American retirees, Henry and Bella Wheeler decide to take a vacation in the UK. They rent a holiday cottage in a picturesque part of the West Country. All goes well until Henry gets lost in a mist while exploring the coastline. An old lady directs him to an inn where he is obliged to stay for the night. Henry discovers that things are not quite as they seem.
An orphan and tinker has no choice but pay for protection. There was nowhere else he could go and the constables would not come near the neighborhood. Because of the thugs and criminals he used his skills to learn to defend himself. Seeing a graphic novel of a hero gives him an idea to use his skills as a tinker to make a suit. Helping a neighbor brings thing to a head and he puts the suit on.
A Swarm Cycle Story
What would you do if you had a couple of embarrassing sexual 'kinks' but still wanted to go into space to fight the swarm? Toby was in just such a dilemma. However when a friend got into trouble, he just put that all to one side to help, even though his father got the opportunity to go, and to include him. Was he better off by staying?
A Brinkley Family Adventures Story (1) This is the story of a young loser who turns into a winner after breathing some fumes that eventually make his body impervious to harm. After learning some of the less happy aspects of life, he becomes a vigilante. This a story about people as well as an action story, so I hope you like it. There is no sex because I did not think that the plot warranted it.
imagine what you could do with two inventions--an economical fuel cell and a reactionless thruster. Here's my interpretation. It's a thought experiment gone mad...
A Swarm Cycle Story
This is not a complete story, it is merely a couple of scenes from the end of the "Independent Command" storyline. I have no intention of ever turning this into a novel; it is merely a response to a question on the Swarm author's list about how to respond to a disaster in that universe