A science-fantasy short story. When the battlespike Oliver is flying is hit as he seeks shelter in the warp, life as he knows it ends. On the other side of the warp waits a new world, a new life, and whole new set of dangers, and Oliver is going to have to pick things up fast, if he is to survive. Will the lady from the caves be his salvation, or will she finish what the crash began?

I ran away from home to find a better life—not be forced into one. You can call me picky, but a girl likes to be asked if she wants to work for you, not coerced—and Odyssey should know better. Now, I have to find a way to kick free—of Odyssey, and my trainer, Mack—without getting myself killed. Surviving the mission is just the first step. Getting out from under, that’s gonna take some doing.

A yearly tradition.A dance not forgotten.A planet torn by a long-running war.Hunted by an implacable, and driven into the ruins of a town he once called home, Mark Leader, Michael, must try to save his people against savage odds.And try, too, to save the woman he loves.Will the secrets of their past save or doom their future?

Bite his friend—and be branded a criminal—or let his friend die, it’s a decision that has Oliver and Lewis running for their lives—and not just from the Lunar One Justiciars. The job went south, their client wants them to join up or die…and their target is out to get their data back—along with a side of revenge. With bounty hunters on their tails, Oliver and Lewis make for the shelter of lupari territory, but will the space wolves take in two stray weres, or will they turn them over for th...

Science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy, speculative fiction and a touch of horror, this collection plays with just about every genre, touching on everything from dragons to mermaids and pixies to zombies and trolls, this collection has a little bit of everything to share.3RD EDITION NOTE: This edition is a renewed version of Editions 1 and 2, with the main changes being the new cover, new front and back matter, extensive re-paragraphing, Americanization of...

A spymaster’s apprentice, a warrior from the Lands of Ice, and a high priest of the goddess of the night.A wizardess who can tap the realm of magic, and three apprentices of notable power.A king suborned by an ancient god.With a dark power rising and the gods caught by surprise, can priest, apprentice and warrior save the lives of those sought for sacrifice by a deity from a near-forgotten pantheon?

Made hostages for a world whose international leaders didn’t know how to behave, we ended up on a new world, one we have to make our own, where every step of civilization has to be earned, all over again. It’s meant to be a world to hide the secret of our survival—but not all the aliens believe we have a right to survive. Torn between two rival factions of an alien race, we have to save our keepers, defeat our hunters, and get a message to the stars.And that’s just if we want to li...

A science-fiction rural-urban-fantasy short story. ‘Tis the Season, her favorite season, and Rosalind is home safe, tucked away in a haven as far from her old ‘home,’ and all the places her hunters know to find her, or so she thinks, until she hears a troll roar. With cookies in the oven, and a storm on the horizon, and all she knows and loves a very long way away, Ros is on her own…save for the hunters closing in…and the unexpected guests. With any luck, she’ll be able to escape into ...

A science-fiction short story. What do you do when your brother betrays you, and you end up on another world, in the employ of a company whose recruiting methods leave a lot to be desired? Well, I guess you keep your head down, while you try to figure out a way to get back home. And I sure miss home.

A short rural-urban-fantasy-science-fiction story involving: An unexpected troll, a plot thick with elves and treachery, and a lover spurned, work together to make Tillie’s life take a sudden twist…and she is left scrambling to not only extract herself, but to get her friends back alive.

A science-fiction short story. Varian is missing, and the changelings are on the warpath. Will Ariel’s adoptive father find Varian, before the changelings make the boy another name to be remembered in a long-fought war?

When the two halves of her soul rejoin, Linna finds herself in a city she does not recognize on a world she thought existed only in her imagination. To make matters worse, the god she serves has rejected her, and she is captured and sold to four princes from a distant land, who require a priest of the sea. What starts out as a journey to regain her deity’s approval, soon becomes a flight for her life. With one prince at her side, and unspeakable evil at her back, Linna embarks on a jou...