Space + Science Fiction Stories

A young officer in an alien planet’s military space force is sent with two other space explorers back to the supposed origin of mankind a millennium or so after it was thought to be decimated. Alpha, they called it. Due to extenuating circumstances, when she arrived on Alpha, or Earth as we know it, she was alone. Not knowing, and even fearing what she would encounter upon landing, it turned out pretty well. Pretty well for her and for what was left of Earth’s severely diminished population.

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 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.

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 Human mercenary is shot down over a war-torn planet, and captured by alien rebels.

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)

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
Tepin, a shy Valbaran artist, travels to the Pinwheel in search of inspiration. During his exploration of the space station, he encounters a Krell, a giant alien with an uncanny resemblance to the ancient deities of his people's past. Enamored, he attempts to make friends with the creature, despite their problems communicating and their difference in size.

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.