Stories Starting with C

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

"Tea, dear," said Mrs. Winslow, opening the door with the glass window and the white blind that communicated with the parlour. "One minute," said Winslow, and began unlocking the desk. An irritable old gentleman, very hot and red about the face, and in a heavy fur-lined cloak, came in noisily. Mrs. Winslow vanished. "Ugh!" said the old gentleman.

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!

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

Charles Chase is the Chancellor of the Alliance. He is not a king, or a ruler, or a monarch of any kind. He is a leader. A leader of many worlds, many kings, many rulers, and many monarchies. Join The Chancellor as he finds wives, concubines, allies, and foes alike, treating each with the love, consideration, respect, or vitriol, they deserve. From his childhood friend to the daughter of the leader of a most hostile civilization, he meets the best of the best and the worst of the worst.