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Twilight

• December 10, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Book Reviews
Tags: Bill Housley, Cowboy Logic Publishing, fluids, How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, love, mormon, new moon, Orson Scott Card, profanity, Satirica, starvation, stephaine meyer, twighlight, vampires, werewolves, writing, young adult


Announcing—Another Man’s Terrorist

• December 9, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Another Man's Terrorist and Satirica, Human Space Flight, My Published Work, space, writing
Tags: Another Man's Terrorist, child soldiers, Cowboy Logic, freedom fighter, Gary Cuba, irregular army, JBU, Jim Baen's Univierse, Lawrence Dagstine, regular army, Satirica, terrorism, warfare, writing


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• December 9, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Into the Dark–Escape of the Nomad

Read Chapter 1 of Into the Dark--Escape of the Nomad

In a world where space travel is forbidden, former astronaut Stan McPherson wants to return to space but finds himself caught up in a dangerous game of interstellar cloak-and-dagger. Click the image above to read Chapter 1 online for free.

Where’s The Cat?

On a long cargo flight to the outer solar system, Pauline gets a visitor she didn't expect, and learns of a marvelous friend she never knew she had. Click on the image above to read this short fiction online for free.

Another Man’s Terrorist

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Two orphaned child soldiers sell all they have to leave their war-torn planet on a quest for peace, but when they arrive at their new home they find that the war has beaten them there. Now the older sister Jessica must struggle to keep the only family she has left from being lost in a conflict that she no longer wants. Click the image above to read this story for free online. For a limited time only!

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