An armed cadre of fundamentalist extremists threatens the security of the interstellar Empire, while uprisings of separatist traitors spark outrage on dozens of planets around the galaxy. The agents of the Imperial Special Investigation Service must find the common thread and de-fang these vipers before the wildfire of revolution engulfs the galaxy.

No More Than Human: a science fiction short story

Imagine a world dominated by enhanced-human cyborgs and transhuman organic machines. What then for the humans left in their natural state? What is the worth of those no more than human?

A disturbing science fiction short story from Greyhart Press.

Light years from home.
Bonded to an alien for survival.
A dark secret is about to be revealed . . .

The planet Verdana was supposed to be their new home, their new Eden. But shortly after arriving the human colonists were faced with a dilemma - join with the alaahi or perish. In the end, they chose the process of symbiosis, a physical conjoining with the native alaahi.

But now there are whispers amongst the colonists. The alaahi are not the benevolent beings they made themselves out to be. Before long a dark secret is about to be revealed, and young Jena must make a terrible choice . . .

*NOTE: This 7000-word science fiction short story now comes with an extra bonus feature - the first chapter of Lee Moan's forthcoming novel THE VANISHED RACE, the follow-up to THE HOTEL GALILEO.

Bernice is a mischievous computer data technician. Every day she services communications networks, both commercial and domestic. Trouble-shooting is her speciality. One morning on a routine job in the house of an officious client, events take an unexpected turn.

A very short, free SF flash fiction story in less than 500 words.

Hope, a world peopled by anarchists, is in ecological crisis. For 1200 years, a secret Cabal has elevated powerful psi talents to the Godhood of Hope -- the management of Hope's crust -- at the eventual cost of their lives. Now only two remain: Armand Morelon and Victoria Peterson. But one is utterly unwilling and the other is murderously insane. And the survival of Mankind hangs in the balance.

For almost 900 years the evil spirit of Flix has watched comings and goings in the real world, seeking a route back to life. And now that men have tapped into stasis energy, Flix can harness that power and achieve his ambition: an army of zombies controlled by him.

Emerging from the Spirit Plane in the year 2540, Flix wreaks havoc at the remote research facility of Coldmoor Castle, and after taking over the body of a security guard goes on a killing spree that will build his force of the undead.

Stasis Center Agents Mia Nellis and Nick Holt travel back through time from the year 3010, to Coldmoor Castle. Mia’s psychic powers and Nick’s technological armoury will fight off the increasing numbers of undead before they concentrate on their main objective: trapping Flix in a stasis cell from which he can never escape. But in doing so, they must be careful not to change history … or they may cease to exist.

The government of Earth has one main secret weapon in its cold war against its former colony worlds--telepathic spies. But what even the spies don't know is that once they reach their late thirties, they begin to develop strange symptoms that leave them mentally and physically unstable. The Terran Intelligence Agency routinely terminates these unstable telepaths to keep them from threatening the stability of the project as a whole.

Alain Cheney is one of the best telepathic agents in the TIA's arsenal. For 14 years he's been loyal and dependable. But now that he's showing symptoms of the instability, the Agency decides to eliminate him--and just when a secret development occurs that could change the future of the inhabited galaxy.

To survive, Alain must find safety somewhere. But he can't trust his enemies, and certainly not his friends....

Having had its plans thwarted too many times by the Imperial Special Investigation Service, the evil conspiracy declares war directly on the brave men and women who serve in the agency. Impostors sabotage the Service's work, and the Commissar himself falls under suspicion. ISIS must confront itself to prevent being torn apart from within.

This book of short stories includes 4 various science fiction stories that are meant to tickle your senses. The four stories include Red Sand, Trial and Error, Specimen E3101, and In Space.

* "Red Sand" - A thriller surrounding an up and coming base on the planet Mars. When a science team goes missing, military man Alexander Castillo is sent to investigate. What he brings back with him changes the lives of everyone on the base, forever.
* "Trial and Error" - When Doctor George Peters gets the funding pulled on a project he has put his blood, sweat, and tears into, he'll do anything to get it back.
* "Specimen E3101? - In a world where babies are few and far between, Elizabeth learns what she was made for. And in the process, she finds something else she hadn't been looking for along the way.
* "In Space" - In space, everything is quiet. There is nowhere to run.

A woman scientist travels back in time. A TV preacher warns of the "mutant danger." A teenager’s training to be a mutant hero. There’s a mutant villain with ambition. How are these four people connected to a mysterious hero known as the "Monitor?" Can the future be changed? And can a person be changed trying to do so? "Monitor" examines morality and obsession amidst a background of superheroes and time travel. The dark drama of "Monitor" will have readers asking, "Could I save the world without losing myself?"

El Jinete Murciélago quiere ser un líder del escuadrón.
Se ofrece de voluntario para montar su murciélago
en la furiosa tempestad para una mision de rescate.
¿Que le espera en el dorso del Mas Allá?
¡Emociones de uñas mordidas!

Advanced humans, called Terrans, leave Earth when its threatened by a massive meteor. The remaining humans on Earth fall back into primitiveness. The advanced humans, and a group of aliens, the Ragnor, involve Earth in an interstellar war. Thousands of years later, the humans of Earth decide to do something about this. Interstellar politics will never be the same again once Earth is done with their revenge. These Terrans involve themselves throughout human history. Some play as King Arthur and Merlin. Another is a scientist, whose name is Galileo, and he gets into all sorts of trouble for challenging official orthodoxy about the sun, the Earth, and which one is revolving around the other. Then, we have Amelia Earhart, who has a very valid reason for disappearing.

When an alien spaceship gets shot down over Roswell in 1947, President Truman orders the creation of Area 51, Project Blue Book and Sign, and has the United States embark on a plan that will culminate 60 years in the future. Nothing will ever be the same again when the United States gets involved in interstellar politics. But, the whole plan backfires when Earth ends up the worse for wear over it. Other species find out what Earth did, since no one else was bold enough to even try, so they want to help bring down the Ragnor once and for all. The new President of the United States imagines a galactic federation or a republic, but, none of the other species wants anything to do with it. With the help of the Terran who is known to Earth as Amelia Earhart, they plot to destroy the Ragnor once and for all. Will Earth learn never to interfere in interstellar politics or will the humans finally succeed in getting all the aliens in the universe to leave them alone?

Mysteriously transported to the artificial hollow world of Ecos, Earth man Alexander Ashton finds himself in the middle of a millennium-long war between the reptilian Zoasians and the humanoid Amatharians. Adopted by the Amatharians, Ashton must conform to a society based on honor and altruism, ruled by Knights whose power comes from the curious energy forms known as “souls” which inhabit their supernaturally powerful swords, and rife with its own peculiarities and prejudices. When the Princess of Amathar, whom Ashton has longed for since first seeing her, is captured by the Zoasians, he must cross an alien world, battle monstrous creatures, and face unknown dangers to save her. Princess of Amathar is a sword-swinging novel of high adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the story a strange world filled with alien races, aerial battleships, swords and energy weapons, amazing adventures and horrible dangers, and the man who must face them all for the love of a woman he has never met.

Juan Mateo quiere ser un jinete murciélago. ¿Si el encuentra la cueva en donde viven los murciélagos, se harán realidad sus sueños? ¿O el se va encontrar con Oomba el león? Agarrante suspenso.

Speak, Vaccine! Speak! A science fiction short story


A science fiction short story from Greyhart Press.

You are in the crew of Earth’s first extra-solar colonisation fleet. It has taken generations to reach your destination, and now you are finally there. What if you found someone or something was expecting you?

Praise for the original version of this story from the Aphelion Webzine forums

"I've read tons of Science Fiction and I swear I think this is a completely new concept. How very rare."

"The reveal played out sort of like the collapsing of tumblers in a lock, with a well-paced 'ah-ha' factor."

"...an original concept and delectable metaphor for political and social control!"

The Canduit Project provides a glimpse into the near future when a giant rock from outer space threatens to destroy all life forms on our planet. A group of brilliant people with the help of some enlightened billionaires managed to build the necessary equipment to deflect the monster rock.
An electromagnetic space-craft launching tunnel, a rotating space station and a moon base were built. During the construction of the moon-base a fair-sized underground lake was discovered. This lake, now known as Lake Surprise, has since become the ultimate tourist attraction. When the Terminator, as it was called, returned the deflection crew was ready and managed to give it a good kick in the butt, which propelled it into a save orbit. The collective near death experience caused mankind to elevate itself to a higher level of consciousness.
All of a sudden people realized our tendency to make wars would only lead to our destruction. Therefore wars were outlawed and a new golden age began; mankind started to work together like never before. Clear cutting of forests was not permitted any more and trees were planted all over the planet. Giant airships were built to allow the general public to fly around the world and drink in the beauty of our planet. Space tourism became quite common and Lake Surprise received top markings, as did trips to the rotating space station; and no doubt to see our planet from above is a very emotional experience.
On the moon professor Bernstein was in charge of the industrial installations. His coworkers called him Twelvestein because he was twelve times as smart as Einstein. This had something to do with his mother's diet during her pregnancy. He invented various spacecraft-drives and eventually a time machine. With this remarkable invention he explored our past and I was privileged to come along. This experience can only be described as far out.
There are a lot of interesting ideas in this book and it is very enjoyable to read. Werner

n a rundown council estate in the North of England strange things are happening. The dead suddenly are not quite as dead as they should be...

A mysterious government body has decided to use the estate as an experiment. Things are out of control & now they need to eradicate all knowledge & existence of the estate

But what happens when a small group of survivors band together? Will they survive the apocalypse & triumph over the undead?

Councillor Zorell Norwell lives in a divided country on the planet of Terra. She is a Pioneer while the opposing government are called Theists. They are humans too but their values and life philosophies are based on ancient superstitions that have been long discarded by the modern society of the North Redstone enclave in which she lives. Nothing can be proved but researchers suggest that the humans come from another world beyond the clouds.

At an emergency council meeting, Zorell is surprised to see a Theist bishop named Cyrano Palas there. Why is an enemy official there? He gives them an ancient script that tells of secret bases that hold the key to their world's history.

Though suspicious of the bishop's reason for giving them the script she sets out with three companions, Evan, Corban and an elderly Lei to find the closest base.
On the way they are surprised by a swarm of gigantic bees that appear to be intelligent. The bees lead Zorell to a Theist village where they rescue a slave girl Anneke. Anneke has befriended the bees who join their expedition and show them the way to the first secret base. Inside there is a hovercraft that is controlled by a computer, something Zorell has never heard of before.

They learn how to operate the hovercraft and set out to find the rest of their ancestors' secrets. However, Palas has anticipated their moves and an army of Theist close in on them. The enemy, though have not counted on Zorell's new ally, the bees or the strange power of the hovercraft itself.

After almost being captured they find they have travelled through time itself back to when their ancestors first arrived on Terra. Now they must find out why their ancestors withheld the truth and the knowledge of modern technology from them all those generations before.

Not one but two worlds that are changed forever by their discoveries and fortitude. But have they unwittingly unleashed a power their ancestors tried to protect them from and is it too late to save humanity?

Feverishly trying to eradicate memories of her past, Jade Darcy starts a new life for herself on Cablans, a society several light-years away from her native Earth. After her acceptance into the alien society, Jade finds employment as a bouncer at Rix's Place, an alien bar and restaurant. As a guardian of order and justice, Jade leads a great life on Cablans until the unexpected arrival of another human. Jade chooses not to contend with the past she has worked so hard to obliterate. She prefers a terrifying death to a return to her Earthling past. And so, Jade takes on the job of launching an attack against the most dangerous group in the galaxy. Hers is far more than a suicide mission; it has the potential to destroy not only her but the whole galaxy.

Ron Calvin, Tik Michi and Gusissi 'Gus' Ugde Ghaolh were kidnapped from their separate planets by the Bugs. They were forced to work as slave laborers on the Bug's mother ship where they formed a unique partnership. Each partner has unique talents that complement the others. This creates a synergy where the partnership is stronger than the sum of its members. They form a friendship with another kidnapped being on the mother ship who teaches them to fly the ancient space ship the 'Galactic Antiquarian'. The Bugs found the 'Galactic Antiquarian' floating in space and have spent years trying to get it open to learn its secrets. The trio learns how to open parts of the ship and escape from the mother ship on the Galactic Antiquarian with a minimum of fuel, air, water and food. They must use their unique talents to unlock more of the secrets of the ancient space ship so they can restock these essential supplies while avoiding recapture by the Bugs and their allies. The Bugs want the ancient space ship back badly and are pulling no punches to get it back. Are the secrets of the ancient ship enough to help them to restock and avoid capture? How will the Alcantaran ghosts fit into the puzzle? Will the secrets or the ghosts help them find their three home planets somewhere in the midst of the trillion galaxies in the universe? Alien Abduction is the first book in the series "The Alcantarans".

Intergalactic bounty hunter Zyra Zanr stumbles upon a secret plot to assassinate high-ranking members of the InterGalactic Senate. Zyra is reluctant to get involved, but unseen forces conspire to draw her into a conflict that threatens to explode into a galactic war. Little does Zyra know that she alone can save mankind from an impending holocaust. Winner of the Red Adept Annual Indie Award (2010)

An astounding 21st century sci-fi adventure classic - with sci-fi adventures that go beyond the boundaries of the cosmos.
In Beyond Space and Time, an entity/life form, from beyond the boundaries of space and time, enters the universe, at a gateway, at the center of the universe, and voyages to the far reaches of the universe, but, on its exploration of the galaxy, crashes into the surface of the Earth.
Millions of years later, archaeologists discover it, in its form of spacecraft, concealed in a cave, below the ruins of a castle, over a sea cliff.
They take it away, on a ship, and they soon start to discover that it is far more than they thought.
A vital control is damaged, sending it hurtling into space, and it plunges into the stars, with them trapped on board, trying to repair it.
In the depths of the universe they encounter weird life forms and adventures as it travels endlessly on, to the gateway, at the center of space, where it voyages beyond space and time - to where it came from.
At the end of the twenty-first century, scientists, with the United Nations Space Agency, operating expeditions to unexplored territories on Mars, stumble on a mysterious metallic sphere, with a pulsating vibration.
At first they assume that it is the remains of a probe, but, when they analyze its surface, they find it is older than any of them thought possible, and they take it back to the Earth.
A flickering laser, which they fire at the sphere, triggers it to unlock and reveal its forces, by the manipulation of gravitational forces, are suspending a black hole.
At a United Nations Space Agency laboratory scientists carry out experiments on the black hole.
At an exhibition of it, an accident occurs, and scientists enter it, and travel beyond the realms of the universe.

What happens when a group of eleven orphaned teens from the city of Keansburg, New Jersey, suddenly find themselves back in the days of King Arthur? Also along for the trip is a long, gray-haired man named Merryl who at one time was a magician. The ten boys and one girl along with the elderly magician soon find that they are an integral part of the fable of King Arthur and his Round Table of Camelot Castle. Up against knights who would prefer them dead, they use today’s technology to fight them without killing them. Arthur and Guinevere, along with Merlin the Magician and the Knights of the Round Table of Camelot, become legend when fiction becomes fact.

Alister is on the run, hacking into Networks and CCTV systems to stay one step ahead of MI5, NSA and ISOC.
When Credence, a ruthless Private Military Corporation, become interested in what he can do, his run becomes a fight for survival.
Then militant cyber-activists offer to help and there's no turning back.
An action-packed chase through England, France, Spain and a terrifying flight across the Atlantic, has him heading towards a confrontation could kill thousands in The New Eaton Centre, a vast shopping mall in Toronto.
And through all this, something inside him is affecting his sanity.

Blue Haired Alien Girlfriend is a stand alone short story.
Joshua is a manager at FishBurgers who walks home alone every evening. One night, he comes across an unusual young woman by the name of Mariella sitting on a bench. He's thrown for a loop when she tells him where she's from, but he doesn't mind. He doesn't mind the fact that she has blue hair either, in fact it makes her all that much more interesting.
The people around Joshua feel that he's a bit odd and know very little about him. Each comes to their own snap judgements about him.
Sometimes love can be a little quirky, sometimes it can be a lot quirky.