A provocative and entertaining collection of short stories from a time and place only you can decide. Two brothers fight it out with un-natural intelligent hordes. Three aliens try for first contact. A signal from space leaves us curious. A ho-hum invention unwittingly crosses the line, and an air traveler tastes death. Can you imagine being eaten by an alien.I hope that these short stories will cause you to reassess our place in space and time.

Short stories of girls with talent, some have money, some are tough as nails, All look good and all have desires and unusual interests.

A dystopian view of the future when the electorate decides they have had enough and letting criminals out of over crowed prisons is not the answer. Those in Washington know how to manipulate and this story shows the moral code of legislators who have no code.

Vladimir, a disillusioned Panther Marine, looking for a life of solitude, takes a job as a solitary space miner only to find evidence of an ancient race buried beneath his mining operation. His introduction to an ancient Quantum AI overseer and their ensuing friendship is beyond belief. With this new, and unlikely partner, Vladimir follows the trail of a Navaren citizen who has brought destruction to his home world and its colonies. The citizen is labeled 'patient zero'. Vlad and the AI ta...

A collection of stories and rhymes having values of everyday life. To be read to, or by younger children. Each story or rhyme is a theme of caring, sharing, or introspection and finding appreciation of the things around us.

Seven short stories to answer your questions about witches, robots and others topics.

A dystopian view of the future when the electorate decides they have had enough and letting criminals out of over crowed prisons is not the answer. Those in Washington know how to manipulate and this story shows the moral code of legislators who have no code.

"A fascinating, compulsively readable clash of hardware and ideals" in a stand-alone space opera from an acclaimed sci-fi author ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology.On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he n...

In this astonishing one-hundred-page companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, meet Lexa, a Loric hacker whose unrivaled skills helped her narrowly escape her doomed planet, and who's been hiding on Earth ever since.Lexa was never part of the Elders' plan. She had no idea the Garde children were being evacuated to our planet. But when the Mogadorian attack began, she used her expertise to get an old spaceship in a museum operational once more and ...

"Leake weaves together a beautifully rendered historical setting, magic and romance in this stunning debut." -Elizabeth May, author of The FalconerAmid the sumptuous backdrop of the London season in 1905, headstrong Katherine Sinclair must join the ranks of debutantes vying for suitors. Unfortunately for Katherine, she cannot imagine anything more loathsome-or dangerous. To help ease her entrance into society, Katherine’s family has elicited the assistance...

They have only one chance for survival, leave... the planet.Book 2 of The Seamus ChroniclesThe virus that wiped out most of the human race is adapting to defeat the vaccine and kill the survivors. There is a government response protocol but it will kill them too, it involves a nuclear winter. The NASA scientists believe they can leave Earth and achieve faster than light travel, but Seamus doesn’t want to slog through space. He knows that to survive they need to go somewhere...

Nikola Tesla spends the last days of his extraordinary life at the Hotel New Yorker "in this surreal historical novel [that] dazzles in the details" ( The New Yorker).It is 1943, and legendary inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Broke, forgotten, and suffering from a weak heart, his only consolations are his memories and his daily walks to Bryant Park. Louisa, a young hotel chambe...