Hardworking biologist Dr Elaine Sparks knows Dr. Alan Briggs stole the idea for LeanderAll from one of the other doctors in the lab. Elaine's grandmother has died because of this drug and Elaine wants it off the market. The drug is very profitable so management refuses to issue a recall. With support from his old fraternity brother, the company CEO, Briggs begins a private program of mental and sexual abuse, driving Elaine to the edge of insanity. Can she fight her abuser and get the drug off the market?

December is the time of year when we appreciate the feelings of good will toward our fellow human beings. A mix of western, modern and scifi, this collection brings together short stories that explore human kindness and charity. The last story in the collection is a teaser from my upcoming series, Gulliver Station. In The Welcome: After the death from illness of his parents, Ian Washington is now responsible for his three sisters. Can he make it to the nearest settlement before the winter cold kills them all? In Gulliver Station Christmas: The building of Gulliver Station is behind schedule,...

Gulliver Station is brand new and being populated primarily with Old Earth Irish. Fergus Boylan, the Provisional Station Manager, wants to leave the old, corrupt Ireland behind and make station life fair for all of its residents. Conway Gillespie sees a chance to start his own crime family and rule the station like his old boss on Earth. The new residents want a fresh start, free from corruption and violence, that's why they volunteered to colonize the station. Who will win this tug of wills?

Gulliver station is a chance for a fresh start. The colonists can build their own society but not everyone wants a society free from crime. Slowly, the corrupt few succeed and the station becomes a pit of corruption in the government and misery for the majority of the station residents. A few begin the fight to reclaim the station. Can they turn around the tide of misery?

Settled for sixty years, Gulliver Station's young Erin Gillespie, granddaughter to Conway Gillespie, follows his advice about the crime syndicate, The Family, he founded. Move slowly, he advised, manipulate the elections, take over the unions, slow and steady, don't be greedy. Her lieutenant, James McMahon, thinks she's weak and misses opportunities for more power and money. He's begun to challenge her. Meanwhile Rory Patton, a fan of Fergus Boylan's vision, still tries to make Gulliver Station a fair and safe society. Who will win?

Gulliver station, a byword along the space lanes for corrupt government, where crime and misery is legend, teeters on the edge of revolution. Jolene Harris and the Adirondack return to Gulliver Station one last time. Lemuel Calahan, the Underground leader, needs to balance the need for secrecy against his need for recruits. Kenna Gillespie, leader of The Family, hears reports of unrest and strengthens her hold on the corrupt government while fighting her rivals, James McMahon and his son, Colin, of The Firm. Who will win?

Seventeen years ago, the brown rain started falling without explanation, without excuse. It killed everything it touched. Then, after four years of death and destruction, it stopped just as inexplicably. Now Alyssa and Kyra, two young women from a surviving community, are sent out into a desolate world to look for other survivors. Between Alyssa's unique power and Kyra's roguish skills, they might just succeed. But what they end up finding in the outside world, despite its veneer of civility, may be slightly less human than they had been expecting.