There is a battle for Mars. A vote made it the fifty-second state, but was the vote accurate? Harlan Sanos, the state's top cop, must investigate a possible corrupt election that may involve the governor, a black market on water, and a missing miner. The biggest battle involves the Mars Liberation Army, which wants Mars to be an independent country populated and ruled by only people who were born on Mars and wants to send all the interlopers back to Earth.

These stories come from a remarkable blue-white planet located on the spiral arm of an unremarkable galaxy, one of billions in the universe. This collection contains 10 stories about aliens who need a friend. Alien abduction. Survival after an alien invasion. Miners from Mars and Europa travel to Earth to find a dead planet. An Earth-like planet is discovered fifty light-years away, but can humans get there? Books are the most valuable thing after the Internet is destroyed in the war. It's...

Ana is past the mandatory retirement age. Her supervisors want her to retire. The Operating System on her ship ran an evaluation, and she is below normal operating parameters. After all, she is two hundred and thirty-four years old and has been on duty for over a hundred and fifty years. She will retire, but not for long. The RAC company headquarters, the place where she was born and raised, will be attacked by the Alterians for their technology. She and the other employees will do whateve...

The Zante Empire's conquest of Earth was swift, complete, and diabolical. David Myers, the president's science advisor, will meet with them to try to extend their deadline. They want a fifty-mile track of land around Winslow, Arizona. All the inhabitants must be moved out of the area, and a fence must be put up to keep out the humans. It is a land full of sand, catus, and tumbleweeds, a small price to get back what most humans couldn't live without.

In the Kuiper Belt, there are dwarf planets and mining operations. There are billions worth of precious metals to be mined. Once a miner, Chazz is now the only guard trying to keep the peace between a hundred miners on three platforms. An airlock malfunction caused the death of two miners. The families want an investigation. The mining board is sending Chief Inspector Alan Shepard, who loves a mystery that needs to be solved. She will learn from him that most of the time, things are not wh...

These stories come from a remarkable blue-white planet located on the spiral arm of an unremarkable galaxy, one of billions in the universe. The alien invasion was impossible because they didn't have superior weapons, but a better idea. The government gave aliens nuclear weapons in exchange for advanced technology, and they also brought a deadly virus to Earth. His partner was almost killed investigating a human smuggling operation, so now he had to work with an ex-military robot. A meteor...

**Unlock the Power of Positive Thinking: Your Path to Happiness and Success**Do you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or surrounded by negativity? Are you ready to transform your mindset and unlock your true potential?This concise and practical guide will teach you how to harness the power of **Positive Thinking** to boost your self-esteem, stay motivated, and focus on what truly matters.### Why Positive Thinking MattersEvery thought shapes your reality. Negative thi...

Strange lights in the sky have been seen for a millennium. Aerial phenomena had been seen in the sky hovering over military bases. Now, there was a downed craft and a live alien. Was this a prelude to an invasion? Secretary Burkart had a decision to make: tell the world they were not alone in the Universe or kill the alien and cover it up. What the alien tells him is not what he expected.

Bloomsbury presents Target Hong Kong by Steven K. Bailey, read by Matthew Hendrickson.Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong.Commander John Lamade started the war in 1941 a nervous pilot of an antiquated biplane. Just over three years later he was in the cockpit of a cutting-edge Hellcat about to lead a strike force of 80 aircraft through the turbulent skies ...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionPulphouse Fiction Magazine: Back after over twenty years. A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, Pulphouse returns with eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhi...

Just like the song about the day the music died, we will have a definite date when democracy ended. Buckle up it's going to be a bumpy ride when the dictator wannabe gets sworn into office. His 'shock and awe' tactics will change America. There may be another great migration, but this time, people will leave the country until the dictator and his cult are satisfied. Also, America's production capacity went into overdrive to make the ships, planes, and arms to win World War II. Today, Ameri...

Not content to merely thrill and chill readers, these eleven Halloween stories, edited by Mark Leslie, also enthrall, intrigue, disturb, and inspire. They tell of the people and traditions, the age-old rituals that send shivers down the spines of even the most up-to-date trick-or-treaters.From a farm family confronting the slow death of their way of life to two dead people given another day among the living, the characters in these stories, both human and nonhuman, explore the terr...