Jane Ross has just been shanked with a ball point pen. Who knows why? So here she is, in the emergency room, waiting to get a ball point pen extracted from her innards.Surgery goes well. The neighbors, not so much. The nurses, slightly better, even is they do make her do her breathing and belly exercises.Then they hand her off back to prison, where things are pretty much he way they are. *shrug* It's prison. What are you going to do?Trial, yeah. Pretty much the same...

Fell and Chosen hadn't realized something had moved into their beloved Park--into their territory!--but when the King of Cats and Old Dog Coyote themselves call on them to help, they realize this trouble could affect more than just the Park. This thing must be dealt with, before it does more than just kill wildlife.

Ben Fewfeathers has vowed to find General Asher's favorite woman and bring her back home. If he does that, the general will reward him with everything he's ever dreamed about. So Ben followed her into this hot, dry, empty wasteland, populated by lowlifes who won't give him the respect he is due. How can he hunt the woman down, fight his way past all these obstacles, and bring her back so he can get his rightful rewards?

That strange little foreign nun had started all this, started Adini Smith Bronze and Savini Housekeeper Bronze on this trip, telling Adini she was meant for greater things. Adini didn't give her too much mind, except to worry about the Churchmen finding out she had been consorting with an unbeliever, because she had her own greater things to worry about: her Journeyman exams, finding a job and somewhere to live.Then she took on the Examination Board on Savini's behalf when her own ...

For all things, there is a place and time. But trouble is coming on the wind, and it's all aimed at her one and only daughter. Gaya must identify the threat and deal with it before it destroys her beloved Park and everything around it.

Jane's up for a promotion, or maybe just a raise, that would let her afford more than the basics. She just has to complete this project, work together with the office queen bee and her acolyte, and save the company.Problem is, Carey more interested in schmoozing and Marisol has to technical expertise to speak of, which leave Jane to do everything. Including killer workouts, not enough food and expensive shopping.Will Jane keep her sanity and save the day? Or will she have t...

Veracity's the personal assistant of her thirty times great grand uncle, the thousand year old astronaut. It's not such a bad gig, earning her the social and financial credits to live her life the way she wants.But then someone decides it's not fair that Jasper should live so long and takes steps to find out why. They harass and kidnap Jasper and it falls on Veracity to find and rescue him. Nobody's listening to her though. Nobody thinks this actually means anything.What is...

It's the end of the world as we know it, and we don't feel fine.Mollty Cook wants to escape he island before the volcano blows them all to smithereens. Rowan wants her to come and sight see some bridge, like nothing was happening.How will she escape the old city before the volcano blows? Will there be a seat on the plane in time? Will there be any boats left to leave on? Will all the grabby people leave her alone until she gets to safety? Can she get across the city while a...

Beau is a simple man. He leads a simple life and finds transcendent pleasure in simple things, like a shell on the beach, or cup of chocolate on a cool morning. It is a pleasure to do good for others, like his neighbor Wilson, who is building a whole new means to explore the universe.Will Wilson make it to the moon, as he wants so fervently? Does he really need to steal everyone's batteries to get there? And is a wrecked phone booth really the best vehicle for the project?

The Guen'chee have a contract to check on and maintain the weather stations in the high Arctic. Except for station A-113. they just called in and said they weren't going anywhere close to that place.So it falls on Ray Thompson, the supervisor to go and find out why they refused station A-113. Everything looks all right...

Pearl Waidler works from home, if you could call a repurposed hotel room home. It's not much, but it's what she has, sharing with her very significant other, Nicky Lightfoot. They make do with what they earn or can scavenge, including an old coffee table that serves as handy flat spot, kitchen table, dining room table, or office desk.At least until it starts feeling her leg...What's a woman to do, when the furniture propositions her and won't take no for an answer?

It's almost Meggan's birthday and she's looking forward to the pretty new dress, the cake her Dad made or her, her friends and grandparents celebrating with her...Except for those stupid squirrels who keep eating the bird seed Dad puts out for the birds. If it weren't for that stupid squirrel, Arthur wouldn't be bugging her about finding his Mamma!But he does. He comes to her at all the wrong times to ask for help. Meggan has no idea who his Mamma is, or where he lives. He ...