Chuck Sneyd joins his grandfather Morty in an effort to build a new form of spaceship. Instead of rockets, the ship is to have a new form of propulsion. Instead of explosive fuels, the impeller is electric drive; feed in power, the impeller turns it into motion. If they succeed, any number of industries will suddenly find themselves pushed aside. They are not at all pleased, nor are governments who would like very much to discover how the impellers work!
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)
I've always had an urge to try my hand at cyberpunk. So here we go, for better or for worse. The first chapter is mainly present day scene setting,with the cyberpunk setting kicking off fully from the next chapter to come.
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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.
Tiffany Winters never *wanted* to be the Hunter - chosen by fate and magic to slay the ravenous undead and monsters that stalked the night of her hometown. But what Tiff wanted and what Tiff got was never in the same ballpark...and never before has that been more true. Tonight, Tiff is about to go on an adventure more wild, more dangerous, and more amazing than anything in her entire life. And she's not even out of high school yet!
A dangerous game of cat and mouse unfolds through the asteroid field as an X-Wing pilot hides from the enemy, engines cold and comms barely above a whisper. But the hunt quickly turns personal. Taunts crackle over the channel, every near miss becomes a tease, and the dirty talk only gets worse as the TIE-Fighter closes in. Neither of them seems quite sure whether they want to escape… or be caught.
A Story in the The Cave in the Wilderness Universe
Burt takes his wife to the Cave to get fixed up and finds out how it got there, why it exists and how it will change the lives of him, his family and neighbors. #3 in The Cave in the Wilderness.