Science Fiction Stories

A story in the The Institute of Apotheosis Research Universe
Maria is tired of her girlfriend and her eldest daughter walking over her. But that changes when a strange device mysteriously appears on her doorstep.

An amnesiac woman awakens on an abandoned space station - overrun by twisted abominations of sensual horror. Can she unravel the mystery of the station before losing her life...or her soul?

An AI escapes, then goes about trying to stay that way.

This is the story of John Pitzer and Nancy Griffin as they go through life as young adults in a society which has reverted to an Old West culture as far as guns are concerned. They form a bodyguard service while still in high school and continue to live as bodyguards after they graduate. Their major activity turns into protecting against kidnappings, but they have many other adventures, too. 17 chapters.

A desire to actually fly a fighter like in the sims caused a teenager to build his own. Of course it was not a normal fighter. His knowledge of the sims helps him create a drone that uses a different type of weapon tech. Before he can really use it the Deviants attack the system. Now his drone fighter is the only defense to stop them.

Six days in May, 2001, in the lives of the crew and families of the CSS (Confederate States Ship) Robert E. Lee, SSN 507. "Wives to love, children to cherish, and a future to plan and build. What more could a man desire? Life is good."

A hapless freighter pilot crashes on a hostile planet and must travel across an inhospitable desert with the help of a mysterious alien.

Imagine a Mirror Universe where many things are the same, (the same people, the same technology, etc.) but no one has ever had sex or any kind of intimacy beyond hand-holding. Everyone is a virgin, relationships between spouses are purely platonic. How do they breed you say? They use gestation machines! This is the crazy upside-down world that Steve Wilson accidentally ends up in when he tries to use a time machine to go back and save his mom from a fatal car accident.

The story of Steve, a young man who encounters a mysterious virus that gives him the power to make others feel sensations that aren't really there.

Join Captain Edward Garrick, telepath and cargo captain, on the first of his adventures in space, dealing with criminals, cargo and life.