R Richard: 644 books

Nola asked me, “How would you like to make a million dollars?” “You don't have a million dollars.” “No, but Jerry has at least a couple of million, maybe even a lot more.” “You intend to rip off Jerry?” Nola said, “Rip off Jerry and then move somewhere he can't get at me.” “Sounds...

He's a pretty much typical Jevron male, some seven feet two inches tall. He runs an unusual trading company, out in an Earth desert. He trades with saucer ships that ply the area. The cloaked saucer ships land, offload cargo and pick up cargo. The saucer ships also pick up one other thing, a ship's...

The next day, I’m called by the Receptionist. There is a lawyer to see me. I walk out to the front and the Receptionist motions me into a Personnel Department conference room. I walk into the conference room and I see a very nice looking lady in a very expensive looking lady suit.* * *(What has...

The alien seems to be a pretty much normal human. The alien starts with a nasty lecture, “Do you realize that you could have changed the entire history of your planet with your ill considered time travel?”I jump in, “Your statement makes no sense. I went back in time some 16 Earth years. Conceptually,...

On another planet, commoner Jov Drow is subjected to a Warrior Challenge, so that a Noble can have a job for his mistress. Obviously Jov will run. However, Jov is a warrior in hiding, Jov will fight. With the help of a Noble lady, Jov prepares to fight. The Noble lady discovers that Jov is more than...

I worked hard, while I was in juvie, and I had actually earned a two year college degree, by the time I turned 18-years-old and had to leave juvie.I got a job, programming computers and I was really good at it. Unfortunately, I only had a two year college degree and I found that I had to have a four...

Night Goblin started out as the baddest high school line backer you can even imagine. At six feet four inches and 240 pounds he was strong enough to fight through a 300 pound offensive tackle and fast enough to cover a 170 pound fly boy on a deep pass pattern. Then, one night, his girlfriend's father...

There is a little town, on the eastern slope of a mountain range. The town is called Desert Edge. As you might imagine, the town Desert Edge is on the edge of a rugged desert landscape. The town of Desert Edge exists because of a tourmaline mine, that was active some years back. The tourmaline ran...

I try to appear casual and I ask, “Okay, what am I?” Chudu looks at me for a bit and says, “I don’t know. You’re different. I can read most people when I first meet them. I can’t read you.” I reply, as calmly as I can, “I’m from off planet. I worked my way here as a freighter deck...

I then did a pre-test of the good customer acceptance test program, for my upper management, and they were pleased with the apparently error free test. I told them, “What you see is the efforts of five hard working programmers. None of us could have done it alone, each and every one of us contributed....

I have my first job. I’m also engaged to be married. I dig into my first work assignment. My first work assignment is something of a strange one. There are computers in San Diego that perform vital services. Unfortunately, the computers are obsolete units and will soon be replaced with a new generation...

Not just one, but several terrorist organizations, around the world have a problem. Large amounts of money are disappearing when bank transfers are attempted. The people who run the organizations are unable to find out where the money goes, even when they try to torture the information out of the...

Ciara says, “My, aren’t we cheerful this shift!”Danar doesn't answer. He doesn't need to answer. His face shows that he has gone into his pre-board mind state. Danar is a true warrior.Ciara starts to say something and then thinks better of it. She's both a pilot and a language...

I get frog marched into a room. There are several police there, waiting for me. There is also a woman. One of the police says, “Jack Houlihan you killed a man, with a knife.” I tell the police man, “I was attacked, by a large, drunken man, armed with a knife. I defended myself, nothing more.” The...