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.
A merchant seaman, Tom, is forced to retire when his ship gets sold for scrap. He's a senior ship's engineer. He returns home, buys an RV, and begins an extended vacation across the southern states. An alien had to land in the Arizona desert to make ship repairs. The alien gets hurt. Tom rescues the alien, who is a real ditz. They soon become fast friends. Our alien, Drozul, does Tom a big favor by fixing a birth defect in Tom. A great relationship happens between the two men.
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.
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.
A Story in the Dizyntk Imperium Universe
Princess Feyalisa wanted to integrate dizyntk on the three worlds that had left the Protectorate and joined the Imperium. This expansion provided unforeseen opportunities for some, both dizyntk and human when it's shown that the Goddess watches over all of her children.