War Stories

In the Panjshir Valley, 1983, Zala Sadat learns to kill the way her father taught her to hunt: necessary, patient, never wasted. When a Soviet marksman is sent to find her, an unlikely correspondence unfolds in near-misses and left-behind brass, two patient killers reading each other across empty ridges. Command wants results, and restraint has a cost. When grief breaks hers, only one truth remains: better him than me. A quiet, devastating story of duty and the mountain that outlasts them both.

A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
Al Adams is on his way back to Chaos for another rescue, and to do more about setting up his base of operations. This time he has a problem, he's being asked to make a rescue that all the other Heroes have knocked back as a fancy form of suicide! The Damsels are captives of Dragons, a protected species he can't hurt. The Dragons are big, and dangerous. What can he do? He's their last hope, dare he refuse, like the others have?

'Once a Marine, always a Marine.' was the code he lived by. His dictionary had no definition for 'impossible:' an exceptional man who wouldn't let his superiors stop him from doing what he saw as his duty, even if it's by himself after being retired. The story is told by his niece who's concerned about how the authorities are trying to rewrite his life for their own purposes.

Shattered Lands
In a kingdom torn apart by war and political intrigue, William Whitton must navigate a treacherous landscape of political machinations and conflict following the death of the King. Sent to war by his stepfather the young prince learns the harsh realities of leadership and the toll of conflict on both soldiers and civilians. Back in the capital, the new king, begins to impose oppressive laws to limit the power of the barons and consolidate consolidate power, pushing the kingdom toward Rebellion.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Set in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle universe. Not everyone with a high CAP score is gung ho to leave Earth. And sometimes, apparently unlikely people show remarkable loyalty and unmatched determination to stay here on Earth to fight off the Swarm. Among those are a bunch of game-developer nerds and a whole flock of porn starlets. It helps to have read other stories in the Swarm Cycle before reading this. / (Reviews)

A story in the World of Warmachines: Reforging a Legend Universe
Adrian and Elias have started a guild. They're about to meet others just as weird as they are. It's going to be a bumpy ride. A lot of enemies are about to find out what happens when they get.. Reforged. (Arc 2 in my World of Warmachines Universe, set around a Science-Fiction MMO with Giant shooty Robots)

A story in the Daughters of the Line Universe
Seven Army and Navy nurses arrive in Manila in 1941 expecting a peaceful posting. Within weeks, Pearl Harbor changes everything. As Bataan and Corregidor fall, they retreat into jungle hospitals, then Malinta Tunnel, then nearly three years of internment at Santo Tomas and Los Baños—starved, exhausted, and still nursing. One of them will not survive to see the dawn raid that finally sets them free. A tribute to the real Angels of Bataan and Corregidor, and what survival actually cost.

A story in the Winds of Change Universe
Grant Maxwell is sent back to the Colonial period of America to try to thwart the actions of a Scottish professor who hates the United States. Unfortunately, too much damage may have already occurred and it may be up to Grant to try to salvage the Nation. Note - Slavery concerns life in Colonial America. - 119,900 words. / (Reviews)

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
The largest Coalition fleet ever assembled descends on the lost colony of Kerguela to liberate it from its insectoid occupiers. On one side of the moon, a Marine takes part in a series of daring landings, while on the other, one of the few survivors of the original invasion hunts down the source of a mysterious signal. The flames of war and passion rage around the moon, while conflict between both friend and foe strains the alliance to its limits.