A humorous tale about a quirky robot. Fred is the latest American status symbol. It will do all of your household chores by itself. New intelligence science has created the perfect servant for your home. However in Fred's case the inventor of the intelligence has a resentment against the owner of the robot company for stealing his ideas. For revenge he programs Fred to be anti social. A robot with a chip on it's shoulder will ruin the company as word gets out about Fred. A hilarious and wild pursuit for Fred ensues in New York in a desperate effort to capture the robot before any damage is...

NEWS BULLETIN: NORMANDY INVASION FAILS The author was ten years old when America entered WWII and I remember the Home Front very well. The Nazis could have won the war if the Normandy invasion had failed because it would have provided the time to use the futuristic weapons in existence and ready to be used. PROLOGUE When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 I was ten years old. Although I was a boy through the wartime years I followed the events as they happened via movie newsreels and radio like most Americans. My impression of the war from the first Pacific...

Myles Metcalf certainly needs the ability to be nimble to keep from being killed by the mob or arrested by the IRS for tax fraud. He has been framed by a master criminal who was the director of the one of the most beloved charitable institutions in the world. As treasurer of the charity Myles uncovered the astonishing truth about the criminal activities being conducted behind the facade of aiding humanity. He is hiding in the center of Washington DC and trying desperately to find the company records which will prove his innocence. Myles receives help from a bizarre trio creating lively action...

Two aliens make a crash landing on our "fragment" as the Ortzians call it. They are stranded until a rescue party from Ortz, in the xxyyyyyxx galaxy, can rescue them. Unfortunately a scientist at Berkley discovers their presence on earth, and he has a driving ambition to win a Nobel Prize in anything. Two astronomers help the aliens elude their pursuers until they can return to Ortz. Their civilization is 2000 years ahead of our fragment and their advanced science is a tool to thwart the searchers. Have some fun following this hilarious chase and learn about the universe from a very different...

London 1925 the author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries is knighted as the fatherof modern forensic science methods for crime investigation. Thus began the English explosion of mystery writers developing detective characters beloved by the reading public. More than likely several manufacturers of magnifying glasses made a fortune selling this device to thousands of young people dreaming of becoming detectives. This would also be true for makers of the odd floppy caps. A baffling assasination of a minor government official has occurred in London in 1925. It is a case without any motive and no...