An enlisted man on an alien planet discovers a method of living life and viewing the world that is so utterly simplistic and makes so much sense, it resonates across the universe. Seaman Noble aids the residents of Saffron, a beautiful world of wildly different colors and amazing cuisine, while working to mine expensive fuel from massive reservoirs beneath the planet's surface. Noble finds himself intertwined with the peaceful residents of Saffron, and cannot stand idly by while they are victimized and mistreated. Can one man and a mind-shatteringly simple view of life stand in the face of a...

Janice Bell's life was on the rise. She was young, talented, and hard-working. Her spectacular career at a prestigious company looked like it was on pace for superstardom, until she was confronted with the 'Old Boys Club'. While looking for an edge to shatter the glass ceiling, a friend directs her to a shady storefront where a mysterious man awaits. He claims to make dreams reality, yet asks an intimate price for these favors. Janice must balance her own wishes to succeed against the demeaning acts the man demands in trade. How far is she willing to go to get what she wants, and how far will...

A secretive government project, studying one of the most mystifying substances known to man is thrown into internal chaos when a hard-nosed military man storms in, intending to turn a profit. The project's scientific lead resists as best he can, yet all their plans go out the window when a beautiful young woman washes up on the shore of their desolate island.

Two short stories for your perusal. In one, a detective searches for an escaped serial killer on a remote island, in the middle of a monstrous storm. In the second, a man gives the interview of his life for a position of such importance, it cannot be understated.

All alone at the end of existence, Adam Omega plods through his meaningless life, tended to by an utterly obedient and faithful robot servant, Serv. Life is the same routine, ritual practice every morning, noon and night, until suddenly, the last human in the universe discovers that he is not necessarily 'alone'. He finds that he's invited to lunch, of all things, but not just any ordinary affair. It's lunch, with the Devil. Herself. And SHE has an offer that he just won't be able to refuse.

A bleak future world, where most women are barren, and social status (and survival) literally hinges upon the number and quality of eggs each family can produce. Mary, a girl on the cusp of discovering her fate in the lottery of fertility, tries to manage her complicated family situation, and contain her growing frustration with the overbearing society that controls everything in everyone's lives. As each new stage of discovery passes in her life, we see more of the webs and complications that choke personal freedoms, and hold everyone in check. She suddenly discovers that she is in a unique...