10,000 year into our future, a fourth universe that people can survive in is discovered. Technology doesn’t work there. Most modern material can’t exist there. It is infinite. It is 10^63 years old. It is artificial. Lieutenant Peter Jeffries has to take his platoon there. Read about it and other of my stories on Ream or Kindle…
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The overhead lights went out. A soft, warm light filled the classroom. Billy looked up from his book. A man putting down a match from lighting a huge three-foot candle stood next to the teacher’s desk. He turned. “Welcome to witchcraft 101,” his deep voice filling the room far better than the English teacher’s had. “I am a witch. Your witchcraft lesson is 13 hours long. That’s how long this…
“Michelle! Cho! Front and center,” Jeffries yelled. Both sergeants stepped from the blur in moments. “No more patrolling inside the perimeter. Cho, your squad is to take Michelle’s squad’s place on the line. Michelle, get your men lined up and ready to move in three minutes. Assign one private specifically to stay at the elbow of each of the two scientists accompanying us. Move!” “Not at the…
I use this chapter to introduce people to more of the unusual things one might see in a Mars colony and some attitudes that might result from living there. I hope you find it useful, and the topics get further explored in later chapters. It is available on Kindle Vella or Patron.
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You can now read for free my science fiction novella, I Took a Walk for no cost on either Reamstories https://reamstories.com/jamesrsteinhaus or Inkspire. https://getinkspired.com/en/u/james-steinhaus-89658 Don’t forget to go to good read and leave a review of it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174855036-i-took-a-walk To read this story of corporate espionage gone wrong for free,…
More than a year ago, after reading yet one more unrealistic description concerning what living on a Mars colony would be like, I began a serial on Kindle Vella I called Donald of Mars. The reason, to show just what living there might realistically be like.
There is no super technology providing quick fixes. You have to bury everything under the sand after building it for structural and…
Here is an old story from when I was just learning how to tell stories, (but thought I knew what I was doing, and didn’t understand why I could not sell it). I dug it out, fixed the bad grammar mistakes but otherwise left it as is. It is free and has under 1000 words all as a single episode on Kindle Vella. I hope you enjoy it. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0CPSPTY62
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Bob’s people decide that their first raid deserves a party. But what is a party without politics? Also available on Patron. https://www.patreon.com/posts/vikings-of-20-77564533
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