J A Marlow: 52 books

Which is more dangerous: ancient data suncatchers or pirates? When pirates descend on the archeological dig of an ancient crashed spaceship, Tiver Holiway makes a daring escape with the prizes he's sure they want: ancient intact data suncatchers. Invading pirates is bad enough. The lightening storm...

The cursed Flying Dutchman returns to the spacelanes... While busy with repairs, Sora Anali gets the surprise of her life: a real cursed ghost ship docking with Langdon Space Station. Then the Flying Dutchman triggers the servicing robots into delivering expensive and rare items needed for the station....

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  The Larson family head out in their space-RV on a vacation trip to Venus when the mini-disasters start piling up, soon leading to an age-old refrain…  "Are we there yet?"  A science fiction humor short story.

Summer comes to a crashing end… Ten-year-old Kevin Taggert prefers to stay home with his video games, but his parents insist he join a summer sports program. Exactly on the day the Vordac raid Earth. With his little sister depending on him for protection, Kevin must find the strength and...

Is leaving what she really wants? Tilly Simpson and her class graduate with grand plans for a future among the worlds of the Galactic Commonwealth. Dreams and aspirations are alive and well in the small town of Teacup Mountain, as well.  With worlds of opportunity and possibilities will Tilly...

An ominous singing voice only Zach and Sasha can hear... First came the blizzard. Then the earthquake hit. Even as the people of Salmon Run rally to pick up the pieces, Zach and Sasha start hearing a voice singing across the radio. Singing no one else hears. What do the lyrics in the...

Past, present, and future collide in the rugged Alaska mountains.   When Hawk and Zach Callahan agree to basic survival training with Amber Marley, they instead get an entire town of helpful interfering neighbors. With the help of Sasha and Grandpa Neely, they escape into the...

I should be scared, like the rest of them.  I should be at home with the doors and windows barricaded. But no. I'm out on the streets, walking and walking, sure my mind is about to burn out. The last thing I need is to run into a snot-nosed kid with a stolen alien artifact. Both seem to have...

A determined bounty hunter meets her match in a silver-tongued criminal… Patricia Silverton privately battles to take back her home from the smugglers infesting the sky city of Abashiri. Only, the next smuggler on her list refuses to allow an arrest stand in his way of making the next delivery. When...

The Salmon Run Men's Club, the General Store cafe kitchen, and the one-month anniversary of the Callahans in Alaska... All the ingredients needed for a messy disaster of legendary proportions...  An Alaska short story placed in the "Salmon Run" series.  Welcome...

The start of summer brings a rush of activity, and a touch of crazy… Hawk and Zach Callahan receive their first lodgers of the summer season among the antics instigated by a fierce race for the presidency of the Salmon Run Men's Club. McRoyal prepares to head out to his gold claim, but finds...

With the equinox come the aurora and the itch of spring… Good moods are scarce in Salmon Run these days, right down to a temperamental Solar Express train. Zach Callahan's lingering foul mood even manages to drive off Sasha. Concerned that this may be caused by the alien translator band...

Summer, fall, winter, and breakup... Slush and mud mix with snow and ice, turning Salmon Run into a gooey mess. Spring will soon arrive, triggering a return of the local Fish and Games officer and inspiring Chance McRoyal to get ready to work his summer gold claim. Also a time the Callahans...

It all started with an ordinary day and ended with her life changed forever... Finding remnants of an ancient crashed ship in a forest of the planet Jad may save Elvy Akuma's father's job at the Jad Cultural Center, but it could also restart the war between Human and Chion. Through the threat...