A science fiction short story anthology featuring tales of life and death in humanity's far-future. Allegiance raises questions of morality, courage, vengeance and religion in the face of a fractured human race trying to eke out an existence in a hostile galaxy and in the face of various alien threats. Each short story poses a look from a different angle at the challenges faced by a society at war with itself over precious resources and is a distinct narrative, meaning that they can be read in any order. This is a collection of fan fiction vignettes that started life filling in the gaps between scraps of lore and game play of the online multiplayer team-based RTS and space combat game Allegiance, a game that is approaching twenty years old. More information can be found in the Author's Note about the greatest game you've never played.

The Requiem Series #1 (Formally released as Lacrimosa) (c) Christine Fonseca 2016 and 2012 Some sacrifices should never be made, even for love. Nesy is the best of an elite group of angels, warriors called Sentinals, charged with one job-vanquish the UnHoly. She's never made a mistake, never gotten emotionally involved, never failed. Until she comes face-to-face with Aydan. He is evil incarnate. A fallen angel that feeds off the souls of others. Everything Nesy is supposed to hate. But she can't, because he's also the human love of her life; a love she was never supposed to feel. Now she must choose between doing her duty or saving Aydan, a choice that will cost more than her life... Or his soul. ***formally published as LACRIMOSA

We all have them. The ones we keep and the ones that are kept from us... Wind the clock back to when the Baudelaires were at boarding school. They meet their friends the Quagmires, but what if they met someone else too. Someone who was skilled and had secrets of her own to hide. As the events of the story unfold, the new friend begins to uncover some terrible truths which she must share with the others before it's too late. #wattys2019winner