Science Fiction Stories

He said he wasn't immortal--but nothing could kill him. Still, if the Earth was to live as a free world, he had to die.

It takes sportsmanship to make a ball team. and foul play to get a backward race civilized!

So the baby had a pet monster. And so nobody but baby could see it. And so a couple of men dropped out of thin air to check and see if the monster was licensed or not. So what's strange about that?

The gods have long since left and magic has gone along with them. Might is found at the trigger of a gun and adventure is found in the stars. Sunrunner is a fast-paced, sci-fi adventure with a tinge of eldritch horror. Follow a motley crew of mercenaries as they are swept up in a tale of corporate overreach gone awry.

The real trouble with communications satellites is the enormous difficulty of repairing even the simplest little trouble. You need such a loooong screwdriver.

The Wabbly, uncombatable engine of war, spreads unparalleled death and destruction--until Sergeant Walpole "strikes at the morale" of its crew.

The Romantics used to say that the eyes were the windows of the Soul. A good Alien Xenologist might not put it quite so poetically. but he can, if he's sharp, read a lot in the look of an eye!

A man goes to prison for illegal printing.

Sometimes you do find what you were looking for in high school - then have to decide if it is a good thing or not. ~ 4300 words.

Rootless and footloose, a man in space can't help but dream of coming home. But something nobody should do is bet on the validity of a homesick dream!