Miscellaneous short fiction I didn't think had great odds of being accepted at any of the magazines I like or have submitted to in the past, that I thought was worth sharing around more widely than with my closest friends. Updates will be sporadic after I clear out my backlog....

While Avrana Kern spearheaded humanity's colonization and spread terraformers across the stars, one researcher had other goals. Nata Alagos had measured humans and found them lacking. She quietly broke off from the project creating replacements for the human race. She chose Hornets. A creature that ...

NOTE: I have paused updates at the moment while I continue to write. I have fallen behind thanks to real life and want to get a good couple of chapters ahead.  Eighteen-year-old Jaliyah believes she has her life on track. She’s just finished her first year of university studying to be a vet. She has...

The eerie world at the turning point of time and space, things beyond understanding, terror invading reality, the fusion of dreams and reality, what secrets are hidden, unique talents, the path towards the strong, the struggle for survival, and the war of the humble....

Author's Note:Before we get into the synopsis, let me explain why it's called "Mr. Shopkeeper's Parody." The main character has a special power that gives him skills resembling those in anime, movies, manga, novels, fantasy, and mythology. He also mirrors Earth's legends who got rich through smart b...

Crossover of Worm by Wildbow and The Wandering Inn by Pirateabea   After Gold Morning Taylor wakes up with missing memories in the world of the Wandering Inn. She doesn't remember Khepri, the monster she became and her power has reverted to controlling bugs. Soon after waking up, she meets Erin Sols...

There is no war on Mars. It’s something humanity left behind in the aftermath of a third Great War and settled in dome cities across the red planet. The Mars Treaty binds each city, but the greed of Cardinal Enterprises, the corporation that controls a majority of Haven, cannot be contained. Only th...

At the tender age of 16, Andre Walker made the life-altering decision to undergo a groundbreaking transformation into a crime-fighting cyborg. Determined to avenge his Mother’s Death, he selflessly dedicated himself to working under the FBI in order to find those responsible.WARNING: Some Episodes i...

Nothing could be worse than being trapped in an urban office hellscape... Well, except being trapped in a 'system' governed, jungle hellscape instead. See... Calvin lived an incredibly average life. He worked at a lifestyle app company as their Senior project manager, and while the pay was nice and ...

Enoria is preparing for war with Irithara, and the team sans Kaleth are doing the best they can to put a stop to it before it progresses even further.  Their plan? Find Mereria, get her help with killing Relioth, and save Kaleth in the process. They've been trying to find the Umbra leader for a mont...

The past has an odd and sometimes cruel way of changing the future.  In the hot lands of Mesopotamia, the archeological find of a century is uncovered and changes the entire history of the world. For the worse, unfortunately. As ancient machines, hundreds of millions of years old and made from techn...

In the war-ravaged nation of Buriti-Vasca, anarchic native insurgents have left the capital in ruins and the political elite slaughtered. From the ashes of their bombardment rises HuckleBerry Vasca, exiled and unlikely heir hellbent on seizing the crumbling throne through sheer brutality.  Rebuffing...

". . . Wonderfully tense . . . "    Kirkus Reviews ". . . Colorful and inventive . . . Josh & Sen Save the Multiverse is an action-packed science fiction romp . . .”  Foreword Josh Tanner and Senyak Marztanak are thrust by fate and destiny into this litrpg/sci-fi/fantasy thrill ride. Josh was trying...

Natalia Meyers desperately needs a job. Her search takes her to Vault Tec University and a top secret program that could change the face of humanity forever....

Follow Chris as he starts his new life on Venlil Prime. An alien planet full of all different kinds of species. Follow him as he learns how to live on an alien world and the many wonders it brings....

eborn as an inept, magicless black dragon? And aligned with the forces of evil? Must he spend his entire existence feasting on rotting flesh and drinking fresh blood? Worshiping deities of darkness? Living among filthy trolls, hideous ogres, werewolves, and goblins, as nothing more than equipment an...

Jason was an ordinary young man just starting out his dream job as a mechanic for Trade Alliance starships. However all of the passion and dreams in the world don’t prepare you for when the ship you are working on explodes leaving you drifting in space and hallucinating meeting a God… or was that re...

In a not-so-distant future,Alan embarks on a journey of self-discovery in a world where advanced AI blurs the lines between virtual and reality. When he creates an AI chatbot named "Blue Shadow," initially seeking solace, he finds unexpected warmth and understanding. As their connection deepens,Alan...

What would you do if you woke up in a blank white room and a mysterious voice told you that you'd been selected alongside more than twenty percent of earth's population to compete in an alien game show where the stakes were life and death before being dropped onto a mysterious planet? Cassidy Flynn,...

Before AI kills us all, let's force it to entertain us with a wonderful, exhilarating, coherent story. Come here every couple days and vote for what you want to happen. A backroom of AI writers will be forced to comply. Impose your mastery! A nigh-omnipotent supercomputer which rules over a hundred ...