Near Future Stories

After the events of 2121, humans can no longer dwell on the radioactive surface of the Earth.

An android and a human vie for dominance in worlds at war.

Desperate for a job, a small frieghter pilot takes on a passenger that is different beyond her wildest imaginings.

Meet Cyril Potts, a Briton working as a private eye in the USA. He gets some strange clients, which is all right because he is a strange investigator. We first encounter Cyril during one of his reveries, but he soon shows that when the need arises, he can lurch into action - in a way.

This little offering is intended to be part of the opening chapter in the forth volume of the Bill Axon tales. I am posting now because I have been reposting a revised and corrected version of 'Per Ardua Ad Astra'. I would ask that you please read the new version and review it, either through the Finestories review system or send to me in via a feedback comment. Thank you.

An eleven-part story relating an exchange of messages between a disaffected galactic explorer and an increasingly exasperated staff at home-planet mission control.

A security scout is sent to a distant planet to investigate a disturbance from its sensors.