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Twenty-plus sci-fi stories from the lighter side, many of them illustrated. More from the lighter, laughing side than the dark-dungeoned depths; but they’re all here somewhere, from a satisfied smile; or shed a tear. Maybe a “Yes! Get in there”. Or catch your breath at the trials that some have to face. From crackling two-pagers where someone hasn’t quite read the situation right, to sixty-plus sides chronicling what you really have to do if you want to survive on this planet. Tales of here and now, wondering what’s among us; or what awaits us amid the distant futures and far-...

The Giant Anthology of thirty-nine highly entertaining and thought-provoking Sci-Fi stories. More from the lighter, laughing side than the dark-dungeoned depths; but they’re all here somewhere, from a satisfied smile; or shed a tear. Maybe a “Yes! Get in there”. Or catch your breath at the trials that some have to face. Tales of here and now, wondering what’s among us; or what awaits us amid the distant futures and far-strewn arms of the galaxy. The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’ll make you shiver, or laugh. The huge...

24 stories of him and her, love and romance; hate and revenge; sneaky men and crafty women. Revenge, comeuppance and vengeance. All the fun of the state penitentiary, and the angst of the beach; the trauma of the bath, the choices in the terrorist mind, and that sinking feeling over Sunday dinner in the pub. When two large groups have booked the same time for lunch, how can they decide who waits, and who wins? When you're as Down and Out as this, what can be longer than Winter in Winnipeg? Anyone weird enough to dunk prawns in his tea surely deserves everything he has coming... Some ...

Stories from seventeen corners of the space-time continuum, and Further Yet. More from the lighter, laughing side than the dark-dungeoned depths; but they’re all here somewhere. From crackling two-pagers where someone hasn’t quite read the situation right, to sixty-plus sides chronicling what you really have to do if you want to survive on this planet. The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the ...

The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when you’re a thousand light years beyond.; the choices you face in the big, black Vac. Mostly a laugh or a satisfied...

Twenty-plus intimate sci-fi stories from the heights and depths of the fractal universe. The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The lighter side; the humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when ...

Short Sci-Fi stories from the Lighter Side of yesterday and all your tomorrows; alternative todays; and all those maybe times in between. From orbits and vectors the other side of the spiral arm, to the smoking field at the back of the Yew Tree pub. From Boudicca's helping hand, to the secret behind Toothsavers; Why did the mountain have to move to Mohr? Have the Potens got this Planetary Takeover quite right? It's Absolutely Disgusting, isn't it? the way these immigrants seem to hate everyone on the planet? You only Have One Vote - How important can that be? You turn your back for five ...

The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when you’re a thousand light years beyond.; the choices you face in the big, black Vac. Mostly a laugh or a satisfied...

Twenty lighter, more intimate, stories from the furthest orbits of the time-space continuum When the gods coming visiting, are we included on their agenda? Or their menu? The ship has suffered a massive structural failure – a Breach: Level Two. Do you still have a future? The Galactic Emperor is passing through your hospitality lounge. “Please,’ they ask, ‘stand in for him at tonight’s banquet.” But why? In his brutal suppression of a city rebellion, the Lord of Tyre has one last matter to deal with. After all the trauma and mistreatment I endured in the alien prison camp, why ...

29 Stories of Persons of Interest, of Fascination, Guilt and Innocence. The accusers, the victims and those who fall by the wayside; The men and women who love and lust; who scheme and connive; who win or suffer; and plot to spend their gains, or gain their revenge. You're in New York when the cops raid the club, and you suddenly become a Person of Interest, so how do you explain this back home? My money's on the 39th step being as far as this creep gets, but that's just a guess. The rapacious Viking raiders hadn’t counted on Onja being in their next-chosen village. Would two such nice ...

Discovering that his Sheen lady has been sadistically killed, Kyre sets out to avenge her death, equally pitilessly. But will the quarrelling members of the ruling Volko family allow him to have his own way in anything? Is the path he treads a defiant whim, or the destiny his star has chosen for him? Can he find which of the stars is his? Or is he – as all tell him – truly from The Pit? The demands of the Rua Sisterhood mount up, and he has to find ways to satisfy them, while attempting to hold out against the massing enemies of the Lordlands realm – the rebellious provincial lords; ...

High and Heroic, this is Epic Arthurian Fantasy at its deepest. Live it on the Inside – from the Intimate to the World-shattering. .Discovered in the remote forest swamp, the tall, powerfully-built stranger has seemingly appeared from nowhere... Badly injured and speaking an unknown language, he has no memory of who or what he is; or where he is from. Named as “Kyre”, he is dragged away, and forced to fight for his life. By sheer speed and violence, he defeats the sword-wielding patrol that found him. The troopers’ captain and a young woman member of a clandestine sisterhood each ...

Twenty-two of the brightest and darkest tales in the universe. The funniest and the most sobering stories in this world. Aspects and incidents on other worlds, and everywhere between them. - How could you forget where you left your spaceship? - The greater your ambition, the more suffering you put up with, right, Ky'at? - You're mining an asteroid, and something is stealing from the heaps of ore; trouble is, it's very fast, jumpy, and ship-sized. - The planet has been totally neglected by its previous owner; do you really want to take it on? - The vast colony globe overshot on arrival. Now ...

Twenty-four stories from around the universe and the time-energy continuum. Tales to spread a ray of starshine into dark corners; or to cast a shadow on the face of the sun. Stories to raise a smile or spark a laugh. To make you pause, wonder and look behind the next black hole. Why do the stranded aliens have so much to say to the whales? The alien space court has found you guilty, sentenced you to death - so now what? Why should you never trust anyone with an indigo tint? You're a builder; you're lumbered with looking after a shape-shifter, but where's she gone? Why, when mind-swapping is...

30 great stories of trials, triumphs and tragedies that will delight or horrify anyone who uses or abuses the roads and byways of the world. Beware of the motorways and shopping streets, the mountain tracks and desert trails that you follow on a regular trucking route, on the way to work, or on that longed-for lifetime adventure. Drivers, passengers and pedestrians such as you and I; or the nightmare driver you never want to meet without being fully armed. Remember, anything that can go wrong, wiil go wrong - whether it's the sat-nav, the brakes or just the other guy. Why was the M42 closed...

An entirely new collection of short Sci-Fi stories from the Lighter Side of a Dark Universe. Tales to entertain, enthral and gladden the heart. Stories to reflect on, to make you check the skies, or look over your shoulder. You command the whole Deep-Space City Fort, controlling all trade into the Vyton Empire. Nothing can break your hold. Can it? Earth had ten thousand years notice of this event. You should have taken our planetary insurance, shouldn’t you? After three hundred years living on Earth, you decide you must leave now. But why? In the waiting lounge on Phranck Orbit Hub, you ...

Exhausted and sickened, but victorious, Kyre - The Foundling Barbarian - returns to Lordstown from a slaughterous expedition against border invaders from the neighbouring realm of Aitierra. Ill-used by the Sisterhood of the Rua; adored or abandoned by a succession of lovers; seemingly at the whim of a wrathful Lord Rogor, he is sentenced to be tortured, castrated, and flogged to death. His body is left chained, and hanging naked from the scaffold atop Beacon Hill in a ferocious storm. Blasted by crackling bolts of lighting, and in the face of the lord’s vengeful high captain, and a troop ...

Sixteen stories from across the spectrum as well as the world; from the heights and depths of reality and the imagination. How come the NY cops did more damage than the fleeing hitman when they burst through the restaurant kitchen? As the new lady captain of the Drinks Unlimited cruise round the harbour, might you have controlled your guests a little better, perhaps? Out with a group on the glowing, moving Hawaiian lava at night, this is going to be so memorable, isn't it? The party gang on the next table shouldn't have left their Kitty in open view, but its disappearance has nothing to do ...

Tales from thee Hospital Bed Thirty+ stories from the site of the crash to the operating theatre and recovery room; from the hospital bed on the trauma ward with all its doctors, nurses, visitors and fellow patients; from the bedside watchers and new beginnings beyond the discharge lounge. If they get you out this wreck, how much of you can be saved? You need the calm and peace overnight, but you weren’t counting on her. After an incident that bad, some things are best not admitted. We consultants have some out-the-way cases; but this one… Your foul-mouthed senior surgeon has it in for ...

30+ stories with a hint of fur and fangs; fins and feathers. To twist your tail; comb your fur; or polish your horns. Tales with a slant towards our domestic friends, and the ones we don't know as well as we thought we did? Those with whiskers, snouts, claws and teeth On our lap, or on a lead; On a perch, or in the park; In the restaurant, or in the lake; Around the fairground, or deep in the cave; Along the canyon, or on your plate. The things they do… I’m going to tape that bird’s beak up one of these days. I wanted a dog. You bring this Freak-Ball? It’s Miss Peggy Versus the ...