Tampered Tales Anthology

Tampered Tales Anthology
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2011-11-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612350690

Tampered Tales, John Steiner -- "The act of storytelling is a form of sorcery. The teller casts a spell upon their audience in summoning up tales that never happened, yet impact the reader as if they had lived the adventure." -- John Steiner brings you his Tampered Tales of ... Unbelieveable situations that reveal the humanity of extraterrestrials, the alienness of ordinary human beings, foibles and flaws ranging from shocking to hilarious, as brought to the surface by experiences and choices that cast doubt on once firm beliefs and challenge our thinking.

Fire Alive!

Fire Alive!
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-07-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161235677X

Fire. The light by which we tell our stories and mythic tales. It kept the night at bay for hundreds of thousands of years. It guided humanity's migrations across the globe, and became mankind's first weapon of mass destruction. What if fire developed a mind of its own. ... Firefighting is already a tough job even in 2026. Captain Duane "Longhand" Longhurst and probationary firefight Malcolm O'Connell of Salt Lake City's Station 8 discover it's going to get much harder. A phenomenon of particle physics called Self-Propagating Organized Thermotroph or S.P.O.T. emerges to burn whatever they can to ingest the heat that fuels their semi-living existence. Breaking in a new enigmatic probie, and struggling with memories of past fire calls, Captain Longhurst has to now take on the blazing entities.

Snowflake Girl

Snowflake Girl
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161235419X

Life is tough for a single woman in a new city. Find an apartment, pay bills, hunt for a job... and dodge paramilitary vampire hunters. Cecilia Freeland didn't ask for vampirism. All she did was fight to survive. But her life is forever changed. Alienated from society and the law Cecilia has to stay ahead of Squad Five.

Emporium of Superstition: An Old Wives' Tale Anthology

Emporium of Superstition: An Old Wives' Tale Anthology
Author: Elle Beaumont
Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2022-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Heed the warnings, or you could be next. A society of Old Wives’ comes together in this collection of suspenseful stories. In between these pages, twelve authors draw on ancient tales your grandmothers warned you about. From demons living amongst humans, to ghosts lurking in the shadows, and even gods looming above, these recountings will surely inspire a fright. Open the book, turn the page, for it may be the last thing you do. Emporium of Superstition is an anthology full of superstition, suspense, and horror. If you love Survive the Night by Riley Seger, Stephen King, Joe Hill and American Horror Story, then you'll not want to miss this thrilling collection. keywords: old wives tale, retelling, folktale, urban legend, horror, light horror, suspense, thriller, mystery, paranormal suspense, paranormal horror

FLIPSPACE: Astraeus Event, Missions 1-3

FLIPSPACE: Astraeus Event, Missions 1-3
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612358535

Flight of the Mockingbird Flipspace 1 Training for the ISS Mockingbird, Colonel Sumitra Ramachandra and Major Lamarr Fitch find that they're being deployed before certification. The ISS Astraeus, an International Space Organization vessel fails to transmit its latest exploration report in the Gliese 667 System twenty-two light-years away. Colonel Ramachandra learns that the Mockingbird she commands was built for more than intra-solar operation. Three people with complicated and enigmatic backgrounds are added to her crew roster just before launch. Branching Out Flipspace 2 The ISS Mockingbird is ordered to Kepler 22 to check up on a re¬search outpost set up by the Astraeus. Colonel Ramachandra and her crew discover on the planet, Kepler 22B a form of life that doesn't need ships to travel through space. Also present is a base established by Remote Space Conglomerated Industries. Their operations put profit before the concerns of the indigenous life. An unauthorized distress call originates from the RSCI base. Colonel Rama must risk breaching their air defenses to comply with international conventions and save lives. Sol-Side Up Flipspace 3 On completion of two missions, the crew of the Mockingbird returns to Earth for Grav Leave. Not everyone welcomes them back as intrepid explorers and peacekeepers. Colonel Ramachandra becomes the target of a kidnapping plot, and the abductors' motives aren't clear. Major Lamarr Fitch struggles with the responsibilities of filling in. He must organize the ship's crew to get Colonel Rama back. Captain Malcolm O'Connell confronts his past and the legacy of being a reincarnated Xerces Protocol patient.

Flipspace:Astraeus Event, Missions 10-12

Flipspace:Astraeus Event, Missions 10-12
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1680461192

Primalocracy Flipsace 10 Testing a new Flipspace protocol, the Mockingbird travels to its most distant mission yet. Derivation Flipspace 11 The Mockingbird is again drawn to the Kuiper Belt, when a mysterious object is triggered by human discovery. may threaten the future of exo-solar exploration. Confluence Flipspace 12 The fate of the Astraeus crew is at last known. Serious questions remain as to why they disappeared. During the study of multiple life-sustaining worlds in peculiar orbits, ground support forces brought by the Mockingbird are attacked. Amid working out the nature and intent of the alien, a diplomatic dispute erupts over access to the discoveries. Colonel Ramachandra and her crew fall back on everything they've learned over the past year to understand what has brought together life from across the galaxy.

Jaded Mars: Missions 16-18

Jaded Mars: Missions 16-18
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1680463772

Surpassing the speed of light remained elusive in 2170's. However, the trick was to hold still to swap out spatial locations. For Colonel Sumitra Ramachandra, Major Lamarr Fitch, Captain Malcolm O'Connell and the rest of the ISS Mockingbird's crew jumping between solar systems is just the start of their wondrous, sometimes zany and often perilous missions. The future of aerospace defense stretches far above the blue yonder.

Flipspace: Jaded Mars, Missions 13-15

Flipspace: Jaded Mars, Missions 13-15
Author: John Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2016-06-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1680463136

Surpassing the speed of light remained elusive in 2170?s. However, the trick was to hold still to swap out spatial locations. For Colonel Sumitra Ramachandra, Major Lamarr Fitch, Captain Malcolm O?Connell and the rest of the ISS Mockingbird's crew jumping between solar systems is just the start of their wondrous, sometimes zany and often perilous missions. The future of aerospace defense stretches far above the blue yonder.Murder of RavensDuring Earth-duty, the ISS Mockingbird take part in an airshow, until an unprovoked strategic strike by the Jade Continuum puts Earth defenses on high alert. Colonel Rama and Major Fitch must rally their crew and prepare for a counter-strike raid to Mars to unravel the Continuum's motive and remind them that they're not out of reach. Mustering their assets also means that Colonel Rama must convince their former flight surgeon, Malcolm O?Connell to rejoin the crew. However, he brings his own bad news.Garbage ManA reconnaissance mission to the exo-planet HD 40307G has gone wrong. Two crewmembers are left behind, as the Mockingbird evacuates researchers back to Earth. Captain Diaz is forced to put another of his team into cryptobiosis and hold out until the Mockingbird's return. Trekking 500 kilometers, and evading Jade Continuum forces, Diaz encounters indigenous intelligent aliens called Leons. Lacking SETI training, Diaz must overcome cultural differences with the Leons, and ensure the return of his team member, whatever the cost.MicrocosmPaired off with the ISS Kulshedra, the Mockingbird is dispatched to a second colony established by the Jade Continuum in violation of international treaties. Securing the skies over the exoplanet named Purple Haze becomes suspiciously easy as the Continuum abandoned their colony in haste. Along with a sole surviving member of the Jade Continuum, the SETI Team find an unusual form of intelligent life capable of terraforming the bodies of macro-organisms, even those alien to the planet. Tensions rise over what to do with a prisoner of war while the alien threat grows.

Traditional Chinese Stories

Traditional Chinese Stories
Author: Yau-Woon Ma
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui
Total Pages: 634
Release: 1986
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780887270710

For centuries the Chinese referred to their fiction as xiaoshuo, etymologically meaning roadside gossip or small talk, and held it in relative disregard.

Horrors Beyond

Horrors Beyond
Author: William Jones
Publisher: Elder Signs Press (US)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Horror tales
ISBN: 9781934501030

Things are not as they seem. The world around us is filled with lurking creatures from other places, and other dimensions, locked away by the laws that govern the universe. When mankind tampers with these laws, the barriers protecting them from the horrors beyond are destroyed. These tales explore these unseen horrors, long hidden from the eyes of humanity.