January 2016: Volume 1 - Eleven Short Stories

Terror, humanity, fallibility, love, sex, despair, regret, sacrifice, grief, deceit, and hope. Eleven short stories of distant planets, desperate futures, ancient magic, lost souls, shattered dreams, vain hopes, and bad decisions.
** Warning: "Pampas Grass" contains mature subject matter. Reader discretion is advised. **
1. The Rose
This will be a New Year's Day to remember.
27. The Alarm
A medical emergency leads to an online purchase.
13. The Miscalculation at Kagliks
When a colony ship arrives in their destination system, something is not how they expected.
30. The Adze
The first lesson an Adze learns about dealing with humans is to not let them see you. It's elementary. So why has she forgotten it?
16. Pampas Grass
Bored suburbanites spice up their life, but get more than they bargain for.
19. Ejected
After Earth is ejected from the Solar System by a rogue Black Hole, humans struggle to survive in the encroaching night.
20. The Message
An out of the blue email, months after a messy break-up, brings a swirl of emotions.
28. The Two Riders
When the Riders cross the brow of the Hill of the Moon, the Peace between two peoples is broken.
21. Up The Mountain
Ginny has tried to hold her family together, but there is something beyond her experience that she is not prepared for.
15. The Chosen One
When Sabtawash the Mellifluous tells her about the prophecy, Mira is not much moved by it. She has work to do. And Sabtawash is creepy. So what if she is the Chosen One?
31. Be My Guest
John's commune welcomes his sister Sandra in a time of crisis.