The sound of small, shuffling feet roused Penthesileia from an uneasy, troubled sleep. She rolled to the other side of her bed and slowly opened her eyes; she saw Heraclea standing by the bedside in the dim blueish light of the glowstrips. The child’s face was pale white and taut with fright. Her mouth …
Long time no see, eh? I’m almost halfway there with my third novel, but I’ve been keeping intermittently busy, so I finished writing up “The Exchange” (at least I think I like where it ends and where it might lead). So the complete short story is available at Amazon, it’s enrolled in Amazon Prime, and …
Sousuke pulled down his visor. A freezing gust of wind buffeted against his face suddenly; it made him swivel around like someone had slapped him; he lost his balance and fell on his back. Fresh powdery snow went up in a small silver cloud around him. Fresh snow in Greenland.
“Why did you do it, Frank? Did the rage take over?”
Magistrate Keller sat in a simple metal chair opposite Frank Demeris. There was the slight sheen of pity in his eyes, but he did not dare show it in his voice. It was something only Frank should know. It’d be against appearances if the …
I don’t know if it was worth the wait, but here it is:
I decided to go ahead and publish this as some sort of teaser, or a sort of test. See what people think. In a departure from Forge of Stones, this is almost purely sci-fi. Available from Amazon and Smashwords. Since it’s not …
“Will you make up your mind already?”, said the bulky man to the small group of interested though taciturn buyers.
The trio of men wore black, unadorned exo-suits. Optical augmentations of varying quality featured prominently on their faces. They had been meticulously examining the article on sale for what seemed to be an inordinate amount …
It was uncomfortably chilly on the night we saw each other last. I remember the methane snow flakes and the carbon ice, the first time around. The landscape around the Plume had unusually eerie feeling. Even a really long displacement such as the one I was going through now could not approximate the feeling. The …
Just put up a couple of short stories I’m working on. Hope you enjoy them, and leave some feedback. These are pure classical science fiction, nothing to do with fantasy this time around..
