The past is written in stone . . . the future only penciled in.If you could see the future, would you change it?When Mateo Lopez, a west Texas farmer, discovers a mysterious stone artifact on his property, his life - and the fate of the world - changes forever.

Trapped in a place removed from time and space - the Devil's Triangle - a rag-tag group is caught in an endless battle with horrible creatures that attack relentlessly - until the creatures find a way to invade Earth. Now a race is on to use future tech to stop them from overrunning all of humanity...

From the slaying of a reality show celebrity judge, to a race against time to save a crucial memory, to a perplexing murder case in a lunar colony, these six short tales are a fun read for any lover of mysteries.Michael D. Britton has been writing professionally for 20 years, working in government, private industry, marketing, technical, web, freelance and a decade in the raw world of TV news.His short fiction has received multiple honorable mentions in the Writers of the F...

Eli Yon thinks nothing of slipping through time, "correcting" history by making sure the right people die. That's his job. But he may be starting to lose his edge, and the last thing he needs is some young hot-shot making him look bad by saving his latest assignment from failure. But he may have a solution...

A future legal system where your own memories are played on a screen for the jury to see. A man framed with false memories. And one man - the professional framer - having second thoughts about his career of unethical deeds. Is it too late for him to turn his life around?

What will reality TV do next? Kaylie Adams is about to find out, as she joins FBC's new hit reality TV show: Canceled. A sort of "Abortion Idol," the American viewing audience votes weekly: keep the baby, or terminate. When FBC studio executive Jake Granville learns he's the father, TV's hottest new show suddenly gets very personal. But a contract is a contract. In a nation obsessed with turning the deeply private into a public freak show, opportunistic network executives push Kaylie and J...

Joshua Gray, an explorer forced to become a soldier, may be the only person who can save the human race from utter destruction at the hands of an intractable alien enemy that claims a right of return to Earth. Gray forms a friendship with a leader of the long-dispersed q-Chek - a bond forged through suffering and painful choices. Together, the two blur the lines of loyalty and sacrifice in their desperate quest for peace . . . peace at a price.

It's Temperance Hall's big day - her chance to exact revenge and ruin some lives. Just the kind of thing she relishes. But when all the skeletons in her closet converge in a tragic car wreck, only her mind-reading chauffeur understands the full significance of this life-changing event.This slipstream short story may leave you with second thoughts about . . . your thoughts.

Reporter Holly Gooding's first major news story for Channel 8 News takes a turn for the weird when the guy she's sent to interview - the only person to survive a plane crash off the coast of Florida - happens to be a pirate.

Read a story per day from the end of November to January first...or binge the entire collection. Stories that center around holidays from American Thanksgiving and Black Friday to St. Nicholas Day, Hanukkah to Boxing Day, and of course, the worldwide biggies, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. Award-winning and bestselling writers like Ron Collins, Annie Reed, Robert Jeschonek, and 28 others explore holidays in three different genres--mystery, romance, and light fantasy.

What if you could erase a single, traumatic memory by simply popping a specially-formulated pill and sleeping it off? What if that memory turned out to be the crucial piece of evidence that could exonerate a wrongly-convicted man? Janet Stevens must now stay awake through one thrill-ride of a night in a desperate chase to find the real killer before her memory of the event is gone forever... [NOTE: THIS IS A SHORT STORY]

Two untested military programmers are the last hope for the biggest offensive in a war fought by remote drones. Trouble is, these brave geeks are vastly outnumbered - and if their lead drone is captured, it'll fry their brains. But their greatest handicap may turn out to be a profound strength. [NOTE: THIS IS A SHORT STORY]