Rick Novy

• Aug-2012
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When Wisconsin Territory botanist Calvin Scholz receives a mysterious package from an old friend who recently came to an untimely demise, it sparks a wild adventure. The mid-1840s is a dangerous time, for the Americans are at war with Mexico. Scholz ...

• Aug-2012
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With drama equal to any fiction, this article explores the story of how a major research institution came into being at the top of a mountain at the end of the 19th Century....

• Jul-2012
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• Jul-2012
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4000 words When I left my old job, I thought I got rid of Didier Forneau, the French man who thought he was an alien. I was wrong. This time, Didier has uncovered a plot that could destroy an entire city, and it's up to me to stop...

• Jul-2012
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When Didier Forneau came to visit me in the French field office claiming Hitler was an alien, I rolled my eyes. When he claimed a new alien has plans for dictatorship and I would have to to save the world, could hilarity be far behind?...

• May-2012
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Title: Rigel Kentaurus Category: Novel Classification: Science Fiction, Action/adventure, Length: 91,000 words It's the first human voyage outside the solar system, and Proxima Centauri is the destination. The crew of the sleeper ship Deep Space disc...

• Feb-2012
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Category: Short FictionClassification: Science FictionLength: 6600 wordsWhen Doctor Harry Westmore comes to visit carrying a stack of punch cards and intent upon using his computer, the wealthy Bart Toynbee thought it strange. When Westmore declared ...

• Oct-2011
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Healthy souls can fetch a fair price on the black market. A young wraith learns the ins and outs of stealing a soul off the hospital operating table, all while trying to avoid the touch of a "physical."...

• Oct-2011
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Title: A Nice Day for a WalkCategory: Short FictionClassification: Science FictionLength: 4400 wordsCaught half-way between stars, Deepspace-2 hurtled near the speed of light damaged and unable to flip over to decelerate. Will the injured crew be abl...

• Sep-2011
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The world of anthropology would have been excited when a perfectly preserved Neanderthal body is discovered in the Greenlandic permafrost, if authorities would allow the details out. When an American anthropologist involved in the excavation is denie...

• Aug-2011
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Two stories in one volume.Winter - When humans return to Earth after 20,000 years of time dilation, things are no longer as they were. Change was inevitable, but some things never change. Cities are in ruins. The Golden Gate Bridge is a mound of scra...

• Jun-2011
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Category: Short FictionClassification: Science FictionLength: 6900 wordsA remote outpost orbiting a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field supplies magnetic monopoles to power Imperial spacecraft. But when an enemy plant inside security forces g...

• May-2011
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Title: AccretionCategory: CollectionClassification: Science Fiction & Non-fictionLength: 127pagesA sampling of the stories from the author's first decade of writing. Also includes two articles from years before that decade.Table of Contents:Fiction:M...

• Nov-2010
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Some storytellers use the distant future as the setting to make fantastic extrapolations and to explore compelling ideas. In this volume, however, the writers look forward a mere decade and present stunning scenarios, reveal exciting possibilities an...

• Dec-2009
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