Stories Starting with C

A Man with a lot of bad luck, suddenly finds he is more than he thought.

Man, it would appear, can adapt to any form of society. but not one in which the knowledge of extending life becomes a passport to death!

Screaming, the guardsman was jerked through the air. An unearthly screech rang through the cavern. The unseen horror of Mammoth Cave had struck again.

Layroh's hiring of husky down-and-outers for his expedition is part of a plan made ages past.

A great oil field had gone dry--and Asher, trapped far under the earth among the revolting Petrolia, learns why.

Sound the fanfare! Beat the drums! Shout hosannas! Here he comes....

This bigtime space promoter could get the Horsehead Nebula in a flying mare--but pinning a planetoid is tougher!

It was a race between the tortoise and the hare. But this hare was using some dirty tricks to make sure the ending would be different....

Would this be the last poker game--with all life at stake and every card a mere deuce?

A story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
A new Hero is recruited to work on Chaos, and is taken as a Hero Companion on an orientation visit. Al, being the person he is, can't help but look to change how things are done, and change them for the better. Plenty of action, and no sex. The first of many stories about this Hero.