As the world begins to fall apart outside the fences of the family farm, a family must decide their own fate, and decide how much of the world at large they can save.
In a world where magic is the science, Adwin is a criminal on the run. Trying to find a place to start over, she needs to come to terms with her crime and its consequences. (I originally had this posted under a different Pen Name, but have since deleted that name as unnecessary.)
When I get drunk I get belligerent. A belligerent drunk inventor. Add a little super-science, a little dilithium and stir furiously. Then stand back. It's a Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde retelling. There's a little Star Trek universe crossover
Meet the men and women of the international rescue group called Global Rescue Network Inc. (GRNI or "gurney" for short) Performing dangerous missions is hard enough without some lunatic trying to kill them. In this first book of a series, we find out why the antigonist is after our heroes Virgil, a helicopter pilot extraordinare, Sonny, his brother, and the rest of the GRNI team as they simply try to perform their already dangerous jobs.
His wife Brenda had run off with his best friend. Her Fuck You Rollie letter said he was a boring, lazy, selfish, ugly, disgusting, needle-dicked, fat slob: what he called the seven deadly husband sins. All he seemed to have left in his life was his daughter off in college and his pride in his job '" and he had been slacking off on the job some. Now he was haunted by that letter and the seven deadly sins, so he decided to ask someone about one of them. Her response surprised him.
A Master's Project Story (6) Bob has managed to get himself into some pretty weird situations during his interviews of married couples for the project. Now he finds out that sometimes, people who are in love, and who stay together for years and years, and who look almost identical, just can't get married. Micky and Susan rock Bob's world, in more ways than one.