Engineered and trained to fight from birth it is time to fight the last few games and escape before he is killed. For each win in the arena he receives a girl to breed. He plans to take them with him when he leaves which means he needs credits... or a way to steal them.
In the future the world is no longer the one we know. Small districts are spread across the planet's surface with many having to find their own sources of power. One such district has a method but it need volunteers for the program and they get those volunteers any way they need.
"Independence Day", "War of the Worlds", "Alien", "The Thing". Why do aliens have to be so damn horrible? What if they were benevolent? What if they wanted to help the Human race? Well they might still abduct some of us. What would that be like?
A story in the Karinaverse (Traveller) Universe
After losing her virginity in a surprising quickie with her best male friend (also a virgin, and boyfriend of her best female friend), young Karina takes the opportunity to arrange a month of afterschool sex lessons with said male friend to make him better prepared before he has his first time with their other friend. Set in a variant universe of the Traveller RPG, more than 3500 years in our future.
Colony world of Crocodylia
A young man raised in the swamps of Crocodylia brings a teenager and a scientist home. One has a crush and the other has to complete a study of the animals.
A small slice of an historical event told as an interview between the first person to ever engage in an actual conversation with an alien time traveler.
A Personalia story Part of the Personalia universe
Colonists on Rehome need furniture, and The Lownie Company is in the business of retailing,so they watch for firms on Earth heading for collapse, and buy cheap for shipping to the planet. Deals are not always easy to obtain...
The future is not good for humans. A fungal/plant hybrid has taken over, covering much of the planet, choking life from it. What humans remain are used in its reproduction or are fighting against it. The question is: who will win the war?