Frozen Time: A NovelBecause of the Time Wars fought in the space around Earth, the underlying system of local and non-local links that makes up spacetime had been destroyed. It was now impossible to use the spin-two drive to open those links and access orbit and the rest of the Solar System.The rocket ship had returned as the primary way to reach orbit from Earth's surface.Now a strange spaceship had appeared above the spaceports scattered around th...

Open Space: A Short StoryOpen Space Series Book 1Who listens to kids? No one.But on a space habitat, the rules all change. And the kids might be the first to know.Follow the gang of four as they discover an anomaly that could spell disaster for the habitat, if no one listens.Open Space is a short story set in the future (2390s) and is the first short story in the Future Chron Univers...

Cislunar: A CollectionThe Remembered Earth Universe covers the science and technology of the next hundred years, as mankind moves into cislunar space (defined as that space in and around the Earth-Moon system and slightly beyond), and takes tentative steps to destinations farther out.It begins with an exploration of the space around the Earth and Moon in the stories that make up the Cislunar Series. These are the foundation...

Crush: A Short StoryIt's obvious that AI is going to bring tremendous changes to society.But when AI can mimic anyone living or dead with perfect fidelity, then comes the possibility of emotional manipulation.And that could mean big bucks to some.Crush is a short story set in the near future.See the author's website for more information.Hard Science Fiction - Old School.

To The StarsWith the help of new technology, the wormhole drive, humanity has attained the stars. But they wanted more, they wanted a second home.But while technology may extend humanity's reach, it cannot change the human condition.And that condition is always balanced perilously between progress and setback as these five novellas show.The first novelette, First One Hundred, is the story of the first mission to set...

The Old World: A Short StoryOpen Space Series Book 2After their adventure with the gravitational eddy Willis and the others had the opportunity to travel from their space habitat to Earth.There they were to make the rounds of media interviews and do some sightseeing. But there were those that didn't want any more publicity over the incident because they knew it hadn't been as accidental as people thought.The kids were not al...

Null Infinity: Book 2: A NovelJames Stimson was following in his parents' footsteps, sort of. He didn't quite have their aptitude for physics, so he went into management.But he didn't quite have an aptitude for management either. But Bridgette Auclair did, and as long as he was with her, he would do fine.But with the world under attack by an unknown attacker and on the verge of collapse, and the answer to the attacks in another universe, they would ...

Insurrect: A Short StoryLife in a space habitat has one fundamental difference from life on a planet. Each and every one of the habitat's inhabitants has the power to disrupt the lives of the others.The simplest failure to obey the rules can lead to major ramifications and misunderstandings.But an ideological effort to change the rules without regard to the reality of life in a habitat can have even worse consequences.Insurrect

All For One: A Short StoryOpen Space Series Book 5No good deed goes unpunished.This Willis and the others learned when their math teacher, for an unknown reason, insisted on making them an example to the rest of the class.They would have to find out why they were targeted, what they had done, and still pass the class.All For One is set in the future (2390s) and is the fifth short story in th...

One For All: A Short StoryOpen Space Series Book 6The kids take up flying lessons. But these lessons aren't like planet-based flying where gravity rules. At the center of the spinning habitat, there is no gravity, and flying is personal as each one spreads his own wings in the light air, a half mile up from the spinning floor of the habitat.Sometimes it only takes a moment to make a choice that can change many lives. But that doesn'...

Spanning the mid to late 20th century and set in the Elkhorn Valley of southwestern Montana, The Stone Sister tells the story of a child' s birth, disappearance, and discovery in a home for " backward children." Told through the voices of a father, nurse, and sister, the novel is hailed by award-winning writer Ann Patchett as "beautifully written and compassionately told...a novel that will stay with me for a long, long time." The story explores the power of family secrets and soc...

Thomas E. Patterson’s monumental biography of Huey Long is a profound reevaluation of his life and legacy, recognizing him as an inspirational progressive thinker, populist hero, and radical influence on the New Deal before an assassin’s bullet ended his life in 1935. First as governor and then as U.S. senator, Long transformed the politics of Louisiana by standing for the interests of citizens whom state officials had historically ignored. He eased suffrage restrictions so that more peopl...