Novels
Chasing the Sun
The Algora is a rust bucket exploration ship that has never landed on a foreign planet. All observations are done from orbit. But when a crash landing on a desert planet renders the Algora a death ship, the crew has to set out to chase the planet’s slow moving sun until Rescue comes.
The journey across the sand is precarious and torturous. Resources are limited and the terrain is unforgiving. But lies and disloyalty might be the biggest threat to the survival of the crew
Short Stories
John Glock
It is the anniversary of The Company, an organisation dedicated to the extermination of robots. John Glock is one of the best enforcers, tracking down underground AI operations and putting an end to them. He knows how important robot extermination is, but at the anniversary he runs into someone that doesn’t share his view.
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The Distance Home
Thatch is stuck on a Veedah, a human colony with a limited population and limited technological capabilities. He longs for his homeplanet, Orphea, but there is no way to fix his crashed starship to get back home.
Hydra, Thatch’s friend and bar owner, says that the arrival of a supply ship might bring new tech and hope. Thatch isn’t so sure – he’s lost hope long ago.
Novellas
Faarland
Faarland was originally published as two novellas, but I re-published it as a complete edition in 2022 to encourage readers to read the story in its entirety. Without giving too much away, Faarland I does not end on a happy note, but I would very much like to encourage readers to read the entire story (and not send me angry letters about how Faarland I ends).
Faarland: The Complete Edition contains both Faarland I (The Science Ministry) and Faarland II (The Flying Machine).
Faarland is available on Amazon Kindle
Faarland I
The Truths:
First Truth: In Faarland, only holy things can fly.
Second Truth: A cup of bitterleaf a day keeps the apothecary at bay.
Third Truth: Too much thinking can drive a faar brain insane.
Cullford is a scientist at the Ministry. His field of research is faar biology and he never thinks much about the Truths. But then he meets Selma, a fellow scientist with a pretty smile and alluring eyes. She drags Cullford into a dangerous crusade where he is forced to examine popular Faarland beliefs–as well as his own burdened past.
Faarland II
Mr Bears is a cleaner at the Science Ministry. He needs his wagon to get to work every day, but after the decrepit thing breaks down for the umpteenth time, he considers taking it to a more skilled wagon master—a faar called Mr Massanni.
Mr Bears meets Mr Massanni and is struck by the faar’s strange views. Mr Massanni has a few peculiar theories about the Science Ministry and their cloaked crusaders called Convertors. Bears thinks that Massanni has lost the plot and wants nothing to do with the strangely large faar. But when a group of Convertors knock on Massanni’s door, donkey dung hits the rotors and the adventure turns a little crazy.