Space + Science Fiction Stories

A Swarm Cycle Story
Earth has been invaded. We have to go help. Even if all we can save are the fish and whales in the ocean, we'll save them and rebuild. The Sa'arm aren't keeping Earth.

A story in the Swipe Right Universe
A man comes home from war looking for quiet. A woman enters his life who is far more than she seems. What begins as a grounded love story slowly unfolds into first contact, moral power, and impossible choices. This is not a story about conquest, but about restraint, family, and what humanity becomes when it’s forced to grow up.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Tom Porter was alone on his space tug, positioning mines out beyond the orbit of Saturn, and he liked it that way -- but a disaster at his pickup point left him with all kinds of responsibility... This is a Swarm Cycle story

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.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Caleb, in his brainship named "Cheval Jaune", starts a tour of the Milky Way’s Confederacy. How will the various species respond to this metal-encased human? Familiarity with the Swarm Cycle and the author’s previous stories is strongly encouraged, as detailed character descriptions from "Caleb and Cheval Jaune" are mostly not repeated. My thanks to Trunk Monkey, Zen Master, Steve, Old Rotorhead, Derek Smith, 8tduecemedic, SW MO Hermit... and the rest – you know who you are.

When Narcisa loses her husband her life spirals in change. Years later, she is restless, fighting in the pit fights. Her current boyfriend is using her, but to what end? And what is that killer symbiote creature running around?

A Not-Quite Human Story
Unable to find a home and acceptance on Earth, an intrepid band of misplaced youth seek out their ancestral home among the stars. Unfortunately, their reception is not what they were hoped. The home they discover is a hostile place, involved in a huge interstellar war with an hostile alien species. Viewed as untrusted interlopers, they search for a place in a universe with no use for them, with little place to turn for assistance.

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 story set in the Pinwheel Universe
An ice miner from the barren moon of Ganymede gets the break of a lifetime when a UN job placement program relocates him to Valbara – a lush paradise planet with fresh air, clean water, and no need for pressure suits. He soon realizes that navigating the local culture and office politics will be a challenge. The aliens are small reptilian creatures with strange social behaviors whose females outnumber males by 7-1, and he finds himself the unwitting focus of attention in the workplace.

A Fold Space Story
A courier pilot, Hector Finch, finds himself emerging into normal space in an unknown system. The earth-type planet is abandoned except for an administrative artificial intelligence which has developed sentience... / (Reviews)