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2021-03-3002 minStardrifterLacey And TimeA Stardrifter short story.
Stuck in a rut, Lacey works on her family starship, ferrying cargo and passengers to long-familiar ports. A strange passenger offers her a bit of perspective, though, about her life, herself, and even her future. A quiet tale about finding satisfaction and comfort in the cold depths of space.
2021-01-1148 minStardrifterThe ProposalA Stardrifter short story.
A wealthy young man gets kidnapped, but is he truly the victim? What is real and what is presumption? And how will a harrowing night prove to be the key to a woman's freedom? A tale about hope, fear, and the politics of love.
2021-01-1151 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 11: FrontierspaceFor centuries, people have been moving into the black in search of fortune, freedom, and opportunity. What might be out there these days, waiting in the great unknown, far beyond the borders of the Big Four supernations?
2021-01-1137 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 10: SupermaterialsIn the future, there are substances that nearly defy imagination: invulnerable metals; liquid computer cores; biodegradable plastics that can stop bullets. Check out these materials, and others, in this latest episode!
2021-01-1148 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 09: SpaceboatsWhat use do slower-than-light vessels have in an age of faster-then-light space travel? What use does the galaxy have for cargo boats, personnel carriers, and large warboats? Check out this episode for the all the answers!
2021-01-1132 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 08: MoneyEven in the future, money makes the world go around. All the worlds, in fact! Empires thrive, and fleets of commercial vessels starjump between the stars, because of money. What form does it take by Ejoq's time? And how did that form come about?
2021-01-1130 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 07: FoodHow do you feed hundreds of billions of people scattered through the far reaches of outer space? What sort of infrastructure do you need to make sure food is grown and delivered to all your citizens? Check out this episode and find out!
2021-01-1136 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 06: GenesculptingThe manipulation of the human genome has been raised to a fine art by Ejoq's time. Medicine has reached new heights, but not everything has changed for the better. Listen and learn about genetic engineering in the future!
2021-01-1133 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 05: TerraWhat's Earth like these days? Is it a techno-wonderland, ecological mess, or something else entirely? Take a look at the future of our planet, and the special place it holds among the star-spanning nations of the galaxy!
2021-01-1121 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 04: Space StationsA look at artificial environments in space. What kinds are there? How many people live in them? Are they safe? The future is full of people, and they all need somewhere to be; a lot of them are on space stations.
2021-01-1128 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 03: StarjumpAn in-depth examination of the future technology of starjump, including how it works, how it came about, and what the implications for human society have been.
2021-01-1131 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 02: AINA close look at the Alliance of Independent Nations: a complex, chaotic collection of independent states, held together by an elected body, an Executive branch, a huge bureaucracy, and a space-born military second to none.
2021-01-1118 minStardrifterVoice From The Void 01: OverviewAn overview of the Stardrifter series, including the books and stories available right now; a feature about the future setting of the series, including speculations about time, and what the four major nations are.
2021-01-1118 minStardrifterHunter's MoonEvany and her partner are the owners of Diamond Hard Security, specializing in High Risk and Return missions. Soldiers of fortune, their latest mission goes perfectly...for a while.
Stalked by a military hunter/killer pack in a remote Corporatespace star system, their tiny ship, A Daydream of Josephina, must find it's way back to the Alliance. A simple data grab would never warrant such a desperate response, but here it is anyway.
Something isn't right, and Evany has to figure it out before Corporate Team soldiers get them all in their sites!
2021-01-111h 44StardrifterRobot Overlords Part 02That darned cargo boat is no closer, but it's only one problem the crew of Sheila have to contend with now.
Injuries! Unannounced schedule changes! Regulations so new no one has even heard of them! And an AI with a very big digital chip on his shoulder!
2021-01-1137 minStardrifterRobot Overlords Part 01Artificial intelligence takes many forms in the future. Some AI's are friendly, some are hostile. Some are philosophical, some are pragmatic.
And some are just plain jerks.
A manufacturing error at a massive automated factory sends the crew of the small personnel boat, Sheila, rocketing out after a robotic cargo vessel, hoping to stop it before its load of faulty mechanical parts gets shipped out. The company will be on the hook if they can't catch it. It's a liability nightmare!
Oh, and if any people use those parts? They might, you know...
2021-01-1138 minStardrifterCherchez La FemmeA Stardrifter short story.
Cree "Oiler" Huunan, life-long spacer and liquid cargo handing specialist, is about to be sprung from jail, his mandatory forty-eight hours for public drunkenness being nearly up. But what awaits such a man, when he's lost everything...home, job, and the love of his life?
A short tale about having a place in the world, and knowing who and what that makes you.
2021-01-1123 min2021-01-1152 min2021-01-1146 min2021-01-1138 min2021-01-1144 min2021-01-1138 min2021-01-1142 min2021-01-1138 min2021-01-1133 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 22The aftermath of violence dredges up some very unwelcome memories!
2021-01-1155 min2021-01-1155 min2021-01-1143 min2021-01-1142 min2021-01-1141 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 17There are changes afoot on the space station, and someone is paying a bit too much attention to Ejoq!
2021-01-1134 min2021-01-1141 min2021-01-1138 min2021-01-1140 min2021-01-1142 min2021-01-1130 min2021-01-1134 min2021-01-1126 min2021-01-1125 min2021-01-1129 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 07A little bit of breathing space goes a long way, especially in vacuum!
2021-01-1128 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 06Danger in the dark! And it's getting awfully hot in the deep cold of space!
2021-01-1128 min2021-01-1126 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 04Assessment of the facts brings a whole different light to the mystery of 216-11B!
2021-01-1117 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 03A disagreement about the course of the mission reveals the biggest secret in the galaxy!
2021-01-1129 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 02Ejoq and the crew arrive in star system 216-11B aboard the advanced stealthship Shady Lady. Things are busy here, with a huge space station no one knew about, and dozens of vessels coming and going. And is that a Corporatespace warship guarding things?!
2021-01-1135 minStardrifterRisk Analysis Chapter 01Ejoq is hired for a covert mission over the border. The money is nice, and everyone says it's a great opportunity. So what if it might be a little dangerous...?
2021-01-1139 minStardrifterUnit 19 Part 03Soul and Gaieny are faced with armed mercenaries unfolding a dangerous plan! Things just might fall apart for the superhauler Bellewind, unless these two young technicians can keep cool heads, and come up with a plan of their own!
2021-01-1120 minStardrifterUnit 19 Part 02It's starting to look like the trouble with Bellewind has a human and very treacherous cause. Soul and Gaieny have to decide if they can trust the one person they're able to talk with, because time is running short, and the ship is heading for disaster!
2021-01-1126 minStardrifterUnit 19 Part 01Soul Kawarri is an Artificial Gravity/Inertial Dampener Technician aboard the massive cargo superhauler Bellewind, and he's about to have an interesting day! Teaming up with a wild-haired electronics expert, he's only got a few minutes to confront bizarre system-wide glitches, a raving lunatic on the radio, and mysterious footsteps echoing in the darkness!
2021-01-1127 minStardrifterOpen All Night Part 04Max and the gang do their best to get the 4TH STREET DINER ready for a big inspection, but nothing they do may make any difference at all! Chili with crackers, enemies with ambition, and nanobots with a twist! Get yourself a coffee and danish while you can still can!
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Open All Night and Other TalesOpen All Night -- Part 04Max and the gang do their best to get the 4TH STREET DINER ready
for a big inspection, but the fix is in, and nothing they do may
make any difference! Chili with crackers, enemies with ambition,
and nanobots with a twist! Get yourself a coffee and danish while
you can still can!
2016-04-2552 minOpen All Night and Other TalesOpen All Night -- Part 03CARBORNARI'S ups the ante, with vandalism and outright sabotage!
Add to that, a comprehensive and mandatory inspection of the DINER,
and Max is feeling the heat! Is it time for him to get out of the
kitchen?
2016-04-2529 minOpen All Night and Other TalesOpen All Night -- Part 02After a bit of a tussle with the owners and employees of
CARBORNARI'S RISORANTE ITALIANO across the street, Max learns that
the fix is in! He and his crew of 4TH STREET DINER misfits have to
come up with a plan to win the licensing slot fast, or lose
everything!
2016-04-2532 minOpen All Night and Other TalesOpen All Night -- Part 01The 4TH STREET DINER, on "Souza Station", finds itself in a food
war with an Italian eatery across the street, and tempers are
flaring! With a diabolical power couple making their move, and a
hired thug pushing people around, Max Bru'llo finds himself
battling for the very survival of his restaurant!
2016-04-2530 minOpen All Night and Other TalesCODE: Black10-year old Trapper has gotten separated from his kindly
neighbor during a crisis, and might just miss the last shuttle out.
But when he meets someone who needs more help than he does, he
finds himself at the center of a whole lot of action! A very short
dramatized tale (with sound effects and such), about gaining a
little perspective when you need it the most.
2016-04-2511 minOpen All Night and Other TalesAnother Show At Twenty-TwoA man might tell himself anything in order to get by, and he
might look back on the past with little or no regret. But the past
isn't always as dead and gone as it seems, and no one gets out
unscathed. Boris Smirkoff is enjoying a quiet moment in the park
when a not-so-gentle reminder of his personal history pays a visit.
What kind of bargain does a man make with his own conscience, when
there's nowhere to hide but in the stories he tells himself?
2016-04-2529 minOpen All Night and Other TalesCold PassageAn emergency wake-up from cryogenic sleep drops Ejoq Dosantos
right in the middle of trouble. With a wicked freeze-tube hangover,
a boat packed to the bulkheads with passengers (yet eerily empty
for all that), and a shady crew that knows far more than they're
telling, he has to hit the deck running -- or, at least, shuffling
-- before a trio of armed vessels, waiting in ambush, cuts them all
to pieces!
2016-04-2544 minOpen All Night and Other TalesHull BreachA sixteen year old girl, living on a space station, finds
herself at the crossroads of her life. Tallu B'teni needs a new
direction, and her decisions will affect everything she knows.
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Street CandlesChapter 40The story concludes. Ejoq tries to put his life back together -- but between mysterious visitors, damaged friendships, and disturbing memories, can he even survive survival?
2014-10-1430 minStreet CandlesChapter 39Ejoq isn't recovering well. There are complications, and his problems are getting in the way. But no worries, Fleet has just the solution...and he'll never be the same again!
2014-10-1437 minStreet CandlesChapter 38Ejoq wakes up in a strange place. What's happened? Where is everyone? And why do they keep asking about somebody named Alan Small...?
2014-10-1426 minStreet CandlesChapter 37Time's up, and Grizzelda has a choice to make: deal with the treacherous Alan Small, or trust in the justice of two enemy nation states. A dark secret from the past will determine everything, and a deadly machine will strike!
2014-10-1441 minStreet CandlesChapter 36The crew of Grizzelda come up with a bold plan, but time is short -- and the traffic is a killer!
2014-10-1424 minStreet CandlesChapter 35Hemmed in on both sides, the crew of Grizzelda make frantic plans. The situation couldn't possibly get worse. Or could it?
2014-10-1435 minStreet CandlesChapter 34Back in space, a clean escape for the crew of Grizzelda is within reach at last...until an enemy makes a bold move, and the entire game turns on its head!
2014-10-1436 minStreet CandlesChapter 33With just one desperate chance to escape from Barlow, Ejoq and friends navigate across the planet's face. But between cold revenge and secret military strikes, they may not live long enough to travel anywhere!
2014-10-1448 minStreet CandlesChapter 32Ejoq and his crewmates reach the end of the line, but a new battle is just beginning, and uneasy allies have become bitter enemies!
2014-10-1433 minStreet CandlesChapter 31Ejoq and his companions have made it to their destination at last, but their final few steps may prove to be exactly that!
2014-10-1430 minStreet CandlesChapter 30Ejoq and his companions are in the mountains of Barlow, where the peace and quiet have taken on a decidedly sinister aspect!
2014-10-1435 minStreet CandlesChapter 29Grizzelda's passengers and crew are on the trail of a mystery, but getting out of Finery could prove to be difficult. In fact, it might be downright deadly!
2014-10-1435 minStreet CandlesChapter 28Ejoq meets up with Alan Small, and together, they hatch a bold plan of rescue...but is the price for his help too high?
2014-10-1442 min2014-10-1432 minStreet CandlesChapter 26The city of Finery is celebrating, because the Revolution is over! (Or is it?) Ejoq finds himself among thousands of revelers, and waits for the elusive Alan Small!
2014-10-1450 minStreet CandlesChapter 25The Revolution has won (mostly), and Ejoq wanders the city of Finery. Hoping to find some clues and assemble plans for escape, he reaches out to a dangerous man...and proposes a very desperate bargain!
2014-10-1425 minStreet CandlesChapter 24Ejoq makes a new friend, and new plans. With the world falling apart, what could possibly be the right move?
2014-10-1425 minStreet CandlesChapter 23Ejoq is injured, and needs somewhere to rest. A quiet, empty factory seems like just the place...unless, of course, he's not really alone in there!
2014-10-1433 minStreet CandlesChapter 22Ejoq witnesses some Revolutionary justice, and barely makes it away himself. The new world order is looking for change...and they don't care who stands in their way!
2014-10-1431 minStreet CandlesChapter 21Ejoq makes it back to the city of Finery, but there's nothing fine about it now that the Revolution is in full swing!
2014-10-1430 minStreet CandlesChapter 20Time is running out for Ejoq's genteel friends, and maybe for himself! But what's the next move, and where on Barlow can anyone possibly find safety?
2014-10-1433 minStreet CandlesChapter 19Ejoq has a private meeting with the most powerful men on Barlow. Plans, schemes, and wheels within wheels...but what, exactly, is going on with the mysterious Alan Small?
2014-10-1443 minStreet CandlesChapter 18Ejoq enters the lion's den -- a formal dinner with members of Barlow's Elite class! Caught between fancy desserts and tremendous honors, he finds gratitude and secrets in abundance...and a powerful man with an agenda all his own!
2014-10-1424 minStreet CandlesChapter 17Ejoq is the guest of House Vernes. All seems safe and quiet, but hidden loyalties abound, and not everyone is happy to be there. In fact, some of them seem downright furious...
2014-10-1435 minStreet CandlesChapter 16With some kids in tow, Ejoq must escape the city of Finery before combat in the streets catches up with them. But where can they possibly go...?
2014-10-1427 minStreet CandlesChapter 15Having escaped one conflict, Ejoq finds himself in curious company. The city of Finery is burning, and the Revolution is on the rise!
2014-10-1426 minStreet CandlesChapter 14Ejoq finds himself wandering in an alien city at night. Between new, young allies, and frenzied rioters, there's no clear path, and plenty of danger!
2014-10-1429 minStreet CandlesChapter 13Ejoq finds a warm, quiet place to rest, which is just the thing he needs -- until he finds out exactly why it's so quiet!
2014-10-1437 minStreet CandlesChapter 12Ejoq is on the ground, while the planet is in revolt! Without allies, resources, or any idea where to go, how can he rescue his shipmates? How can he even rescue himself?!
2014-10-1428 minStreet CandlesChapter 11Ejoq and his companions have barely escaped from the highdock, and a difficult spacewalk back to the ship is yet ahead. But with crew mates still missing, and answers unknown, would it really be such a bad idea to have another look around...?
2014-10-1429 minStreet CandlesChapter 10Ejoq and a shipmate sneak aboard the Barlow highdock, looking for their missing companions. But between terrified new friends, and some deadly new enemies, they may not survive long enough to find anything!
2014-10-1428 minStreet CandlesChapter 09Ejoq dons his spacesuit to do a little recon. Can he find Grizzelda's missing people without getting shot? Can he even make it to the station without getting lost?!
2014-10-1421 minStreet CandlesChapter 08There's trouble aboard ship, and trouble on-station -- while some of Grizzelda's own go missing! With blood on the deck, and hatred in the air, Ejoq makes a dangerous decision!
2014-10-1424 minStreet CandlesChapter 07A moment of levity aboard ship does little to help Ejoq's sense of isolation. Everyone is happy, and everyone loves everyone. Right? Right.
2014-10-1413 minStreet CandlesChapter 06Life aboard the ship is growing complicated, while the planet Barlow looks like a powder keg with a burning fuse. Is even the orbiting highdock safe?
2014-10-1426 minStreet CandlesChapter 05The planet Barlow looms, and things are looking sketchy there -- but is the real danger outside the ship...or inside?
2014-10-1421 minStreet CandlesChapter 04Ejoq is making progress with Gunnery, but not everyone seems pleased...while the ship reveals itself to have a very expensive problem!
2014-10-1428 minStreet CandlesChapter 03Ejoq works hard to pull Gunnery online -- but maybe he should work harder making friends!
2014-10-1416 minStreet CandlesChapter 02Ejoq meets the passengers and crew, and learns a few surprising details about Grizzelda's past!
2014-10-1429 minStreet CandlesChapter 01Ejoq has an interview, and gets hired aboard the tramp freighter, Grizzelda, as a replacement gunner. It's just a milk-run to the planet Barlow...so why is everyone so upset?
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