The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Larson family head out in their space-RV on a vacation trip to Venus when the mini-disasters start piling up, soon leading to an age-old refrain… "Are we there yet?" A 4200 word s...

Amazing discovery or a trigger to war? Elvy Akuma hopes to make a little extra money by finding and selling Suncatchers, the shells of a native Jad land-mollusk, to tourists. She finds something else in the dirt, instead. An unexpected and rare d...

Is leaving what she really wants? Tilly Simpson and her class graduate with grand plans for a future among the worlds of the Galactic Commonwealth. Dreams and aspirations are alive and well in the small town of Teacup Mountain, as well. With wo...

Something is missing… The Princess just knows it. Something important, something she can't think of. With robot caretakers in tow she goes in search through the extensive royal gardens, determined to continue until it's found. No matter how...

An ominous singing voice only Zach and Sasha can hear... First came the blizzard. Then the earthquake hit. Even as the people of Salmon Run rally to pick up the pieces, Zach and Sasha start hearing a voice singing across the radio. Singing no one...

She won't allow a silver-tongued smuggler distract her from her mission... Patricia Silverton privately battles the smugglers infesting the sky city of Abashiri, determined to take back her home. Only, the next smuggler on her list isn't willing ...

The Salmon Run Men's Club, the General Store cafe kitchen, and the one-month anniversary of the Callahans in Alaska... All the ingredients needed for a messy disaster of legendary proportions... A Salmon Run short story. This edition includes the...

Life is a string of wishes hanging in the window… Opal's parents latest obsession in frontier-world mining ends in tragedy. Even as the grief descends, the questions consume her: What does she do now? Does she stay or leave, and how can she ...

With the equinox come the aurora and the itch of spring… Good moods are scarce in Salmon Run these days. Zach Callahan's lingering foul mood even manages to drive off Sasha. His concerned father insist on a check-up visit to the local spaces...

Oh, to be only a typical teenager dealing with high school. Growing up has never been easy, but most girls don't have the added complication of having thought she was human only a couple weeks ago. Meanwhile, Kelsey Hale struggles to find a plac...

A race against the flames… Emmie Kirkwood is delighted when the Gateway Roadhouse insists she take a day off. Finding herself in ancient Egypt, she can think of only one thing. Spending her precious day at the most fabled library in the anci...

One last job before retirement… When the object of career criminal Shawn Pickett's desire asks him to do one last job before he retires, how can he say no? Besides, is it really stealing if he retrieves stolen data from the thieves who origi...

Everyone has their breaking point and Alfonso just found his... A series of layoffs forces starship pilot Alfonso Wickham to make a shuttle deliver with no help other than the accompanying 'efficiency expert' who is watching his every move. He ca...

There is such a thing as too much help... Amber Marley insists on giving Hawk and Zach Callahan lessons in basic survival training. Instead, they get an entire town of helpful interfering neighbors. Elsewhere, Admiral Kian orders their spaceship ...

An alien newt leads to... love? Rachel Henderkito's job of taking care of Redpoint One's plumbing problems isn't easy, especially when citizen pets clog up the pipes. After fishing an alien newt out of the pipes for a third time she takes the cre...

A night at the circus spirals into terror... A traitorous fiance and a murderous stranger send straight-laced bookish Emmie Kirkwood fleeing into the night fog. But, the foggy night of 1870's London holds more than mysterious murderers, traitors...