In a post WW III future, with the world rebuilt by the technology corporations, wars are fought in a controlled, Alternate Reality domain. Now, in 2194, the distinction between reality states is being intentionally blurred – and Commander Nic Senton of the North American Alliance has devised a plan to regain control from a Superintelligence that has apparently decided to send us back – because it believes we miss real war. CLOUD ENGAGEMENTEngland's intelligence director believes he...

Derek Novak is living in the four short stories he's just turned in for a lit assignment. The first isn't so bad – it's on Earth. Following Derek and Mireia, a classmate he's dragged in with him, watching them grow from episode to episode is thought-provoking and fun. Some good Sci-Fi settings, a strong theme, lots of action and a nifty ending twist. DEREK 7How would you feel about slipping into the future then slipping back? For longer and longer periods. Titti Aillaia is stopping...

A woman unleashes a demon, when she follows the recommendation of her sentient machine companion, after installing a revolutionary AI programming language. A profound story that offers a fresh glimpse at the ethical questions arising from Artificial General Intelligence research and speculation.(Novelette X)

Aramus and Procopia have been granted great powers. Greater powers than they or their divine mothers could ever have imagined.When they left for Tanis, the land of the Gods, their mothers warned them of the many dangers. That they could find themselves in the middle of a very old battle.Now, after crossing the great sea, it's all coming true. They've defied the treaty, made fierce enemies, and are caught in a web spun by a master of deception.To make their way home,...

Life changes for time travelling journalist Dale Santos, who scripts events before they happen for the state-run media corporation, when he witnesses his girlfriend's contract murder 26.5 hours in the future. SCRIPTEDSol Dyson, an investigator with the world's top control agency, has been handed an assignment by The Reality Exchange – the world's repository of stored minds for future insertion into robotic hosts. His investigation will lead him to a disturbing revelation: Someone a...

Their destinies have been intertwined since birth.To reach Tanis and save their world from a cunning king and the ruling Patricians, Aramus and Procopia will need the help of the immortal Gods. Along the way, they will face many trials, a fierce battle, and for Aramus, his worst fear.

The Novelettes of T. E. Mark contains five imaginative, thought-provoking, stories written by a fine contemporary storyteller.Each is unique, fresh, profound and richly thematic.A man who wants his wife to think more like him thus has her brain remapped mirroring his own.The government's attempts to exploit a gifted boy who can see through the eyes of others.A man given an unsympathetic choice: die within a week or relive his life without his beloved wife an...

Perry will learn the true meaning of life, love, intergalactic politics and dusting in this wildly imaginative Romantic Comedy set in space.In at least three universes and four richly diverse dimensions, the formerly cranky journalist will be tasked with, among other things, saving the Earth and countless other planets from annihilation.While traversing the cosmos, he'll meet Moncia, his Yr 7 physics teacher, fall in love and have a family.He'll take a road trip to V...

The delicate balance of the Multi-Verse is again in peril. This time from a League of fanatics determined to extend their self-righteous morality throughout space and time to all inhabited worlds and a few rather quaint uninhabited ones too.But they've overlooked a potential snag while devising their oh-so-abominable plan. They've garnered the attention of the omnipotent, the almighty, the incalculably clever and preposterously well-dressed Olgarb.But even Olgarb will need ...

In a world where dreams are administered artificially by Dreams Inc, and no one sleeps, people are losing interest in reality – opting instead for their manufactured dream worlds.(Novelette IX)

A neuronthologist is tasked with extracting the memories of a 17-year-old resistance fighter who can hyper-accelerate – move through solid matter, when he's caught inside a Pentagon general's house stealing a top-secret war plan.(Novelette VII) (Also included in DREAMS INC - The Novelettes of T. E. Mark - Vol II)

When the entire Solar System has been turned into one vast, dangerously confused, putrid smelling outdoor potty, with each planet seeking new and inventive ways of closing its borders to immigrants, there seems but one answer.Enlist an immigrant book vendor from Benar, often called Earth, mainly by Earthlings, to fix things.Trevor Hardly, an innocent bookseller from Midsomer Norton, after emigrating to Mars, will learn the true nature of the universe while he: mucks about i...