R Richard: 644 books

The next step in my operation requires a bit of explanation. If you want to attract moths, you need a bright light. If you want to attract hot rodders, you need something like my truck. My truck may look like junk to you, but it has a turbo 454 rat motor and a full race car suspension. It's a very...

Jim Holt was working as a programmer in San Diego. He was attacked by his supervisor and defended himself. As a result, almost no one in San Diego would hire him.He then lucked into a database programmer job with a company that turned out to be in the going out of business business. He made a lot...

As I progressed through my first year of Third School, I had little contact with the little girls and boys, who were my classmates. I did have to eat the charity lunch, to get enough nutrition to really work the Loro class. One day, I was ambushed by several of the little educational girls, They wanted...

“Admiral, I have a Mr. Jym Dyll to see you. He's a computer programmer, assigned to Command And Control. He claims it's a matter of some urgency. He says that he wants just five minutes of your time.” Admiral Dugan considers the matter for a moment. “Send him in. It had damn well better be a...

I ask the alien, “You then want me to travel to the planet in question, travel back in time and prevent the savage tribesmen from killing the king, of whom you speak.”The alien says, “Obviously.”I ask the alien, “How many tribesmen were in the group that killed the king?”The alien is obviously...

Glarney Fered has managed to assume a new identity as Jahn Loght. He has, under contract to the Primitive Culture Police, killed a dangerous criminal alien. The PCP wants to execute Jahn, because they know that he's a Kivosh and will try to acquire life force. Jahn escapes the PCP on a motorcycle...

Late on Wednesday nights/Thursday mornings, Rapid Romeo has been visiting a married lady whose husband is always gone Wednesday night. Rapid Romeo parks his car in the deep shadow under a tree on a side street, apparently to avoid advertising that his lady friend has a visitor. The deep shadow will...

“Captain, we now have another generator off-line.” “Time to repair, Lieutenant?” “Probably never, sir. The bearings are gone, the internals are mangled and even the case is cracked. “That's the second generator that we've lost recently.” “Captain, if the sounds and readings on the...

The London area of Whitechapel in 1888 was the area where Jack the Ripper operated! Jill dreams that she lived a previous life in the London of 1888 and in an area of London called Whitechapel. Jill was almost murdered back then. Whoever tried to kill her then is still searching for her, in her nightmares. What if Jack the Ripper can cross over into Jill's modern world and kill her?

Rosemary detaches herself from the group around Sue and wanders over. She says, “So, you're headed to the big city.” “Yeah, I quit my job at the computer shop here, to take a job at a computer shop in the big city. Mr. Gray, down at the computer shop, was a good guy to work for and I learned...

Suddenly, my team finishes the project that we're working on and the application is a huge hit! I'm invited to a company victory party and I maybe see a way out of the unfortunate situation in which I find myself.I talk with my sister and she tells me that one Monica has the face and the...

The job of a computer programmer sounds dull. A programmer its in a computer lab and deals with machines. Well, from time to time, he has to deal with company politics, hackers, spies, computer manuals that are mostly fiction and maybe even advanced civilization aliens.. All of the work is without...

Jim Holt is a very good computer programmer. He doesn't get along with people too well and he winds up doing some painful free dental work on his boss, in self defense. As a result of the unlicensed dental work, he gets fired. He's then unable to find another defense programming job. As a result,...

There's to be a great interstellar trade conference. Rianna’s worlds send her, their ablest negotiator, to stall for time, so that the balance of trade problems can be overcome and Rianna’s worlds can then become predator, rather than prey. Since there's great danger, a smallish, fast...