Zen DiPietro

Fool's Gold

What if you woke up knowing how to do your job, but not your own name? What if you had to rely on other people to tell you who you were? What if you thought they were wrong? Eme Fallon is the security chief of Dragonfire Station, and does a damn good job of it. That's where her competence ends. Outside of work, she has a wife she doesn't know, a captain who seems to hate her, and a lot of questions that don't add up. Without a past, all she has is the present, and she'll stop at nothing to ensure she has a future."

Dragonfire Station

Translucid

Seeking Sorrow

Lost Alliance

Dodging Fate 2

I wasn't so impulsive when I was alive. Death has changed me, I guess.This isn't a dream. It's not the afterlife, either. This is something new.I don't remember how I died. I only know that I did. My name is Jennika Monroe, and I need to find a way out of here. A college student reaches out from beyond the dead to solve her own murder. A struggle to identify what it means to be alive, what it means to love, and how hard a person will fight to hold onto what matters. This story is like nothing you've read before. It's Altered Carbon meets Gone Girl inside a Matrix type environment. It will challenge you, then thrill you, then leave you wanting more. Truly an innovative breath of fresh air that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Step into the pounding heart of a unique digital setting and enjoy this technothriller today!

Hello Protocol for Dead Girls

The Heart-Shaped Chest

Adventure by Association the Everternia Saga

Innovator

Cabot Layne has found himself the unintentional owner of some highly dangerous items. In order to avoid prison, he'll have to use all of his skills as a trader. If he does it just right, he might even turn a profit.The Cost of Business is a short story set in the Dragonfire Station universe. It can be read either before or after reading Translucid, Fragments, and Coalescence. Fans of Star Trek, Firefly, and The Expanse will enjoy this series.

A Dragonfire Station Short Story

The Cost of Business

Fallon's back, and ready to settle things with Blackout once and for all. If she and her team can't take control, the PAC will splinter and massive intergalactic war will decimate the populace.Can one little rebellion save an empire? Avian Unit--and their friends--are sure as hell going to try.

Coalescence

Fallon and her team need answers. But before they can storm the PAC base on Earth, they need to find supplies and deal with Fallon's memory loss. Fallon's dreams aren't helping matters. If they're memories that her brain is trying to reconstruct, her brain is just going to have to work harder at making some sense.Either way, once they arrive at Earth, all bets are off. As soon as they steal the information they need, it will be kill or be killed. Elite intelligence operations don't issue polite warnings.

Fragments

Rick Partlow

Andrew Vaillencourt

Cora Buhlert

Alasdair Shaw

Elizabeth Baxter

Jeff Tanyard

C Gold

Benjamin Douglas

JJ Green

Edward M Grant

Guardians are defenders, carers and guides. Some look after individual people, others whole planets or universes, but all share a strong belief in their responsibility to protect their charges. The Guardian is an anthology of eleven science fiction short stories by writers from across the globe. It is part of the Newcomer series of scifi anthologies. The stories are:- Awakening - Alasdair Shaw The Lattice - Jeff Tanyard Biting Shadow - C Gold Gate of Dreams - Rick Partlow The Following Star - Elizabeth Baxter The Renewal - Zen DiPietro Stowaway - Benjamin Douglas Baptism of Fire - Cora Buhlert Sleeping Giant - Andrew Vaillencourt We Have the Stars - JJ Green Warning Signs - Edward M Grant

Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories

The Guardian

So, I'm a redshirt. I come from a long line of redshirts. I denied it for a long time, but when your family members have a habit of getting decapitated, impaled, or just plain dematerialized, you eventually have to face facts. My dad had his spine removed from his body when a member of his crew de-evolved into what I can only describe as a cross between an alligator and a yeti. A yeti-gator, as we now refer to it. My uncle was bitten by a phase-shifted arachnid and unintentionally relocated to an alternative universe that didn't have oxygen. I mean, seriously. Try calculating those odds. My grandmother was happily baking cookies when a cyborg transported into her kitchen and assimilated her. Technically, she's still alive, and she does send me cookies every now and then, but to be honest, they taste like shit. Cyborgs have no idea how to make proper cookies. My great-grandfather had just landed a cargo ship full of rutabagas when a nearby ship malfunctioned and shot a harpoon straight into the cockpit. A frigging harpoon. It doesn't even make sense. You know what else? I have no idea what rutabagas are used for. There are more examples, but relating the tragic demises of the majority of my family members is bumming me out. Do you have any idea how depressing family reunions are for a redshirt? Charlie Kenny has a fork phobia, a cyborg nana, and more bad luck than a black cat breaking a mirror on April Fool's Day. He's on his way into space for the first time, and it's bound to go epically wrong. Take off on the Second Chance with Charlie and see the wonders of the universe. Courteous porters will make sure you don't miss any of the sights, whether it's blagrooks gnawing on the circuitry or a violent pink mutant doing some killer dance moves. The bar is open around the clock for your pleasure, but don't make the bartender angry. You wouldn't like her when she's angry. (She's the pink mutant.) Keep an eye out for Greta Saltz, the Chance Fleet brand ambassador-no doubt you've already seen her on the lightstream. She never loses her bright smile, even when we're headed right into a disaster, Uh, did we say disaster? We meant adventure! You'll get nothing but good memories from your trip, guaranteed.** As always, we thank you for choosing the Chance Fleet. Have a wonderful journey. **This is not a contractually binding legal claim. Assurance of pleasant memories not guaranteed. This If you require contractual clarity, please contact our legal representatives at the law offices of Pound, Sand, and Dhye. If you love unexpected twists, laugh-out-loud humor, and rooting for the underdog, you'll love Dodging Fate. It's like Spaceballs had a bad dream about Galaxy Quest, and then some hapless redshirt inexplicably showed up and face-planted in the middle of the action. Laugh your way through some sci-fi comedy. Especially if you have nothing better to do.

A Charlie Kenny Redshirt Adventure

Dodging Fate

Zen DiPietro

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