In the fall of 2010, sixteen teenagers suddenly vanished without a trace from a small suburban town in the Midwest. Each one was sixteen years old. There were no witnesses, no ransom notes, no clues whatsoever as to what happened to them. The community was devastated and the police were baffled until they all suddenly reappeared, sixteen weeks later with extraordinary new powers and no memory of where they had been or what was coming next. ** PLEASE NOTE - this is a rough draft of a future full length novel - it is ON HOLD right now

John Shelbourne was having a dream; an erotic dream. Well sort of. A new beginning is sometimes tailored by sins from the past.

Edward Johnson is a man with a theory: that dolphins are intelligent! But when Edward risks it all to prove his theory he is met with skepticism and even hostility. Against all odds Edward manages to recruit a dream team, including a fugitive computer hacker, a mathematician, an ex navy seal, and the most advanced supercomputer in the world to find out the impossible. At last the truth lies just around the corner, but each discovery seems to hint at a truth more and more unsettling. It becomes a race against time for both Edward and the dolphins as the age old question of 'Are we alone?' is answered.

A steampunk short. The age old battle between the Sky Pirates and the Troglodytes comes to a head. Can Talen and Marn finally end the war or will steamtanks, titanic squid and wheeled warriors merely prolong the battle? A steampunk novel based on four photos for ForbiddenPlanet's SciFi Short Story Smackdown. Round 2 - Steampunk.

Hopefully this story will not fall apart AGAIN...