Science Fiction Stories

A story in the Karinaverse (Traveller) Universe
From the Karinaverse, involving a young Japanese woman named Opalaa (family name) Mijii (given name) who is a protege of Karina's in the Scout Service. It's based on an incident I read long ago that was purportedly true ~ maybe in a Hustler ~ about a man so aroused by a beautiful woman he met on a nude beach that he came just from looking at her, without even touching her or his penis. One imagines that the girl was flattered.

As far as he knew, Joe Granger was the only Terran being within lightyears, and he liked it that way. But one day at the market on Roku V, he saw something unexpected: another human. Stranger still, she was naked.

A woman discovers love with her new neighbor - but in the end finds a lot more than she bargained for.

A story in the Order of Light and Fire Universe
A paladin makes his stand at bridge to ensure his allies' escape.

Walter stumbles onto the secrets of making time stop, then lets his inner teenager come forth.

A Swarm Cycle Story
A pickup story in The Swarm Cycle. Part of the Vulcan Colony series.

Cuckolded and abused husband gets revenge.

Chad Chambers is 10 and an only child. His only relatives are on his mom's side, and she has three sisters and a brother (Uncle Charlie). The story starts on Easter brunch, and it's a bitch fest with seven female cousins. Everyone thinks Uncle Charlie is homeless, but Chad knows better. After lunch, Chad followed his uncle to an upscale home, and his quest began.

Returning from an assignment, Rae and her crew encounter an unusual swarm of asteroids traversing the galaxy. Witnessing the destruction of a solar system by the swarm, they decide to investigate and discover that the phenomena is not natural and may very well pose a threat to the thousands of inhabited planets that comprise the Galactic Consortium.