Release Date!

Release Date!

Coming Wednesday, December 19, 2012: Into Tolari Space ~ The First Contact Stories First Contact Earth’s Ambassador to Tolar, Smithton Adler Russell, gets a call in the middle of the night. Field Work The ruler of Monralar is ambitious, ruthless, and out to...

Spoiler Sunday

It’s Spoiler Sunday in Tolari space! Here’s a little something to whet your appetite for the stories being released this week:    “The sensor net shows nothing, high one.” The engineer twitched his brown robe, looking confused.    ...

Eternal Memory

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” Matt 2:18 NIV For the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Blessed repose and eternal memory....

Tying Up Daughters

I spent the afternoon today on the last scene of the last chapter of Daughters of Suralia. It’s almost done. It’s almost there. I can almost taste that wonderful feeling I get when I finish something. And I’ll give you a hint: the topic of Tolari...
Field Work and Child’s Play

Field Work and Child’s Play

One of the short stories I will be releasing soon is almost ready to roll. Nevertheless, I’m nervous. I had a very unexpected critique. Having never read The Marann, and unaware of a lot of things about Tolari culture which I all-too-often take for granted, the...

Spoiler Sunday

“Speaking of winter, do you think we’ll get sleepy and distracted this winter like Tolari do?” “Good question,” she said. “Heck if I know. The Paran thinks I might not because my metabolism runs so high. You’re more normal though.” She shrugged. “I’ve watched them...

Mars Needs Women!

And so does every humanoid race in the galaxy. Warning: anatomically-correct language ahead. You have been warned. I get it. I really do. To judge by the sales rankings of such books on Amazon, apparently a lot of people (women?) like to read books in which the...

What About Daughters?

Some of you know I’m rewriting the last part of Daughters of Suralia, the sequel to The Marann. I was never happy with the original ending, but a few nights ago, inspiration struck. I deleted the last chapter, cut the penultimate chapter in half, and sat up...

Spoiler Sunday

“Can you get the engines back online?” Wallingsby asked. The captain shook his head. “Critical systems are just … missing. All that’s left is dust.” He gave an involuntary shudder. “Could just as easily have been the hull. Whatever and whoever did this has one...
Coming Soon…

Coming Soon…

to an online bookseller near you… First Contact  Earth’s Ambassador to Tolar, Smithton Adler Russell, gets a call in the middle of the night. Field Work The ruler of Monralar is ambitious, ruthless, and out to unseat the Sural. Can the Sural put a...