This anthology gathers J. Elliott Toren's favorite groundbreaking, long-forgotten space operas-stories that once blazed across the pulp era's imagination before slipping into obscurity-united by a shared love of cosmic adventure and lawless star pirates. From creaking hyperspace freighters stalked by black-flag raiders to flamboyant corsairs ruling asteroid strongholds, these tales capture a raw, inventive period when science fiction was reckless, romantic, and unafraid of excess. Each sel...

In this anthology we dive deep into the epic space operas of your grandfather's or great-grandfather's generation. Think about reading something your great grand parents enjoyed. Epic. These timeless tales are still relevant today with vivid imagery and all the wild worlds of wonder that these past authors have created.

Doctor Angela Straights is a highly intelligent scientist who develops a serum that enhances certain areas of the mind. Doses of her formula were successfully used to heal wounded veterans. Unfortunately, the serum induced astonishing side effects and gave extraordinary abilities to others. When the government learns of these developments, Angela's world changes forever. Involuntarily, her entire lab and projects were confiscated by the CIA. 15 years later, Angela learns of former lab coll...

In 2023, CS Parker invites us to journey through a year marked by change, uncertainty, and resilience. These poems are an intimate reflection on the emotional contours of a world that feels both fragile and formidable, where moments of quiet beauty exist alongside the urgency of our global challenges. With a keen eye for the personal and the political, Parker crafts verses that pulse with the rhythm of time, capturing the complexity of living in a moment where everything seems to ...

2020A Poetry Collection by CS ParkerIn a year the world stood still, the words kept moving.2020 is a raw, reflective, and intimate journey through one of the most pivotal years in modern history. In this searing collection, CS Parker captures the emotional pulse of a world reeling from a global pandemic, racial reckonings, political unrest, and profound personal isolation. These poems are quiet moments of panic and clarity...

This is the best of the enormous amount of poems that I published on amazon kindle in the years 2014 to 2018 where I was heavy into drugs, homeless for a spell and an addict. This is where I soul search and explore the world around me with the help of drugs. I didn't get out a lot but I worked until I was fired. Some of these things will not be noticeable how I have progressed. Inside are some of my earliest work pre-COVID19. How much the world changed after that. These can be fun sometime...

In 2021, CS Parker distills the raw emotions, struggles, and moments of clarity that defined a year of uncertainty and transformation. As the world grappled with the ongoing impacts of a global pandemic, political upheavals, and social reckonings, Parker's poetry offers a window into the heart of this turbulent time, capturing both the personal and collective journeys of resilience, grief, and hope.This collection invites readers into a world where time feels suspended, ye...

2014A Poetry Collection by CS ParkerWords from Sixteen to Thirty-TwoSome years we remember. Some years remember us.2014 is more than a year-it's a culmination. In this sweeping collection, CS Parker gathers poetry written between the ages of sixteen and thirty-two, mapping a life in verse from the raw beginnings of teenage introspection in 1994 to the layered reflections of adulthood in 2014.Spanni...

2015A Poetry Collection by CS ParkerBefore the cracks became earthquakes, we were learning how to listen.In 2015, CS Parker captures the quiet tension of a world shifting beneath the surface-where conversations once whispered began to rise, and silence was no longer safe. This collection explores a year defined by awakening: to identity, to injustice, to the stories we had buried too long.With verses that blend int...

In 2022, CS Parker captures a year defined by its contradictions, where uncertainty and hope collided with the weight of history. This collection of poems is a profound exploration of the emotions, struggles, and moments of grace that marked a time of global turbulence, personal reckoning, and collective endurance. Through Parker's evocative language, 2022 becomes not just a record of a year, but a powerful meditation on the human spirit in the face of adversity.T...

2019A Poetry Collection by CS ParkerThe calm before the storm had its own kind of chaos.Before the masks, before the headlines screamed of shutdowns and distance, there was 2019-a year brimming with contradictions, quiet upheavals, and the subtle unraveling of what we thought was normal. In this hauntingly prescient collection, CS Parker revisits the final year of a world we'd soon lose, capturing its beauty, its brokennes...

2018A Poetry Collection by CS ParkerWe were loud, we were tired, we were trying to believe things could still change.In 2018, CS Parker offers a poetic time capsule of a year caught between defiance and disillusionment. These poems pulse with the rhythm of protest marches, late-night headlines, and quiet moments of reckoning in bedrooms, buses, and broken systems. It was a year of voices rising-#MeToo echoing across indust...