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Novels
Blackballed from archaeology on Earth, Gretchen Blake consults for MarsVantage to discover a revolutionary energy source in a remote Martian cave with odd symbols as her sole clue. MarsVantage isn’t the only interested party—Interplanetary wants the prize and MarsVantage itself.
Can she navigate a web of bribery, theft, spies, and murder attempts to discern the symbol’s meaning and reveal the energy source? Does more await, possibly changing humanity’s future?
A 2018 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist.
Order The Music of Mars here or through your favorite bookstore.
The discovery of an abandoned alien city buried under the Martian plain propels Frank Brentford and his employer, MarsVantage, onto a collision course with Washington’s ruling class. Technology and knowledge can drive MarsVantage to self-sufficiency, but Senator Maura Severino submits legislation, which will quickly become law, to nationalize all alien technology.
Rather than surrender their hard-earned discovery and a secret that could destroy humanity if it fell into the wrong hands, Frank and MarsVantage chart a more challenging course… engaging a highly trained and heavily armed Space Force in an all-out battle to secure their freedom and prosperity.
Will Frank prevail?
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Short Stories
Restless Spirits: An Hourlings Anthology (Short story: The Curse of Rachael’s Crest)
Artie, a novelist on retreat to fix his latest work, stumbles upon a ghost and a curse seemingly without a way out.
Novel Writing Festival, The Paperboy (Short story read by professional actor Hugh Ritchie)–Video
Carl, eagerly awaiting his sixteenth birthday, delivers his papers and takes a huge step toward adulthood.
Spies & Heroes An International Anthology, S&H Publishing, Inc, (Short story: Spying Isn’t Easy)
Alan asks Nick to find out about his wife’s teacher’s conferences.
Forging Freedom II, Freedom Forge Press (Short story: Unintended Lesson)
Ryan, wanting to excel academically, lands in an Economics class where the professor insists on giving everyone the average of all grades. While doing A-level work, his grades, along with everyone else’s, are on a steep decline. Ryan and a small group of friends must decide how to salvage the situation.
Forging Freedom Anthology, Freedom Forge Press (Short story: The Shape of Things to Come)
Two-hundred plus years in the future, Lorah, a member of a secret organization whose goal is to accumulate knowledge in an effort to restore freedom in America, is assigned to discover what Miles Fordham, one of the richest people in the country, is planning. Early one morning, he unexpectedly visits her apartment.
PC Techniques, Aug/Sept 1993 (C/Windows programming article)
A technical article describing how to create a Welcome window at program startup.