Science Fiction Stories

A Swarm Cycle Story
A short ground action during the Third Battle of Earthat. Companion piece to "Pyrrhic Victory" and "Fly By". They may be read in any order. Part of the Swarm Cycle Universe.

Teenage hacker Abadai Hatem was facing a choice between several decades in Gitmo and taking the offer of a mysterious man from the USAF. Turned out Gitmo might have been safer: Thrust into a secret interstellar war between mankind and a race of psionic aliens, Abadai will forge unlikely friendships and make shocking enemies. When using psychic powers requires constant nudity, you have to become...the Naked Warrior. / (Reviews)

A lone Kaire learning of worlds and places picks a new one to explore. Deep in a unexplored part he and his new mates come face to face with beings like the Kaire but not.

A story in the Cosimo Universe
Cosimo begins to settle into his new home and live in Cardino. Note: if you haven't read prior stories in this universe, the story may not make much sense.

Alice failed to show up at work one morning. Her roommate thinks she's headed cross-country to her childhood home on a now non-producing ranch in Montana. Her parents receive word that Alice's pickup truck was found on a remote corner of the ranch. Inside is no trace of her; however she has left behind her journal that describes a strange encounter she experienced ten years earlier when she was an unhappy girl in high school.

A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
My attempt at a story in the Damsels in Distress Universe. A modern day warrior whose grandfather was a Hero and who trained him finally makes it to Chaos as a Hero. Along the way he finds love with a Hero's granddaughter and finds she makes an excellent Heros Companion on Earth and Chaos. They have a very long andproductive career. / (Reviews)

Flushed with the success of the Hallowe'en Story festival. Frank proposed a Christmas Story Festival. Here is my entry. It's OK it isn't what you think. Though there is magic in it.