C. C. Brower - Libros y biografía

Why I was brought in to solve a mystery of people getting and staying healthy was a bit curious on its own. They were all terminally ill. And in quarantine. Yet one nurse and her student "angels of death"...

When someone sends boulder-sized rocks down to planet Earth from the moon, they approach like meteors.On the right trajectory, they don't burn up in the atmosphere, but can come down with the force of...

I hated being chased. Especially by a hungry mob wanting me for their next meal.It didn't help that they had some sort of smoke belching truck that could travel faster than I could run.The good part,...

When A.I. goes wrong, it goes horribly wrong.In order to make massive changes to any computer program, you have to have admininstrator access: "root".Integrating chips into humans had become almost a...

The Legend of the haunted Spirit Mountain isn't that old. Just a few decades.And something to do with secret government experiments in hidden bases deep in the desert.They must have thought no one would...

One young woman - while out on a simple hike, becomes trapped by a sudden storm in a long-forgotten mine. Then finds herself dressed for a ball in the middle of a snowy wilderness.A young single rancher -...

Executives running the last outposts of humanity are going missing.Decades ago, certain cities lifted off from the surface of Earth, protected by fusion-powered shields. Their destination was the moon,...

Can the future be saved by returning a woman to affect the present?Peter was a perfect gentleman. When he showed up at an all-woman's club unannounced, the defences came up. Mari met him, surrounded by...

Our Second Civil War was over in minutes - while the conflict took decades. As in all wars, both sides lost heavily and then proclaimed victory. I knew this all too well, serving as a paramedic to patch...

I had been in that stone wall for decades, alone on purpose. Not lonely. Waiting.Humankind needed to evolve past what they had done to create me. I was willing to wait - as long as it took. Because to...

The third time she was beaten up by a different roving city gang and this time left for dead. The guy who saved her life wanted to help solve how she ended up that way.What wasn't working was to be anything...

When another escape pod crash-lands to Earth, a call for searchers goes out to several sentient species to rescue its passenger.The passenger is human - the search parties are not. The previous escape...

New Tales from New Authors that take you into worlds you've probably never dreamed existed.Midwest Journal Press is proud to announce this anthology of short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Parody...

There's a little-known fact that animals can talk.Every bit as well as humans.It's humans that have the real problem – listening.There are probably a dozen-dozen reasons why we humans won't simply open...

Some satire is timeless. Others predict the near future with uncanny accuracy.When you're faced with a violent, dangerous present - perhaps it's some relief to blow it all up into an exagerrated future...

Writers don't often write about their own worlds - but when they do, expect them to be every bit as imaginative as their other fiction.We've found a common theme to these new authors, where they not only...

More speculative fiction to transport you to worlds and times beyond knowing.This 2nd quarter collection of original short stories will provide you with countless hours of entertainment, particularly...

"Well, this is curious - I've only got papers that say to take one of you."My two latest deaths stood in front of me."The other is supposed to keep on living. But here you both are."Neither spoke to volunteer...

The third collection of short stories by J. R. Kruze.Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about....

"Something's not right here," I stated the obvious."Looks like a trap," Sal returned.Bernie heard it first and ran toward John.That courageous dog knocked John down just as the incoming explosion hit.Sal...

Walking down the highway - barefoot, feverish, and in only a nightgown.At least the storm had quit.Now if I could get my chattering teeth to stop, it would help - maybe.Up ahead, I see some stopped cars....

This anthology of stories all are around the fact that animals can talk.Every bit as well as humans.It's humans that have the real problem – listening.There are probably a dozen-dozen reasons why we humans...

Carol and Reggie were different. They thought different.Reggie could talk "the ears off a corn stalk." He was an expert on history, like a walking Wikipedia on ancient times (if people could stand to...

DO ELECTIONS REALLY HAVE CONSEQUENCES?This saying is repeated often, and seldom fully understood.So this collection of pure fiction came into being, which explores the choices that politicians make, as...

"It was a dark and stormy night, and everyone was sitting around the glowing fireplace, safe and warm against the raging weather outside. Someone said, 'John, tell us a story.' So John began..."The story...

"The fate of the World is in your hands."What a bunch of hogwash.It wasn't just one world - it was all of them. And my one pair of hands wasn't going to cut it.So I brought along a couple of buddies of...

It started with a dream.In it, John Earl Stark solved the problem of a ghost he met. Or did he? It was a dream, after all.The next day he meets two women who visit his cabin, arriving out of the blue,...

New voices bring new ideas and new worlds to you in Science Fiction/Fantasy.That's what they are good at. Figuring out things that are completely different from the same old repeating plots and characters....

Cozy, Detective, or Amateur Sleuth - contemporary or fantasy - these short stories will keep you guessing right up to their quick end.Mysteries come in many forms, and in many locations. Here we have...

A collection of short stories from new voices - the cross-currents of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romance.Worlds new or perhaps re-visited - but only you will know if this is the stuff of dreams...