, while on the other side of the moon, Evan and his friends face off against the Red King in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

This is an essay I wrote eleven years ago as an assignment for my English Composition class. It's a reflection on what Memorial Day means to us today.

An A Well-Lived Life 2 Story
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
This is the continuation of the story told in "A Well-Lived Life 2", Book 2. If you haven't read the entire 10 book "A Well-Lived Life" and the first two books of "A Well-Lived Life 2" you'll have some difficulty following the story. This is a dialog driven story. The author was voted 'Author of the Year' and 'Best New Author' in the 2015 Clitorides Awards.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
A disillusioned special forces group stages a violent insurrection, stealing experimental weapons from a Navy black site and using them to take over a remote colony. With help months away, the only person who is in a position to oppose them is Ruza – an old veteran of the Kerguela war. The planet is plunged into a brutal conflict, with local resistance groups hellbent on breaking the occupation.

A story in the Daughters of the Line Universe
For seven years, Navy Corpsman Mia Vasquez buried her combat past to become an emergency room nurse in Coronado, California. Then a decorated general arrives at her ER, unconscious and bleeding, his combat dog refusing to let anyone near him. Only a classified command—one Mia swore she'd never speak again—can save his life. In one heartbeat, her cover shatters, and what follows is a reckoning with grief, honor, and the two Marines she lost at Firebase Vigilance, and never stopped truly mourning

Rendering Honors

A Jade Force of Misera Story
The IFN has been defeated on the continent of Surprise. This does not mean the war is over. The IFN starts staging troops on the continent of Eastland in preparation for an invasion of Surprise. The Jade Empire doesn't believe in letting an enemy get prepared or organized well enough to fight.

A Story in the Greenies/A Perfect World Universe
A sequel to Martian Justice, in Al Steiner’s Greenies/Perfect World Universe, Martian Vengeance tells the story of the third Martian invasion. WestHem still wants Mars back. Now the Martians are angry!

Abducted and mind-wiped by a powerful corporation, Claire Savage is forced to work in an illicit brothel. Escaping sexual enslavement and fighting to regain her memories, she uncovers a shocking secret about her past and a conspiracy that threatens to plunge the world into chaos.

The nature of a life in a human society is that life sucks, then you die. The nature of life in a war is that life sucks, then you wish you were dead.