This series contains:The Mines of Mars, Part I (short story)Kyrk is on a mission to hit a Martian transport train loaded with precious metals. His new sidekick, Goldman, has other designs. When they both find their plans disrupted, Kyrk finds his new purpose may involve the people fleeing the settlements near the mines of Mars.Fractal Standard Time - Book I (short story collection)Can Eden be built on another planet? Several pioneers, explorers, and inventor...

This is the story of Chase Krause, a man who sets out with his best friend, Josh, to camp for a weekend deep in the snow-filled wilderness. What starts off as the hunt of a lifetime quickly becomes the struggle of a lifetime. At the same time, Chase is forced to grapple with a nearly non-existent relationship with his father.Set against the backdrop of Minnesota's picturesque north woods, it is a story of fathers and sons, broken relationships and healing, and triumph over circumst...

An inventor must use his wits and a box of electronic dragonflies to defeat a rival bent on revenge. To cheat death, a scientist uploads his mind online. Will his ideas endure or will they take everybody with him? A convict is sentenced to work at an intergalactic Bible factory, but will his attitude send him back home?Corridors is a collection of tales set in a world of dreams and danger. It is a world inhabited by those who seek to push the limits of the mind. It is a world where...

We've all read the headlines. Epic weather disasters of "Biblical proportions" involving floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards seem to be occurring at a record pace. To some, it may seem as if the climate of the planet is going out of control.Yet what does the Bible say about the weather? Does it say anything about climate change or global warming? Or has God simply left us to our own devices?The Bible contains hundreds of verses that refer to the weather and who is ...

John Sayers is a storm researcher determined to crack the mystery of the violent weather that is ravaging his home state of South Dakota. After a failed test of his new tracking system, he encounters Madeline Kinney, a cult researcher who is pursuing a nefarious "church doctor" through a string of several small Midwestern towns. He dismisses her efforts until she reveals the church doctor may have taken the life of his friend.As John perfects his system to predict the path of the n...

Can Eden be built on another planet? Several pioneers, explorers, and inventors aim to find out by establishing a permanent colony on Mars. One mathematician and scientist, Steven Entner, stakes his career on the idea and inspires several generations to come.As his vision evolves through his descendents, so does the technology to implement it. With the technology comes an increasing mastery over the environment. In the wrong hands that technology may lead to their ultimate destruct...

A pest control worker uncovers a world of miniature corporate espionage. A clerk learns to wield a deck of self-folding cards to fight crime. An inventor automates a town but soon finds himself driven out by his own creations.Here are a dozen short stories from worlds where humanity and innovation collide. They are flights to a future that may only be a few footsteps away.

When two rival inventors unleash their artificial intelligence chips on America, a way of life is upended. Battlefields erupt in the most unlikely of places—from farms to libraries to board games whose pieces have a mind of their own.Despite the chaos, stories of hope soon emerge--ones built on love and truth. These are some of those stories.

If God does not play dice, does He ever play marbles? A gambling weatherman finds hope in the heart of a hurricane, amidst mounting losses. An ancient message arrives to a futuristic church...but is it too late?Here are six short stories and twenty poems whose themes range from rollercoasters to fatherhood to the aftermath of a summer thunderstorm. From an underground library to a remarkable rescue in a Christmas Eve blizzard, each story is a venture to a new horizon.

Two rival robotics engineers visit an abandoned Martian battlefield and discover they are not alone. A scientist flies an electric crow through time to steal a breakthrough device only to find his moves are being countered by a future version of himself. A reporter doubts a scientist's claim of teleportation until he meets the scientist's son over a cup of strange tea.From the edge of space to the depths of the sea, these tales are windows to worlds beyond our own. These worlds are...

In a matter of minutes, thousands of checking accounts across America go empty. Caught up in the theft is Alex Poole, a software engineer who works on house arrest and prisoner tracking systems. As a result, he switches his account to Aspirizon Bank—an institution well known for its friendly tellers, futuristic branches, and the ever-popular "Liberty Card".But when he finds the bank is run by a notorious ex-coworker and strange visitors start arriving at his door, he realizes the b...

When a construction accident takes out the mayor of Mars' largest domed city, Pierce Steadman is elevated into the role. Tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Magnopolis after the Great War, he sets out to separate the city from its Earth-inspired past and to restore hope to its population.Yet other forces also have designs on the city. As references to God disappear from the Network Archives, those forces unleash a towering destructive robot unlike any other: Ionotatron.