The start of summer brings a rush of activity, and a touch of crazy…Hawk and Zach Callahan receive their first lodgers of the summer season among the antics instigated by a fierce race for the presidency of the Salmon Run Men's Club. McRoyal prepares to head out to his gold claim, but finds himself pursued by the Widow Sophie for an entirely new reason. Zach tries to complete his project for the Science Fair, despite interfering Little People.To complicate ...

Strange things happen in the Briggs Triangle...Low-ranked crew member Riya Cobley gets the lovely privilege of joining the team to investigate the drifting space-freighter "Mary Celeste." The mystery mounts when they find prepared food still sitting on the tables, intact systems, yet no crew or record of them leaving. Where did everyone go?Then new alarms sound on both ships...A science fiction suspense novelette inspired b...

A new life in Alaska, a massive aurora, a spaceship hidden under the ice and snow….For Hawk and Zach Callahan, getting to the small town of Salmon Run presents the first challenge. From the moment they arrive the locals freely share their opinions. While still in Cordova an old prospector declares the two cheechakos unprepared for the realities of an Alaskan winter and goes about fixing it. A failed sled-dog takes an unwelcome liking to Hawk, giving rise to an old ...

An alien newt leads to... love?Rachel Henderkito's job of taking care of Redpoint One's plumbing problems isn't easy, especially when citizen pets clog up the pipes. After fishing an alien newt out of the pipes for a third time she takes the creature back to its owner for a stern warning.Ignacio Manetti is determined to help keep rare alien newts and salamanders off the extinction list. He doesn't have time for romance, nor for the heart-breaking memories i...

On a run for her very life… For Mira Escala, a new job overseeing docks at Abashiri Sky City represents a new start. Until she winds up in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the wrong event. Accused, her life on the line, and with no one to trust, Mira runs. Before someone sends her on a long fall through the clouds below. A science fiction suspense novelette.

Summer comes to a crashing end… Ten-year-old Kevin Taggert prefers to stay home with his video games, but his parents insist he join a summer sports program. Exactly on the day the Vordac raid Earth. With his little sister depending on him for protection, Kevin must find the strength and wisdom to keep them both safe. Before they both end up dead, or even worse: as life-long slaves of the Vordac.

I like to live. I'm funny that way. The problem: dropping out of hyperspace into a pulsar system with no engines and a dead bridge crew. The small life-pods are death-traps in a system like this. I must convince the other passengers to stay with the ship and get the engines running. Before we lose all power. Before the ship makes a fatal encounter with a pulsar jet. Before time runs out. A suspen...

Abandon all hope with the second date…Jack desperately wants the second date with the woman of his dreams to go as well as the first. Instead, an unbelievable cascade of disasters threaten to torpedo the blossoming romance. Attempting to turn the night around, he escorts Millie to her door… to find his next obstacle in the form of her waiting cat.A humorous romance short story.

Not all Phoenix ally with the Weavers.Not all Phoenix mean the Weavers well.Some Phoenix have an agenda all their own...When Kelsey Hale and her team respond to a Weaver emergency beacon they find a Universal Group filled with Phoenix. Not unusual, considering the Phoenix repair Strings, too. Then, one turns to attack.Her team scrambles to rescue the injured member of a Weaver team and stop Professor Hadrian...

Something is missing… The Princess just knows it. Something important, something she can't think of. With robot caretakers in tow she goes in search through the extensive royal gardens, determined to continue until it's found. No matter how deep into the gardens the search takes her. A 3900 word science fiction fairy tale short story. This edition includes the complete BONUS story, "Gaslight Tea Party&qu...

A test of the heart... Pelik is given the chance to be as special as his two human friend Elvy and Tiver when he's invited to train with the Chion Warriors, an honor he dared hope for only in his dreams. But, he finds duty to the Warriors wars with the needs of his friends to discover the secrets of the crashed ship and the data suncatchers before stalking treasure hunters get there first. In the balance hangs the very future of Jad an...

The chase reverses, with the Weavers becoming the hunted.Dangerous pulsing in the Strings trap Kelsey Hale's Weaver team in a place Captain Delphi Winters recognizes: Universes she and those of her Universe escaped many years before. A Universal Group cruelly ruled by creatures who have harnessed Phoenix Eggs. Creatures who divide Universes for their own destructive gain. No matter how many die in the process.After the division of a Universe goes wrong, the...