The Swarm Cycle is a collection of stories written around a concept introduced by the Thinking Horndog about an alien invasion and Earth's reaction to it. The intent is for it to be a public, multi-author universe after the fashion of the popular Naked in School stories.
The Sa'arm, a tripedal race with some physical resemblance to a cross between a mushroom and a lizard but with a hive mind, is sweeping across this galactic arm toward the center. They communicate by some sort of ESP, and ignore any race that does not. In their path is the Confederacy, a Galactic civilization that universally practices nonviolence -- and Earth...
Interested authors should visit our wiki at: https://swarmwiki.tampaad.net/index.php?title=Main_Page This describes canon for the Cycle -- the rules, if you will. We have an author support group, but are suffering issues over the email list. Contact Thinking Horndog or Zen Master.
Japan should have played a key part in the Confederacy's war effort against the Sa'arm, but politics instead kept the nation isolated and unappreciated. Eventually some Japanese executives get accidentally picked up, making possible a second Meiji Restoration that no one but Japan sees coming. Politics, intrigue and military history are prominent features of this unusual tale. (Rev 2, changes mostly technical issues in Ch. 1-7)
This story progresses over an extended period, from the time "The Good Ship Lollipop" arrives to found the experimental Harrad Colony on Pern through the development and first deployment of a new weapon some fifteen years later. I think you'll enjoy this story more if you have read others in my series. My thanks to Steve, Fred, pcbondsman, Trunk Monkey, Doc, Zen Master, SGTStoner, and Lou - for proofing, editing, and very useful suggestions.
How do you punish someone when they've done something that could have got them executed, but you really don't want to do that? When a concubines life is pretty much all about sex deciding on a suitable punishment can be really difficult. No/minimal sex.
Calix has left his cousin's gang behind and agreed to fight for humanity out among the stars. What does that even mean? Will he find himself and, maybe, a new family?
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 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.
A Swarm Cycle Story. Just a simple pickup, except for those Wicked Steps and a Fairy Godfather Except for one scene, much of the sex is off screen and/or implied.
You wouldn't want to fall asleep at the wheel, but maybe falling asleep for your test drive is Ok. A short pickup story in the Swarm Cycle Universe. No sex.