Military-scifi Stories

A short story I'm thinking of turning into something longer. A corporate special operations team getting ready to launch above Mars.

[COMPLETE] Eight years after the war with the Alotans, Jake, Teddy, Gris and Dru are the only survivors of Tom Callahan's squad. They're gathered for their annual reunion-but this year a new face appears: an Alotan going by the name of... Tom Callahan.

Don't worry, it's not as bad as it sounds ... this is just a few of my flash stories. Each write around 1000 words from a range of science fiction, fantasy and horror genres (22 SF, 2 F, 1 H).

Schoolchildren across the 10,000 Worlds have heard of Baron Sachaverell Gideon Hhavohk, OME, the Hero of Tenebris. His battle strategies are studied in military school, and dramas are told of his adventures. But for the first time, we get the true and unvarnished story of Sir Sachaverell's childhood and rise to power, where, in his own words, "my fame is all based on fraud and sham. There have been times, more often than you might imagine, when I was sure that it couldn't last... but I'd been devilish lucky, and, truth be told, there's nothing that sticks like a good name...." A memoir of a scoundrel, he tells how he was expelled from Human Akademie für Höheres Lernen, how he purchased his way into the 11th Hussars, his banishment to distant Wrythe and his service fighting there -- all the while, pursuing other men's wives, dodging responsibility, and trying to stay alive by avoiding the fight at all costs. Inspired by Victorian military history, and in no small part by the Flashman book series. If you enjoy (or even if you don't), don't hesitate to leave a comment or a review.