This collection contains seven short fantasy stories. They range from a second chance at romance to a magic inventor trying to save lives. All of these stories have been previously published.

They gained their maturity in an age of monumental and unprecedented change – from horse-and-buggy, Model TFord, and crank telephone, to moonwalks, space shuttles, and the Internet. They are better educated, more affluent, more vigorous, and longer-lived than any generation before them, yet obstinately cling to a forthright simplicity no generation is likely to regain. They are proudly “old fashioned” in their outlook, hardworking, and frugal in their ways. They are the last enthusiastic p...

Captain Jason Ayers and his crew deal with aliens, politicians, colonists, and pirates. Their adventures include action stories, mysteries, and dramas. These short stories have appeared in Tales Of The Talisman, Golden Visions, and The Fifth Di…, among others.This collection contains all the “Frigate Victory” science fiction short stories. The stories are in chronological order. Also included is the concluding short novel Bear at the Door...

Pierre Eggar is an insurance investigator for Alliance Insurance, which operates within Independent Worlds Alliance. He’s looking into a claim over the death of one Al Lund. But something about Lund’s death doesn’t quite make sense.Lund was a common mechanic living a quiet life. Yet he was murdered by a professional killer. Eggar suspects that Lund might have once been a criminal. He has to travel all over the Alliance and dig up the past to sort out why Lund met a violent end.

A wealthy man offers to be a patron for a young artist. When she arrives at his mansion, she finds an unhappy daughter and a wife with a mysterious illness. Can she figure out what’s going on before it’s too late?

"Mr. Collins is a funny writer [who puts] his finger on exactly what…makes Japan bewildering, endearing, amusing inspiring…"-The New York TimesFollow the adventures of Tokyo’s favorite expatriate Max Danger, as he weaves his way in and out of the intricacies and dilemmas of living in Japan from baffling bilingual breakfast meetings, through the mind-boggling enigmas of doing business in Japan, to the dubious pleasures of late-night hostess clubs. Ma...

Idwan is the daughter of a nobleman. She marries the second son of the ruler of her land. The young man tells her that his first wife fell into a strange sleep and never woke up.Idwan finds the story curious. She finds it even more curious when she nears the cave where the young woman lies and is told she cannot approach. With the help of the witch serving the ruler, she enters the cave.Doing so will change Idwan’s life, bring her love, and cause her to discover strengths s...

This collection contains 19 short science fiction stories. Some are action stories and some are dramas. Some offer hope while in others the characters struggle with optimism. All the short stories in this collection have been previously published.

A musician takes a risk too many in hitching starships to follow his girlfriend and their dreams of making a living from their music. Will that risk end his career, or will it result in something worse?

Actress Ming Shi has arrived on the planet Vladikov to shoot a movie. The movie is going to be a throwback to monster movies made on Earth in the early days of space travel. It’s a low-budget project but it’s work.She’s pleased that her co-star is the more well-known actress Arianna Cho. She’s surprised to learn that she and Cho were once clients of Jake Bonner.That comes in handy. The crew is too small, and there’s other strange things going on with investors in the projec...

Princess Thora is the daughter of the one-time “Pretender Princess,” the current Queen Rebecca. Thora is the third child of Rebecca and King Lowell, and thus has little to do.Nothing, that is, until a puzzling series of robberies engages with Thora’s mind and her sense of justice. In solving that mystery she’s presented with another, and another, and still others.Thora takes on the role of Royal Examiner. She tries to continue the improvements to the kingdom made by her mot...

A criminal escapes from prison, while a law enforcement agent in pursuit tries to figure out why. Was the criminal betrayed? Could someone's life be in danger?