R Richard: 644 books

I find myself at the edge of a not too tall cliff. There's a sort of vertical gully in the cliff, apparently where water drains down the cliff and into the ocean. I manage to work my way down the gully and I finally stand on a narrow, rocky beach. I can see a dock, jutting out into the water, and...

"I have a uniform. I have a silenced pistol. I arrive in or near the Englischer Garten park. What time of year is it, when I arrive?"The man nods and replies, "Again, that sounds reasonable. We hadn't thought about the season factor. You should arrive in early spring.""What if it's raining,...

At the end of the day, I’m a long way from home and I still have to pass through what the Stopes consider to be their domain. I have probably been spotted, earlier, by the Stopes. However, it’s getting dark and, even if alerted earlier, the Stopes may not spot me, as I return home. I move quickly,...

I’m Jake. I work as a computer programmer. I work for a large company, which is really not a good situation for a specialist like me. I’m an average sized guy, with hair colored hair and eye colored eyes. I’m also the best computer programmer that I have ever met. I work for a Department Manager,...

I got to the big city, took a city bus to college and settled in. I got a room in a dorm. I started classes. I very quickly found that the high school classes that I had taken were totally inadequate. As a result, my world consisted pretty much of get up in the morning, get breakfast at the training...

I then see an attacker sort of glide down the roadway that I travel. My attacker proves to be female, with a bone white face and very red lips. I tell her, “I'm of no use to you. Also, it will likely get very dangerous here, in the near future.”The female pauses for just an instant and then...

“I know what the problem is and how to solve it. However, I first had to wait until the neighbors gave up hope that the problem would just go away. Until the meeting yesterday, they wouldn't listen to me. Now, they have no choice but to listen, or they and their families starve.”Fiona snorts,...

A 71-year-old man is living out the tag end of a rotten life in poverty. Glarney Fered is a systems analyst and a black belt in the self defense art of Loro. He's a very good systems analyst and can defeat men half his age in hand combat. However neither skill is of much use to a 71-year-old man. However,...

The three finally reach the western junction of three canyons. This is the dangerous part of the mission. Each man has to work down a canyon far enough to attract the Priests who will be out on patrol, because they will have noticed the landing. The Priests are masters of combat and, once each man...

The Admiral says, “As you know, the Grand Alliance is currently involved in a war with the Favellian Empire. The war isn't going well for the Grand Alliance and our resources are severely limited, at this time.” The admiral then leans forward and speaks in a low voice, “A patrol ship of the...

Bad Jim drives the big car down yet one more hot, dusty, Mexican road. Once again he had been followed, by people that he had hired. However, the hired people have done the job they were paid for and they're now on their way back to the US border. However, they have left behind them several hidden...

You wonder why your expensive educational system isn’t working? Is that what you were wondering, Bunky? Your minions hired the best in educational talent plus consultants and such. The experts that were hired had PhDs from prestigious schools and/or other impressive credentials. They also had a...

Lucifer drives the car that he has stolen as close as he can get to the school. Once he encounters the police barricades, he abandons the car and just walks away from it. Then he moves in, on foot, until the police would have stopped him. However, Lucifer simply moves back a bit, ducks behind a truck...

Justin prepares for an arbitration hearing to decide if he’ll die as a result of being a Kivosh. He begins to discover the power of the alien language he’s learning. Justin is then subjected to PCP charges of being a Kivosh and is able to convince the Arbitrator that the charges are based upon...