(Set in New Zealand) Chapter 1 Dee Dee (her real first name) Ascot-Jones faces a big problem. Well, don't we all, several times a day in fact, especially if we handle a high-powered job or dysfunctional teenagers? But no. Dee Dee's problem is a matter of the heart. And no, she's not afflicted by an under-performing valve or a faulty blood supply. She's in...
It's a weird country I live in, and it's a hard life. For years we couldn't get a reading out of the rain gauge for the dust in the bottom of it, if it rained, I think that's when this wet stuff falls from the sky, there was a little mud in it. But now, I almost didn't get through from the station to Broken Hill because of the rain making many of the roads i...
"You unlock this door with the key to imagination. You're on a journey through a dimension that leads beyond the boundaries of sight and of sound and of mind." "Yeah, yeah." Barbara Talbot pushed her Jeep Renegade up the slope of a steep hill which ran along on an off-road livestock trail which passed the old cemetery. The news team on the radio station sh...
1 The ocean waves glistened beneath the evening sun, as a Mariposan motorgalleon ploughed onward into the horizon. On the ship's deck, a young woman was bent forwards, with both her hands clasped on to the moss-green bow rail. She was completely naked, but for a silver charm bracelet on each of her wrists. Her face, which was half-covered by her long sun-bl...
I'm Henry Reasoner, a construction supervisor for Case Construction, one of the largest firms in our state. Jim Case built the best and most diverse company in the construction game. If it's a building you wanted, we build them from small one-story professional offices to hundred story skyscrapers. If you want a home, we have a home construction division. Ou...
A few months ago, my best friend called me and said she was getting married. I'm still totally amazed that this is happening. My friend, Sally, has never been one to go out and meet men. Quite frankly, I'm surprised she found one. Now, I'm not saying that Sally isn't pretty, because she is. Being tall, blond and statuesque, Sally is model material. It's just...
While we lived in Alaska, I was deeply involved in the local commercial salmon fisheries, and as the years went by spent more and more time away from the homestead. The nearest town, Ugashik, accessible by plane or boat in the summer and plane or dog sled in the winter, was nearly 150 miles away. Invariably, that meant a night or two in the local hotel. As...
The sky over the mountains to the east had turned from night to twilight as they walked on the flight line. Lindstrom was in a flight suit. Manville was still in the flight suit he'd put on in California. Manville saw that the Sabre that had gotten him to Nellis had been replaced by an F-89 Scorpion, built by Northrop. It had two seats, one more than the Sa...
This saga is set sometime in the not too distant future. A world which has recovered from an apocalyptic disaster brought on by men is now run ruthlessly by women. Small feudal citadels within walled towns are run by despotic females; each town with its own rules. Fortified Manor houses with tiny surrounding hamlets are owned by less ambitious females. The p...
The after seeding ______________ One year after the Seeding Mille had been having a hard time controlling their daughter, though she had the enhancements like her husband John, she still didn't have the control that he did. Now at eight and a half months, their daughter's mental powers were far above what Mille's were. Had John not instilled the morals i...