Richard: 2392 books

If you'll just sign this form, you'll be an official member of Project B17.” There are actually several forms to sign, but the matter is essentially settled. At the end of the process, Terry tells Jovin where and when to report and offers Jovin a bit of advice. He lectures, “You'll be working...

Due to some inspired computer hacking, young Joh trains himself to operate the Longliner.Young Joh is then sent off to run an ancient Empire trade route. The knowledge learned, as a result of the Longliner voyage will greatly advance the science of Xerbuc. The voyage of the Longliner will require...

Jim Cale rides into the town of Digger. His brother Charley told Jim of the location of a cache of gold, but Charley is now dead. Jim sells some gold and tells the town’s people that he has a mine. Jim then makes a deal with some local Amerinds. Four men try to follow Jim back to his camp. The Amerinds...

A guard ushers Teddy into my office. I stare at Teddy for a bit and then I lecture, “Teddy, when I worked for your ex company, I had to work for your boy. You and your boy wanted to force me to work a field assignment, a field assignment that would have destroyed my career. You demoted me from my...

Jason Mill graduates from college and gets a job, programming computers. He’s then fired, unable to get along with one Billy Toowy, after being assigned to fix Billy’s program. Jason is unable to get a job, but he can get temp work. Jason then finds out that he’s described as a whako, by Billy...

I move through the very dark woods, where I can't see, but neither can the zombies. (A magician may be able to control the zombies, but what does control mean, if the zombies can't see?)I move carefully and as silently as I can. I keep peering out of the woods, trying to spot a boat. After...

I mean, how bad can it get? The worst that can happen is that I wind up stranded some 40 miles from any hope of help, with no comm gear. I began to wish I had brought along a bucket of takeout chicken and a gallon of beer or something. Oh, well. In the course of 40 miles of bad road I probably take...

Detective Sergeant Halloran pulls up to the front gate of a Cove Hill estate. The uniform at the gate lets him in and he parks his car in a space, off the driveway. He gets out of his car and walks to the large, ornate front door of a mansion. He rings the bell and a uniform lets him in. “Up the...

Jiraz has been out for three days now and he hasn't been able to refill his pouch. He needs to find water. Well, he also needs to find gems, or anything of reasonable value. However, the water comes first. In the desert, water is life. After a time, Jiraz gets up and moves up the ridge. He passes...

I notice, from the topographical map, that the cliff that the villagers had to climb in their search for the temple in the jungle doesn't run too far to the East. It appears that a very skilled kayaker might be able to paddle up the Eastern steam. Even if he can't paddle all the way, it...

Joe gets publicly dumped by his girl, who then goes off with Billy.Joe does a bit of investigating. He finds that Billy officially doesn't exist and that Billy makes his living mainly by stealing jewelry from the girls that handsome Billy dates.Joe then repossesses the stolen car that Billy drove....

Of the six billion people on planet Earth, only one is allowed to roam the stars and to taste of the delights of interstellar civilizations. The one man who's allowed to roam the stars is a hit man, a contract killer, a very skilled hit man. The one constant among all civilizations, and particularly...

I can detect the sounds of something large and heavy crashing through the underbrush. I probe with my feet, until I find what I hoped would be there. I then position myself.The demon crashes into the area where I stand.I swing Glyr and Glyr slices through the thick, tough skin of the demon's...

I have obviously been captured. I can think of nothing clever to do immediately, so I take a bath, a bubble bath. I then dry myself and walk back into the bedroom. I find a sort of sleazy little see through pegnoir laid out for me. I first think to wrap myself in the towel, but then I realize that...