These are mostly story lines that came to mind for Vanda and Tom Denton whilst re-reading their novels. Always with more ideas than time for fiction-writing, Tom and Vanda developed the ideas into short stories, whilst taking care to create no spoilers for the novels. In these stories you will find a variety of thought-provoking science- , speculative- , and eco- fiction, ranging through dystopian settings, disaster survival, bio-engineering, subjugation and interdimensional travel. There ...

A tragic incident filmed for viewing on social media exposes the truth of post-takoloshe suffering in the human world. The wealthy were unharmed by that alien invasion and are now taking advantage of the misery left in the wake of it. Attacks by vicious aberrant creatures further highlight the dangers of hunger, homelessness, fear, despair and confusion, plaguing the survivors. Guy Edrich, floundering in a maelstrom of expanding psychic faculties, is moved to restore a once familiar lifest...

Having fought off many Vinctalin attacks, vanquished them in their own domains, ousted the Veekerens from fraudulent power, and constructed a full and comprehensive Planetary Defence System, the United Citizens of Earth are ready to make plans for the future. They are barely into devising their outline manifestos ready for the very first post-invasion elections, when disaster strikes. Astonishing revelations reveal one species of beings as more alien to Earth Humans than the grey beasts, w...

Following Meltdown is presented in a multiple narrative style. It features a dystopian atmosphere in the wake of global pandemics including one started by the fad of keeping Congo rats for pets. Psychological aspects include violent reactions to abuse. The vet, Gabriel Harrison, who has been conscripted into teaching in his local High School, finally decides to opt out of a society growing in violence in defiance of stringent laws and constant surveillance. In spite of his reluctance to he...

A tale speculating on where the science of synthetic biology might take us. Outer Shell Engineer Buchanan has good reason for his belligerence. The task of maintaining the integrity of the habitat involves walling off areas which have become contaminated. His job will herald an early, agonising death. The rules maintain a happy, productive and satisfying life, for the majority. The Keepers enforce the rules. Keeper Dominic falls in love with a woman his parents discover to be religious. He...

He is a magnificent Emperor, a stupendous hero and a technical genius, and he is surfing on the crest of victory breaking on the ocean of freedom. On their return to Earth, Pakow finds himself presiding over two new Emperors and vast battalions of displayed Guards, all of whom he needs for the construction of his Planetary Defence System. But these are powerful beings with ambitions of their own. When he discovers that one of the Emperors has chosen to emulate the beasts with a view to tra...

This first Pagan book is a story of ancient genetics, parallel evolution, hive minds and a clandestine bid to take over the human world. Set in the present day, humanity is unwittingly approaching an apocalypse. The vast majority of people are unaware of the existence of a mysterious century’s old war broiling and bubbling beneath the surface. Within the world’s societies are ancient families pursuing a quest the exact nature of which has been lost even to them. Jean-Louis Rusch and Ruby D...

Who is the enigmatic beauty worming her way into Alex’s life by caring for his son? What is the true identity of Jacob’s old friend who seems to know more about his hallucinations than he does? And who has the ability to revive the dead? All these puzzles rest uneasily with the allies as Pakow begins a war the like of which this galaxy has never before seen.

So-called allies seem to be almost as much a threat to Earth’s alliance as the Vinctalin themselves. Secrets, lies and false histories have been the order of the day – for millennia. Who really runs the AHS Home World? What are they hiding? What is the truth regarding the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Pakow’s Guards? And what did Zan discover on that strange device, the Ovinka? Determined to get the answers to these questions Jonathan hatches his most audacious plot yet. In the proc...

Eighteen months ago Earth was thriving. Now it is reduced to a deserted wilderness containing one oasis of frenetic activity: the town in England newly named Foundation. Earth’s valiant hero, Benjamin Stanzini, has sacrificed his all and lived long enough to see the survivors safe. At last he can let go, but while he’s in free-fall Earth’s leaders come to realise that their saviours are not all they claim to be. The magnificent Emperor, one-time slave to the Vinctalin, joins forces with th...

What will you be doing Monday morning? Catching the 6.45 to Paddington? Taking the kids to school? Or will you wake up to a new world. One in which you find yourself threatening to slit the throat of a fellow inmate? Discover the galaxy that is ruled by the Vinctalin. Lies, propaganda, forced addiction, slavery, culling and torture have been the rule for countless millennia. Earth has ripened and will no longer remain untouched. Except this time the Vinctalin have made an error. In this co...

They have heard so many stories now that the humans of Earth are understandably sceptical when told their ancestors did not in fact originate on this planet. However, there is an unsettling ring of truth tying that claim to the notion that Jacob Stanzini is attracting a spectral being who may be merely an initial scout for a potentially annihilative incursion into this world.