Original Short Fiction

Short Stories

High Orbit

In the near future, the crew of a small fighter spacecraft takes part in a last-ditch defense of Earth.

Tareidos Beyond the Edge of the World

A legend of the people from Gliese 581g, from that world's Bronze Age.

Winter Study 2003

Here is a small selection of science fiction short stories I wrote for a Williams College Winter Study course in January 2003, led by author Paul Park.

Moonrise

The beach; late on a cool, tropical night. As the moon inches above the horizon of the sea, an elder tells legends to young children.

Hunter's Justice

A government agent pursues a terrorist through the technological jungle of the future Earth – but her mission has become personal.

Crystal

The population of a planet responds to the appearance of strange alien life-forms.

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