This is the story of Peter Simon Wolf going into retirement. As a reward for outstanding service, Wolf is given a slave girl--and a coded message to flee the planet. Getting off-planet and out of the star system was just the beginning.
A young boy goes on vacation with his parents. Their spaceship is attacked by pirates, and he is put into an escape pod. He lands on Earth and has to start a new life alone.
A Swarm Cycle Story
When you don't think you've got much and few around you seem to agree, reality can sneak up on you. Sometimes you can find that you've had too low an opinion of yourself...
A Story in the Babylon 5 Universe
With the fate of galactic civilization resting on their shoulders, newlyweds John and Delenn seek privacy for a bit of interspecies nookie. Yeah, it's full of holes, roll with it, please, it'll only hurt a little...
A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
There is an infestation of tiny lizards on the Pinwheel, and Doctor Reid is assigned a crack team of scientists to get to the bottom of it before they threaten the space station's air supply. The more they discover, the stranger things get. Where did these critters come from, and how are the enigmatic Krell involved?
A story in the Dark Tales Universe
A story set in the far future. After being stationed in an orbital platform over one of the moons of Jupiter, a man discovers that there are things available to him that ordinary people are not privileged to own. Among them is a rather lifelike android.