A Story in the A Planet is .... Universe
The birth of a whole society - but with some important differences to how these stories normally go. Oh, and there's some magic too!
A Swarm Cycle Story
Women never noticed him. Never, not even his own mother. Then the Confederacy decided he had a talent that they desperately needed. The Office of Targeted Extractions got involved. Things changed.
You will get much more from this short story if you've read other stories in the Swarm Cycle. / (Reviews)
There are two sides to Derek. Not everyone has two sides. Some have two sides, but none have two sides like Derek. Derek has two sides. Ereka is Derek's other side. There are two sides to Derek. No one has two sides like Derek.
Frank Cardon is a curious soul. A genius with almost idiot savant proportions, he posesses no social skills. Frank's mother dies leaving him the fortune he needs to complete their life-long project to build the first anti-gravity drive. With his lawyer/partner, he pulls off a stunt that secures his name in the history books and starts humankind on its migration to space. Note-This story has been updated and renamed from an earlier version entitled Prelude.
A story in the A Thousand Years of Peace! Universe
An ordinary man that changes the world. He overcomes many obstacles but as he does it improves those around him in a wider expanding circle as time moves on.
An alien lands in a lake near a small town in the 1950s. The creature experiments on the population, starting first with human reproduction. No family is safe. Stay away from the water.