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 examine the Swarm Author's page at http://www.asstr.org/~Thinkers_tales/Stories/The_Swarm/Swarm_Authors.html
Having your culture survive the oncoming Swarm is a major source of motivation, especially if you happen to be the Queen of the country. A large scale extraction, which bends a lot of the rules, is what is called for and this is the story of that escapade.
Jimmy and his concubines take the next step in their journey to the stars as members of the Confederacy. The colony transport ship is where bodies are modified and the new rules are applied - sometimes forcibly. How will Jimmy and his girls get on, especially his mother? A follow up to 'And Mother Makes Four'
A trip to Tulakat (a blockaded Sa'arm world) and a grunt's eye view of the war on the ground there and home life at the nearby Marine base at Truman. 'The Mercury Incident' is recommended reading first. A Swarm Cycle Story
Ensign Webb is not happy with his first assignment out of the Academy. Who in their right mind would want to be posted to a Corvette. Follow along as Harry joins his shipmates and takes his place aboard one of the smallest vessels in the Navy.
The much-requested sequel to Shopping Around. The antics of the group picked up by CPLs Taylor and Evans on their first night aboard the Catch-22. A Swarm Cycle Story
What happens to a man after his family is 'extracted' by the Confederacy? What can he do, if anything, to survive without his loved ones? This is one man's story after just such an event.
Sometimes even Marines get caught unawares - Marvin Clark continues his unusual entry into the Confederacy much to the chagrin of Sgt Budzinski. Marvin's colleagues risk other plans to outflank the Confederacy Space Marines and reunite Sasha and Millie with Marvin.
Marvin Clark finds himself present at a pickup. The good news? The Confederacy is willing to promote him ahead of schedule. The bad news? Some carefully laid plans have gone awry.
