Science Fiction Stories

In the course of his Special Patrol duties Commander John Hanson resolves the unique and poignant mystery of "toma annerson.

There is a way around every tabu, knock on wood--but just watch out that the wood doesn't knock back!

The shortest distance between two points may be the long way around--and a path of dishonor may well turn into the high road to virtue.

In the distant future, the interstellar starship Calypso and its human crew encounter a gigantic megastructure inhabited by ancient robots known as the Custodians. As the humans, led by Lieutenant Brenda Ivanova, attempt to restore ancient data to uncover the robots’ origins, they face ethical dilemmas about the nature of self-awareness and the evolution of these machines. Amidst philosophical debates and crucial decisions, leading the humans to rethink how to aid these robots in their evolution

In a space war, the ultimate test can be facing a foe knowing you simply cannot win, yet never flinching from your duty.

Collisions in space have consequences. This is a tale of such an event in another solar system, and what happened to a planet-bound race as a result.

Despite a warning received in the Suq by a nomad, Conan stays the night in a cheap tavern in Zamboula, run by Aram Baksh. As night falls, a black Darfarian cannibal enters Conan's small chamber by means of a trick lock to drag him away to be eaten. The Darfarian slaves in the city are cannibals who prey on travelers, the people of the city tolerate this and stay locked securely in their homes, while nomads and beggars make sure to sure to spend the night at a comfortable distance from its walls.

Back in the dim dawn of civilization Anak the Hunter stands in his might before the encroaching Neanderthal men.

The Vagabonds of Space are cast into the hands of the vibration-maddened natives of Titan, satellite of Saturn.

When you have an engine with no fuel, and fuel without an engine, and a life-and-death deadline to meet, you have a problem indeed. Unless you are a stubborn Dutchman--and Jan Van Artevelde was the stubbornest Dutchman on Venus.