Book Synopsis
A collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Supernatural Suspense short stories, with afterword comments by the author, who happens to have Asperger's and D.I.D. (multiple personalities.) The motivation for writing, beyond entertainment, is to encourage anyone with barriers in their life that they can find a way to their dreams.
CONTENTS:
FOOD CHAIN
- Science Fiction, We like to believe humans are the top of the food chain, but we are just the big fish in our very small pond. 2200 words
SCOUT PROLOGUE
- Science Fiction, An introduction of the Scout series, wherein humans are at war with five alien species. We are not doing well, but tend not to take defeat lying down. 3000 words
NEWLY DEAD NEWLYWED
- Supernatural Horror, The origins of a restless spirit, and how she leaves her comfort zone. 4000 words
SCOUT & THE IMUQ
- Science Fiction, A human hybrid rises through the ranks of a race whose technology is based solely on their own manipulated physiology. 6200 words
FAMILY TREE
- Post-apocalyptic Fairy Tale, An oak sprite experiences a thousand years of future human history. 5500 words
SCOUT & THE SIDMOPISIANS Part 1
- Science Fiction, The history of a post-catastrophe race of snake-like aliens as they strive to regain civilization. 7700 words
SCOUT & THE SIDMOPISIANS Part 2
- Science Fiction, Scout begins his journey to seek his human heritage. 10500 words
FELINUS SUPERNUS
- Science Fiction/Experimental, A post-humanity evolved cat struggles against authority and doctrine to discover true history, as told through various archival sources. 1900 words
SCOUT & THE DHOSU
- Science Fiction, Scout encounters a metamorphosing race of insectile creatures who have lost an important part of their life cycle. 5500 words
SVENGOLLY
- Fantasy, A somewhat normal beginning that quickly becomes something of a mind trip, but resolves at the end. 3000 words
SCOUT & THE VISSOU
- Science Fiction, Told in two parts, the first introducing the normal culture of a race of tentacular cephalopods before the catastrophe hits, and the second as Scout finds them years later. 5200 words
FAERIE GLEN
- Fantasy, Beware achieving your deepest desire, then again maybe just go for it. One person's hell is another's heaven. 500 words
SCOUT & THE NUPLAR
- Science Fiction, Also told in two parts, pre and post cataclysm. Some races are so alien there's just no common ground. 2700 words
DOMINO
- Fantasy, A gritty story of a super-hero fallen on hard times following a personal tragedy. 6700 words
SCOUT & HIS SHADOW
- Science Fiction, Scout finds more answers than he was looking for, bringing the serial to and end; for now. 3400 words
EMERGENCY EVACUATION
- Science Fiction, A flash story for which I should be ashamed, if such a concept were in my nature. 327 words
KEEPING TO THE SHADOWS
- Fantasy, Something of a social commentary, with a view of life from within the mind of a survivor. 1175 words
CRIMSON KING
- Fantasy, The story of a simple country boy and his journey from the fields of his father's magic farm to the Court of the Queen of the Three Realms, and beyond. Caution: a couple of scenes are a bit on the dark side, but that's the nature of evil, as evil seldom appreciates being depicted as wishy-washy. 16000 words