Science Fiction. 11848 words long. First published in Venture Science Fiction, 1957 Views: 38
Smuggling isn’t for everyone.
The crew of the Rossi are some of the best smugglers around, able to move almost anything a client could imagine. Only this time, they’ve accepted a job from a mysterious, unknown client. Risky? Yes. Worth it? They hope so!
In a universe fraught with danger and war, what could possibly go wrong? Just about everything. A crew member’s been kidnapped, and everyone they encounter seems to be their enemy.
Will Captain Dodge and her crew survive their latest mission? Views: 38
Jed Ryland is an agent of the Crossroads, patrolling the multiverse and saving the day when worlds collide. Swashbuckling pirates battling murderous robots? A slasher killer in a cozy mystery? Martians invading a land before time? Jed’s who you want at your side.
A starship from the Galactic Union is on a routine mission to evacuate refugees from a doomed colony when a glitch in their transport technology links their universe to another, where a young woman defends her world against the evil forces of the supernatural – evil forces that waste no time in invading this strange new realm. The starship captain doesn’t believe in the undead, the monster hunter thinks lasers are nerd toys, and the vampires are draining the crew dry. It’s up to Jed to step in and save the day! But in a universe governed by science, how do you kill a creature of magic?
How to Kill a Vampire in Outer Space is a stand-alone, 12,000 word novelette in Brian Olsen’s Multiverse Mashup, a series of fast-paced genre-smashing adventures that begins with The Dystopia Spell and continues in Night of the Living Date and The Case of the Empty Throne. Views: 37
"I love Ann McMan."—Dorothy Allison, National Book Award finalist for Bastard Out of Carolina When sculptor and author Barb Davis is given an NEA grant to pair original feminist sculptures with searing first-person essays on transitions in women's lives, she organizes a two week writing retreat with twelve of the best, brightest, and most notorious lesbian authors in the business. But in between regularly scheduled happy hours and writing sessions, the women enter a tournament bass fishing competition, receive life coaching from a wise-cracking fish named Phoebe, and uncover a subterranean world of secrets and desires that is as varied and elusive as the fish that swim in the waters of Lake Champlain. Set on the beautiful shores of Vermont's Lake Champlain, Backcast is richly populated with an expansive cast of endearing and outrageous characters who battle writer's block, quirky locals, personal demons, unexpected... Views: 37
It used to be that those who entered the arena would fight to the death, but on the planet A’lton the winner is the male who can make the other submit… Views: 37
For some, existence without their mate might seem like the end of their world......for the members of Verdantia’s Tetriarch, it would be.Conte Camliel Aristos deTano, Ari, has long spurned the marriage forced upon him. His contractual bride, Princess Fleur Constante, the beautiful future queen though young and inexperienced, is willing to risk everything, including her own sanity, to save her planet. The inhabitants of the sentient planet, Verdantia, are poised on the precipice of extinction following a brutal invasion by an off-world, nomadic horde. Verdantia’s capital, Sylvan Mintoth, must have its failing energy shield restored, or the planet is doomed. The Elders know the shield can draw energy from only one thing”"a very arduous and grueling coupling of two specific people who were pre-chosen by the planet Herself and promised by prearranged marriage contract. Verdantia draws strength from the duo, but the sentient planet whispers to Ari that a third is necessary ~ Ari’s aide de camp, Visconte Doral deLorion, an angelically handsome, skilled assassin who silently surrendered his heart to Ari long ago.The trio struggles to make this surprising partnership harmonious, pushing through pride, scars of past abuse, fears of inexperience and distrust. To save Verdantia, they must overcome their individual weaknesses and realize their full potential. Only the tetriarch and their combined synergy, can harness Verdantia’s immense power to shield its citizens from invasion.˃˃˃Be part of the Tetriarch! Get your copy today! Views: 37
When covert operator Maji Rios returns to her sleepy Long Island refuge after years of being anyone the Army needs her to be, all she wants is a quiet summer. Saving a gorgeous stranger from Russian mobsters on her first night home was not in her plans. Nor was waking up with her the next day, inside the notorious Benedetti family's estate, already on the clock for her next mission.One brush with danger can't scare Rose diStephano away from her last weeks with her favorite cousin, Angelo Benedetti. How hard could tagging along to Maji's martial arts camp be? Even if it means pretending that Maji is Angelo's girlfriend, rather than the woman she is falling in love with.Maji will do whatever she must to complete her mission. Infiltrate enemy territory? Check. Protect civilians from blowback? Check. Keep Rose from getting too close? Ouch. Views: 37
Jameson, a psych from a religious colony, and Xander, a skythane with a troubled past, must save the strange world of Oberon—and journey to the edge of reality to discover what binds them together. Views: 37
Written in the New Wave Fabulist tradition, these historically-grounded stories blend the fantastic and the macabre in astonishing, unforgettable ways. Views: 37
