Will Parsons is part of a small UN team sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate a series of bizarre happenings. Entire villages have been mysteriously abandoned, the occupants of these remote villages seeming to disappear without a trace.The local military man, Ndobe Ngeralt, believes the disappearances are the work of a witch, whom he claims lives in the rough, rocky hills north of the city of Mbuji-Mayi.Doubting any such supernatural explanation, Will fear...

Blake Starwater is captain of the Starship Perilous. Traveling along with him are the frisky Felioness, Kitty, and the cynical robot, OMBot. Together they soar between the numerous Known Worlds, taking on the jobs that other space crews won't do. The risky jobs. The dangerous jobs. The sometimes less-than-legal jobs.After being contacted by an Aran -- a race of beings known as "eight-leggers" -- the crew of the Perilous travels to a planet that is home to one of the Known World's l...

When things are going a comic's way on stage, and the audience is roaring for every joke, they're said to be "killing it". And when it's the opposite, and nobody's laughing, they're "dying". The only thing worse: to actually be dead and onstage in Hell. The worst comedy club in existence.A short comic tale of the afterlife. Approximately 1200 words.

When a priceless artifact from the near-mythological world of Toridia goes missing aboard the starliner Nova Celeste, the ship is put on lock down. Suspects are gathered under the watchful eye of Purser Darwin MacArthur. To help him catch the thief or thieves, the Purser has the aid of an unusual ally: an old blind man, the only witness to the theft. But can the old man's ears see clearly where normal vision has failed? A stand-alone story set within the Many Worlds Saga.An excitin...

Something strange is happening in Lakeshore, Ohio. This quiet suburb twenty-five miles east of Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie has been experiencing an unprecedented series of small earthquakes. They began just after Thanksgiving, and as the days count down towards Christmas, the tremors are only growing stronger and more numerous. But what is causing them? And will they ever end? A holiday short story of approximately 2500 words.

Blake Starwater is captain of the starship Perilous. Traveling along with him are the frisky Felioness, Kitty, and the cynical robot, OMBot. Together they soar between the numerous Known Worlds, taking on the jobs that other space crews won't do. The risky jobs. The dangerous jobs. The sometimes less-than-legal jobs.The crew of the Perilous is sought out for the skills of their former systems adept, Lillian Stone. Undeterred by her absence, the furry client offers them the job anyw...

Blake Starwater is captain of the Starship Perilous. Traveling along with him are the frisky Felioness, Kitty, and the cynical robot, OMBot. Together they soar between the numerous Known Worlds, taking on the jobs that other space crews won't do. The risky jobs. The dangerous jobs. The sometimes less-than-legal jobs.While Blake and the crew of the Perilous look to fill some of the vacant roles aboard the ship, they receive a job which sends them to a distant, mostly unexplored worl...

Blake Starwater is captain of the Starship Perilous. Traveling along with him are the frisky Felioness, Kitty, and the cynical robot, OMBot. Together they soar between the numerous Known Worlds, taking on the jobs that other space crews won't do. The risky jobs. The dangerous jobs. The sometimes less-than-legal jobs.While healing up from their previous adventure, the crew encounters an android in need of help. They also meet the ruthless gang determined to possess the android, head...

Hansel and Gretel is the classic tale of a brother and sister who get lost in the forest with some surprising results. After being abandoned by their wicked stepmother in the forest, the two children try to find their way home. Suddenly they stumble upon every child's dream: a cottage made of candy! But inside lives a wicked witch who she is not as nice as she at first pretends to be and has an evil plan! Can Hansel and Gretel escape from the dastardly witch and find their way home? Packed...

-a Night Stalkers romance story-Navy Commander Deborah Reynolds pissed off Night Stalker Trisha O’Malley in Light Up the Night. As she begins her own two-year tour in command of the USS Constitution she knows her dream assignment in Boston is temporary.Roy Wilkinson, professor of marine engineering at MIT has loved ships his whole life. Especially the day he wins a trip on the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, Old Ironsides.He thinks the trip is the prize, ...

A visit from Yanko’s older brother is interrupted when an alarm blasts through the mine. Mutilated workers have been found dead in a newly opened tunnel.Yanko has been studying to become a mage, and his brother is a soldier, so they believe they are prepared to deal with this unknown threat, but what awaits them in the subterranean depths is nothing the mine has seen in its hundreds of years of operation.Death from Below is a 13,000-word novella.

WELCOME AGAIN TO THE MANY WORLDS OF HONOR HARRINGTONLady Dame Honor Harrington isn't alone. Her life touches others—and their lives touch hers—directly, or indirectly, whether as a naval officer, steadholder, or duchess.In this collection, Jane Lindskold gives us the story of a prince on the brink of maturity and an extraordinary young Grayson woman named Judith—a victim of Masadan brutality, who confronts insurmountable odds in a desperate effort to lead h...