Science Fiction Stories

A story in the The Brokervrse
Tova is a runaway. She is running from something not because it is bad for her or because she is being treated wrong. She is doing it for another reason, but there is hope at the end of the tunnel and from an unexpected source. But is it for the best?

A Tiger Team Story
Tiger Team faces a number of challenges on arriving at Special Operations Headquarters before they have their new unit, The First Mobile Headquarters Team, organized and ready to operate. Shortly after that, they and the new unit depart on their first mission, and this is where the real problems start.

A Ley Line Witch Story
Following the Dragons meeting with the President, the Demon that is government is aroused, and it and those in it want to know more about the Dragons and their supposedly advanced technology. They want to control it and them. It's not just the U.S. government that wants this but many other governments as well. Some are more insistent and troublesome than others. The Dragons will need to take exceptional means with some of them.

A story in the Ex Machina Universe
Virtual reality may not have been the way to go, but how did they get there? What went wrong? Why? There is a story behind every story. Think you know the story? Read after Ghost in the Machine. Serves as a prequel to Ghost in the Machine.

Imperium
An Uncertain Future in a New Past. During the test flight of a prototype faster-than-light craft, Lt. Commander Ky is flung into the ancient past that never existed. Rome has fallen, defeated by the mighty Carthaginian Empire. Hounded by the Carthaginians bent on conquering the known world, Rome is on the verge of destruction. Stranded and alone, except for a tactical AI implanted in his head, Ky has lost everything and must find a way to live in a world different than anything he's ever known.

A Story in the Io's World Universe
This is a simple tale that involves changes to every aspect of human society on the planet. Wait... it's a story of the assassination of a President -- or it's a story of the 1%ers fighting for their lives --no, it's about a kidnapping by -- Well, it IS about the only non-human intelligence on the planet, who has decided she doesn't want to be the only thing alive in a few hundred years, and the steps she takes to make sure it doesn't happen that way.

Voted Best Erotic Science Fiction Story 2016 and best Long Erotic Story of the Year 2016. Marc Parker makes four-year hyperspace round-trips to trade with the Karkallians, a race distant from Terra. He falls in love with a beautiful young Karkallian woman, all while dealing with different social norms between Terrans and Karkallians. He also has to deal with what he learns about her father. Inadvertently becoming involved in a political intrigue, Parker suddenly finds that he's now a target. / (Reviews)

A Dragon Chronicle Story
Sam and Ace investigate a series of kidnappings in the vacation spots of the Caribbean Sea. Girls are being abducted and the government wants to know if terrorists are involved. This is the first sequel to the book, _Sam_. It takes place about a month after the events at the end of the book.

Stories of the Volentin Stellar Dynasty
Volentin #4 The Human-Vizz war is into its second decade. The Vizz are running amuck on the colonized planet Awanil in the equatorial jungles. Gavril, a ten year veteran of the Imperial Forces, is a sergeant in a mudball unit that hunts down the elusive enemy. His life was already miserable when royal Volentin appeared, making his life ever more complicated. If the Volentin doesn't kill him, the Vizz, the planetary predators, or the incompetent captain will.

A Worlds of Light Story
My name is David Alan McKesson. I can't remember how old I was when I first saw the lines. Their appearance was infrequent and peripheral to my awareness as a child, and I did not wonder at what was just a barely noticed part of my world. Later, I learned how to touch them, and where they led me, and the way they changed my life, and allowed me to change the lives of many others remains a true wonder, and the true story of my life / (Reviews)