Ashe has given everything to the company she works for and now she is given a chance to excel in a company ran by the alien Grell. There is only one test for her to prove herself, Rin, the daughter of the company's CEO. Rin proves to be a little difficult, but Ashe can overcome it, right?
A Swarm Cycle Story
Lieutenant Stewart "rides along" with the Marines and meets the Sa'arm face-to-face. This story is a bit darker the the semi-comic tone of the other "Stewart" stories, as it deals with combat and the toll combat can take on those that survive.
A Ritual Story (1) Part of the Human/Craxill Stories universe
Thanks to his mother's influence, John Patrick Rogers had scored a ride on Earth's first manned interstellar trip. And now, he had an important role to play. If only somebody could tell him what it was going to be...
A Swarm Cycle Story
Demeter, a new planet for a new colony. The cadets reach their new home and Alex needs to get things organised. Then David ap Rhys arrives with a few extras. The third story in the Cadet Saga.
A story in the The Human Nexus Universe
One night between midnight and six AM Eastern, most of the people of the world died. No one knew why; there was no warning; they simply stopped. Some survived to live a few extra hours or days. In the USA, this meant that most folks died in their beds. Streets, roads, and bridges remained mostly open. In other parts of the world, the timing was such that the visible carnage was horrendous. For the dead, neither situation mattered a whit. After a week, humanity was dead - all but a very few.
There were a few clans, old clans, ancient clans. Ours was one of the oldest and the most deadly. When we first left earth and settled here there had been a price we paid. Now the only noble or government we recognized was the emperor. He maintained our peace and kept the clan secrets and let us live in peace. Now that I was of age I felt a debt to serve and left the clan to seek his permission and my future.
Jeff Huston somehow gets flipped back to 1877 in southern New Mexico Territory. He finds that his training as a Marine sniper in Iraq does him a world of good as he lives his new life in the midst of the Indian Wars. His old hobby of Cowboy Shooting is just icing on the cake. The only dialect is in some of the dialogue. This story is in answer to requests for another time-travel Western.