Hearts Among the Stars
In the stories in Hearts Among the Stars. love figures prominently. Here are fifteen fantasy and science fiction stories in which love and romance are major factors in the outcome. They are stories of love encounters with demons, robots, monsters and witches, as well as romantic adventures in time, haunted houses and fantasy lands. Hope you enjoy them.
Contents:
Kumiko - The love of his life came with an instruction manual.
Paddy's New Girl Friend - There was something strange about the girl Paddy picked up in a bar. For one thing, she had horns and a tail.
Rose Petal and the Hunter - The bittersweet tale of a fairy who falls in love with a human.
Abandoned Mansion - There was something strange and evil about the house that the drifter decided to spend the night in.
Alvida - A princess runs away from the man she is bethrod to and starts a new career.
Magic Crystal - Craig was in the black arts and a fan of H. P. Lovecraft. He makes a startling discovery in his hero's coffin.
Shadow in the Sky - What do you when you're being stalked by a dragon? Hire a dragon killer, of course.
Strange Artifact - Perhaps it was foolhardy to fool with the controls of an ancient alien space station.
Visit to the Twenty-First Century - A man from the future visits our primitive times.
Box on the Seashore - Spring break. A time for a man to sow wild oats, especially when he has the help of magic implements.
The Sands of Time
The Sands of Time: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Collection previously published in such eZines as Dark Moon Rising, SFF World, Aphelion, Sword's Edge, and Planet. Contents:
The Sands of Time - The sorcerer's apprentice drops a magical hourglass with strange results.
Absolute Creation - An astronomer of the far future discovers the great crunch.
Androids in Pax - Android revolt agains the tyranny of humans.
Anomaly - The professor was eccentric, which was not allowed in his society.
Apartment 55205 - Everything was automated in the apartment, but one day it started to ask for help.
The Archeologist and the Physicist - An archeologist goes back in time. Has he created a paradox by his precense there.
The Search for Paradise - The garden of Eden is found by a group of explorers.
City Behind the Door - The door led to a futuristic city ... and other places.
Conspiracy in Time - A revolutionary travels back in time in order to overthrow a repressive regime.
Empty Planet - The planet seemed unoccupied, but was it really?
Mind Odyssey - The therpist's new technique led to a place like no other.
Psychic Pop-Up - Advertising brought to the ultimate, broadcast directly to your brain.
Immortal Homecoming - He had lived a thousand years and now his homeworld was in big trouble.
Mordrake's Apprentice
and Other Tales of Retslu
You are about to journey into a magical world known as Cigam, or if you like to spell things backwards as they do in the Looking-Glass World, Magic. It is flat as a pancake, some say; others think it is as round as a crystal ball. Perhaps if you traveled to its Nowhere Mountain, where you can see the edge of the world, you might be able to tell. There are many strange lands in Cigam.
Stories:
The Adventures of Prince Woden - Two friends go on a dragon hunt.
Astrodrake - A sorcerer offers to rid a town of rats ... at a price too high to pay.
Count Poperazi - The warrior killed the evil sorcerer, but was his head still alive?
The Cursed Twins - A sorcerer's sister mixes up potions.
First Strike - A king decides that his neighboring land's king is build weapons of magical destruction. Or is he?
Mordrake's Apprentice - Mordrake the sorcerer hired a new apprentice by the name of Ya Nanny. Gig mistake!
Ya Nanny's Quest - Raised by a dragon, Ya Nanny strikes out on his own.
Abandoned Mansion - Something was strange about the house that the drifter chose to spend the night in.
Subway Seductress - Late at night you can encounter some strange characters on the subway.
The Laws of Magic - A scholar of the paranormal discovers a rare book and vanishes. The detective assigned to the case had no idea what he was getting into.
The Adventures of Mephistophiles - How the demon discovered science.
The Crime Boss and the Illusionist- The magician claimed that he could free the crime boss from prison. But there was a price to pay.
Gunther - The story of a Viking youth, and his adventures with Eric the Red.
Jorvik- More adventures of Gunther, the Viking.
Forbidden Speculation
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