SciFi-Stories

Elwood Caswell, a homicidal maniac who wants to murder his best friend. Knowing it was wrong, he stops to buy a therapeutic machine, one made by General Motors. In a hurry, he buys, for cash, the floor model. The clerk learns that the floor model was gauged for Martians, who knows what effect it would have on a human, and the hunt is on.

A cowboy looking to retire out in the country stumbles across an alien crash site filled with sexy aliens. Aliens bring attention, people get abducted, more aliens show up... one thing leads to another and... fun times! Not exactly a spaghetti western, but there is spaghetti!
Added Chapter 30

A Star Guardian Story (3)
Brian continues his travels among the stars.
Added Chapter 2

We are each born under our own star, and we are also tied to our own destiny. One day, the stars we are born under and the destinies we are tied together with shall meet, and our verse in the great song of life shall be sung.
Added Chapter 28

A Star Guardian Story (3)
Brian continues his travels among the stars.

A Star Guardian Story (2)
Brian continues his travels among the stars.
Added Chapter 68 (final)

A Destiny Saga Story (2)
Three short months Caspian Grey's world changed. His life now has a purpose. He has his girls and a family, of sorts, that loves him. He has friends that will stand with him. Even on this new road will have some some sharp curves to navigate. There is a secret that he and his family must keep. New additions join his family bringing with them new challenges while current members of his family need help facing old challenges. Caspian's destiny lies ahead, but it won't be an easy
Added Chapter 23 (final)

Now all of the stories are available as ebooks on the Bookapy website which is a sister site to this site so all sales also supports the site as well. https://bookapy.com/ bookapy.com/a/17/mike-lowe-aka-the-scot

In the last months, I've been posting about one chapter every two weeks. Grandparent duties were cutting into my writing time. Now that we are almost on house arrest from the corona virus, I am hopi ... more

A man is taken then returned. He's not the same or is he? Now with a lot of questions he leaves earth to search for the only other one like himself, so far.
Added Chapter 23

During the Earth-Silth conflicts, two commanders of opposing warships played a game of chicken at one of the outer known solar systems, the result being a head-on collision and two ships fused together at the bows. After the cease fire agreement plans were made to salvage what they could from the ships and Alain from Earth was sent as part of a two man crew to recover components from the Earth vessel while a team from the Silth would handle theirs. Nothing turned out to be as expected.
Added Chapter 9 (final)

A man with a past, not tied to anyone makes a startling discovery that changes his life and his perceptions of it.
Added Chapter 73

Finished the story arc where the Varech attack Dentra. Did you know that Varech is French for kelp. You can get it as a supplement. It is supposed to help with the thyroid gland. It tastes yukky, s ... more

The difference between gravity and real life is that, while gravity sucks in a predictable manner, life seems to wait for the greatest impact. Recently picked up editing the remaining Phantom stories. Should be a new one out this weekend. hhj

In the not too distant future, while humanity begins exploiting the mineral wealth of the asteroid belt, Mosley Station, the Deadwood of outer space, is attacked and taken over by pirates. Will they survive? Or is Mosley doomed to become the first ghost town in space?

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
Another old one, found from the early depths of 2007. Enjoy the ride of an Imperial Guard Rhino on a combat drop.

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
Another lost and now found story from 2006. Part of 'The Loyndl Incursion'

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
I originally wrote this back in October 2006 as the precursor to a series. Then I lost it. Now I have found it by chance via the internet wayback machine. The series was 'The Loyndl Incursion' and consisted of this, 'Arbitrary Arbites', 'Shopping with the girlfriend' three separate 'Tobias' stories and a couple of others.

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
A long lost story from October 2006, written about an Adeptus Arbite squad, part of 'The Loyndl Incursion'.

We are each born under our own star, and we are also tied to our own destiny. One day, the stars we are born under and the destinies we are tied together with shall meet, and our verse in the great song of life shall be sung.

Things go bad for a magick user, very bad.

Some of you have asked why Cowboys and Aliens went from 19 chapters to 15. The reason: One of my Patrons and one of my part-time editors suggested I re-arrange some of the scenes around to make the ... more

Women may be against progress because it means new pseudo-widowhoods. Space-widowhood, for instance....

The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance!

Pioneers have always resented their wanderlust, hated their hardships. But the future brings a new grudge--when pioneers stay put and scholars do the exploring!

A WIP Cyberpunk story, the content of which will probably change and adapt as it grows.

These are the adventures of a rag-tag mercenary company called Poltergeist's Marauders. These battles take place in the Aurigen Reach of the Periphery of the Inner Sphere in the year 3025 after centuries of war.
Added Chapter 10

If you dislike cliffhangers, this chapter is for you. Chapter 55 is up. Have a good weekend!

Seeing things? Don't go to an analyst--see the Commission--if it doesn't find you first!

Problem: How can you arrange marriages with men in one solar system, women in another--and neither willing to leave his own world?

Nothing could have seemed pleasanter than that peaceful planet. Then why was a non-suicidal man driven to suicide there? Yet it made sense.

The captain had learned to hate. It was his profession--and his personal reason for going on. But even hatred has to be channeled for its maximum use, and no truths exist forever.

Bump-Arch had to complete his experiment or spend five more years as an apprentice Scientist--and if successful, his feat would provide plenty of BUSINESS for the LAWYERS.

Shakespeare wrote it, in the tragedy of King Lear--a phrase to live by: Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither;

Since this site is geared towards regular stories, I'll post the same ones I post on the naughty sister site which fit here for (hopefully) everyone's reading pleasure.

During the Earth-Silth conflicts, two commanders of opposing warships played a game of chicken at one of the outer known solar systems, the result being a head-on collision and two ships fused together at the bows. After the cease fire agreement plans were made to salvage what they could from the ships and Alain from Earth was sent as part of a two man crew to recover components from the Earth vessel while a team from the Silth would handle theirs. Nothing turned out to be as expected.

A Destiny Saga Story (2)
Three short months Caspian Grey's world changed. His life now has a purpose. He has his girls and a family, of sorts, that loves him. He has friends that will stand with him. Even on this new road will have some some sharp curves to navigate. There is a secret that he and his family must keep. New additions join his family bringing with them new challenges while current members of his family need help facing old challenges. Caspian's destiny lies ahead, but it won't be an easy

Given valid data, you can reach completely wrong conclusions. But given a wrong conclusion, you can still get a right answer!

This, be it understood, is fiction--nothing but fiction--and not, under any circumstances, to be considered as having any truth whatever to it. It's obviously utterly impossible. isn't it?

Chapter 46 is in the queue, which concludes the little murder mystery. It is a little longer than usual, and I refrained from adding a cliffhanger at the end. This does not mean I won't add a hook from time to time in the future. :) Happy Canadian thanksgiving!

Flying at 1600 m.p.h. you act with split-second timing after you sight the enemy. And you're allowed only one mistake--your last!

Hard Science Fiction mixed with Romantic Love and Sex. What more is there? (Sorry, no war here!) -- Two teens starting a universe shifting life. Simple beginning, Grandiose ending. ;-)

A successful hero flees his home world after subjugating the Dragon Queen and her hosts to start anew on a young, fresh world only to encounter politics. Again...
Added Chapters 10,11 (final)

The last two chapters have been submitted and are awaiting the Devs to post. I hope that everyone enjoyed. Shad

When a man has a great deal of knowledge, it becomes extremely easy for him to confuse "knowledge" with "wisdom". and forget that the antonym of "wisdom" is not "ignorance" but "folly."

It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him. And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!

Henderson's lovely flowers were going to bring him fame--until they walked and talked too much.

Anyone looking for guaranteed sound science will have to look elsewhere. But if it's fun you want. try the world's most potent eggnog!

That the gentleman in question was a nut was beyond question. He was an institutionalized psychotic. He was nutty enough to think he could make an atom bomb out of modeling clay!