Michael Kingswood

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  • Bibliography:
    107 Books
  • First Book:
    February 2011
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Book List in Order: 107 titles

  • Falling Softly

    An assassin and his partner embark on the biggest job of their careers. The payment if they succeed is enough to set them up for life, potentially allowing the assassin to get out of the business and finally live a normal life. But even succeeding ...

  • How NOT To Rescue A Damsel In Distress

    Bandits stabbed Larian’s father and kidnapped his girl. Confident in his freshly-learned swordsmanship, Larian set out to track them down, avenge his father, and rescue his first damsel in distress.Things did not exactly go as planned.How NOT To Re...

  • A Chat Before Dinner

    A record of a Zombie’s rant about the trials and tribulations of his life as a dis-respected member of the Undead. A Chat Before Dinner is a 2,600 word darkly-humorous short story....

  • A Jar Of Mixed Treats

    A collection of five short stories. Included in this collection are: Lords of the Remnant. - Aliens strike at the Centauri colony, overrunning it completely. Then, sooner than anyone imagined they could, they arrived at Earth to continue their conque...

  • Lords of the Remnant

    An infantryman, certain resistance is futile, nevertheless deploys with his unit to fight against an alien invasion. Lords of the Remnant is a 3,800 word military science fiction short story....

  • Measuring Up

    Larian Elesir, a young recruit in the Citizens' Army, arrives at his first post. Eager to join the war effort, he is nonetheless nervous in his new environment and worried about setting a foot wrong. During his first day in camp, his new companions...

  • Passing In The Night

    A year-long shift in the middle of the interstellar void can get pretty boring. For the Fourth shift crew of the starliner Pericles, enroute to Earth from one of the colony worlds, the passage could best be called routine. Until the forward sensors d...

  • Masters of the Sun

    Ten years after the Troubles that ended civilization as we currently know it, isolated settlements of survivors have resumed trade and are beginning to rebuild. In the small settlement of Glennville, Jack Simmons lives as a hunter and trapper with hi...

  • Delphinus

    Piter's honeymoon was off to a splendid start. He and his bride had a fancy bridal suite on a luxury spaceliner, and had their own private view of the most beautiful aurora in the known galaxy. Then it all went to hell. Narrowly escaping the space...



  • So You Want To Be A Dragon Slayer...

    Eighty-two light years away on Alcor Five, great flying beasts called Reptus Volans, which closely resemble the dragons of European legend, sit at the top of the food chain. They are so dangerous and exist in such great numbers that the Colonial All...

  • So You Want To Be A Dragon Slayer.

  • First Blood

    Intelligence told the High Command that the Mar Tabban, arch enemies of the Citizens' Army, had moved into the territory garrisoned by Larian's Regiment. In response, the Regimental Commander sent the B company scouts, Larian's unit, out to investig...

  • Who Ate My Sock?

    A single sock missing from the wash â€" the source of universal frustration and untold family bickering. Justine never gave thought to what happened to those missing socks, and where they went. Until the day her mother sent her into the basement to...

  • Grandfather's Pendant

    Larian's comrade-in-arms and friend, Jiles, received a family heirloom in the mail: a pendant from his deceased grandfather. Then he lost it during a night of liberty in Mirasol, a town near their Company's camp. Larian agrees to help Jiles find hi...

  • The Blob On The Rock

    A scientific expedition to deep space makes a discovery that will re-shape what we believe about life in the universe.As long as it doesn't kill them first.The Blob On The Rock is a 5,000 word short story....

  • The Champion

    As a child, Timothy Williams dreamt vivid dreams about the great Champions of Light and their continuing battle against the forces of Darkness.Now an adult, Timothy lives a successful but mundane life. Until a man from his childhood dreams steps into...

  • Glimmer Vale

    Lydelton, a small fishing town in a remote valley called Glimmer Vale, is the perfect place for two fighting men on the run to stop and decide on a plan. But when Julian and Raedrick arrive they find the town besieged by a ruthless band of brigands. ...

  • Tales of Adventure

    A fateful meeting in deep space.A journey to a distant world to hunt the ultimate game: Dragons.Two young soldiers search for a lost family heirloom.Honeymoon bliss turns into a fight for survival on a remote moon.The Champion of Light battles the Ch...

  • Tales of Adventure #1

    A fateful meeting in deep space. A journey to a distant world to hunt the ultimate game: Dragons. Two young soldiers search for a lost family heirloom. Honeymoon bliss turns into a fight for survival on a remote moon. The Champion of Light battles th...



  • Across The Line

    Sergeant Cole is Bentonville Police Department's top hostage negotiator. He's seen it all, but even still nothing could prepare him for what he finds when he rolls into a seemingly routine convenience store holdup.Across the Line is a 4,300 word sho...

  • The Necromancer's Lair

    Gareth and his sworn man, Hatherle, delve into the lair of a Necromancer who has been terrorizing the surrounding territory, seeking the reward on his head.But trips, traps, puzzles, and the dead themselves serve as the Necromancer’s guards, making...

  • The Pericles Conspiracy

    Captain Josephine Ishikawa changed the course of history, but no one knows about it.She and her crew had an encounter while returning to Earth from the colony worlds, and upon their arrival the government swore them to secrecy about it.With the power...

  • Out-Dweller

    A series of brutal murders has shocked the normally quiet town of Lydelton. With no idea of the culprit’s identity, or even how the murders were committed, the townsfolk have become suspicious of each other, teetering on the edge of panic. As the t...

  • Short Story 10-Pack

  • The Beast And The God-Woman

    The people live on the island, and the gods protect it. The Beast waits on the beach, eager to ensnare the unwary.When outsiders come and disrupt that balance, Yili must find a way to protect his family, and his village, from the consequences.But so...

  • Tollard's Peak

    Winter in Glimmer Vale - a time to remain close to shelter or, preferably, indoors. Most definitely not a time to brave the mountain peaks surrounding the valley. Raedrick and Julian certainly have no intention of doing so until a man from their past...

  • What Lurks Between

    From a place beyond reality, it comes to consume the world.For Barry, getting a transfer to a new position as an electrician aboard the Ketcham Space Station summed up his professional life perfectly: just one dead-end job after another. Little did ...

  • Tales of Adventure #2

    A sword-for-hire quests to defeat an evil Necromancer. A young girl discovers that music has a magic of its own. An FBI interrogator discovers a chilling conspiracy. A shipwreck unleashes a supernatural monster onto the inhabitants of a tropical isla...

  • Robbed Blind

    A stunning robbery threatens to bring Lydelton’s economy to its knees, and it is up to Julian and Raedrick to find the culprits. With the year’s first trading caravan in town and the missing funds needed for vital transactions, time is of the ess...



  • The Memory Of Justice

    When Jacob wakes to find himself bound to a chair in an unfamiliar room, he fears the worst.What he discovers in that room will put his worst fears to shame.The Memory Of Justice is a 3,000 word science fiction mystery....

  • Brother In Law, Brother In Blood

    A great hero can come from a humble past. Great love can bloom from the embers of conflict. And sometimes the two can happen at the same time, to the near ruin of both. Brother In Law, Brother In Blood is a 3,400 word (about 15 printed pag...

  • A Note Of Magic

    Few things in life give Lilly more pleasure than playing her clarinet and making beautiful music. She never dreamed music might have a magic of its own, or that her band recital might become a battleground between good and evil.A Note of Magic is a 1...

  • Wedding Gifts

    It’s three hours until the wedding of Raedrick Baletier to Lani Millens, and Melanie Klemins doesn’t have a present for them. Or rather, she did. But she lost it.Now it’s up to Julian Hinderbrook to find the gift and retrieve it, or the weddi...

  • The Falconer's Stairs

    Jared Tolburt twice almost cost Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook their lives: once when he turned on them while they were fleeing the Army, and again when he unwittingly led a group of bandits into Glimmer Vale. While fighting off the bandits...

  • Facilitated Interrogation

    Doctor Luisa Melendez works for the FBI, specializing in a revolutionary facilitated interrogation technique that renders a suspect unable to tell a lie, without causing injury or trauma of any kind. Though initially controversial, the technique pas...

  • Veritas Morte

    Lucien Bandemyr, Crown Prince of the Qorathi Empite, looked forward to adventure, excitement, and glory from his first campaign outside of the Empire's star systems. Instead he found frustration and betrayal as an assassination attempt coupled with a...

  • Glimmer Vale Chronicles Books 1-3 Collection

    On the run from their past, swordsmen Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook search for a place of refuge where they can start over.

    That search sends them through a remote mountain valley called Glimmer Vale, where unbeknownst to them, da...

  • Red Orchid

    George looks for his press contact, to blow the whistle on ethical issues at work.Karen looks for her girlfriend, to patch things up after a fight.When a mistake puts them together, their evening becomes much more interesting than either of them anti...

  • My Bleeding Heart

    Her name was Tabitha, and she tore my heart out and left me with a great, bleeding hole in my chest, while she walked away with an ear-to-ear smile.Literally.Finding out why would change my life forever.My Bleeding Heart is a 4,700 word science ficti...



  • Star Light, Star Bright

    A plaintive call for help from across the void of space draws the star Alberon's attention, and incites it to compassionate assistance.

    But how does a star help something so far away from itself?

    Star Light, Star Bright...

  • Malinvestment

    It sucks being the god of malinvestment, the force behind economic downturns.Tom has been trying to use his position to shape the world for the better for as long as he can remember. Trying, and failing. Every time.But what if he’d been going about...

  • Doppelganger

    Someone replaced a little girl with an android made to be an exact duplicate of her.Detectives Ben Mulkahie and Devin Abrams have to find out who did it, and why, before other kids suffer the same fate....

  • Final Extraction

  • Abe's Liquors

  • Bag Man

    A mysterious bag that everyone wants. An employer who is as dangerous as she is beautiful. A man on the run.It was supposed to be a routine pickup, just another day on the job.If only it had been that easy.Bag Man is a 5,600 word short mystery....

  • Beach Bags

    An abandoned bag, filled with money and with what appears to be a bloody handprint on the side, turns Harry's day at the beach into something much more interesting.Beach Bags is a 5,000 word short mystery....

  • The Billionaire's Daughter

    The strong-willed daughter of a wealthy man. The son of a notorious mob boss. And his grandmother's engagement ring.Just another day on the job for private investigators Ronald Harper and Kathleen Davidson.The Billionaire's Daughter is a 5,900 word s...

  • Fresh Out

  • Give A Dog A Bone



  • Hunting For Game

  • Popper's

    New customers come through Popper's bookstore all the time. But one of them, an average man in every way, has David very concerned that he intends more than just buying books.Popper’s is a 4,100 word short mystery....

  • Short Mystery 10-Pack

  • The Suspect's Wife

    A client's cryptic story leads Private Investigators Ronald Harper and Kathleen Davidson to evidence of multiple murders. When the client disappears, however, the local cops' suspicion turns their way, and they are left alone to figure out who is beh...

  • Debts And Obligations

    When Ben, a ranger in the Jarl's service, finds his friend's isolated cabin raided and burned, he must get the lone survivor, an injured young boy, back to town and safety.But the perpetrators remain nearby, and present a danger greater than Ben has ...

  • Stories From The Great Challenge

    In the Spring of 2019 Michael Kingswood decided to embark on a Great Challenge, coordinating with one of his writing mentors and committing to sending him a new story every Sunday for a year.Many people attempt this kind of writing challenge. Most fa...

  • Naughty And Nice

  • Stories From Glimmer Vale, Volume 1

    A collection of five short stories set in the world of the Glimmer Vale Chronicles.LegacySelam's most prized possession, a master-crafted sword passed down from father to son for generations, represents the totality of his family's history and greatn...

  • The Case Of The Missing Rocker

  • Fences And Neighbors

  • Hermes' Kringle

  • Into The Depths

  • Miss Melody And The Elf Spa

  • Campaign Season

    As Lydelton prepares for its regularly scheduled Mayoral election, long-simmering divisions within Glimmer Vale rear their heads. With his partner still out of town on a mission, it falls to Constable Raedrick Baletier to keep the peace, and get to t...

  • Captive Hearts

  • Hidden Magic

  • Joyride To The Moon

    Jeremy has a dream to go to the biggest concert of the year on Luna with his two best friends.Fortunately, Jeremy's Dad is out of town, and he left his prized spaceship behind.What could go wrong?Joyride To The Moon a is a short scifi adventure story...

  • Legacy

  • Lost Credit

  • Miss Melody And The Knight Gallant

  • Moonstruck

  • VIP Treatment

  • Caledonia

  • Finding Bobby Jenkins

  • Kicking The Anthill

  • Love In The Apocalypse

  • A Man Of Faith

  • On The Road To Hopefell

  • Passed Over

  • Playing For Scraps

  • Santa Fe Station

  • Terran New Year

  • Warden's Trial

  • Wire Runs

  • Wolves On Cornell Street

  • Drilling For Gold

    A fortune in gold in a subterranean vault that no one can access.No one except Jordan and his crew.It's the perfect job, one that will set him up for life. As long as nothing goes wrong.Drilling For Gold is a short science fiction crime story....

  • Drops In The Storm

  • The Eternal Ride Of Brom Bones

    As payment for his sins, in particular against Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones must ride his faithful steed Daredevil through the woods around his former home of Tarry Town every night, for eternity.No forgiveness. No progress. No joy. No hope.Just the rid...

  • Liquor Coolers

    Hank loves his bar, and it's done well for him over the years. He made it into his own little paradise and never wanted anything more.Until some unexpected—and shocking—visitors came knocking one Thursday night.Liquor Coolers is a short c...

  • Miss Melody And The Spruce Trail

    Jeff had to get away, to hike in the woods after a fight with his brother. He never expected to stumble onto Miss Melody's Cafe there, in the middle of nowhere. Or that the cafe would hold answers to questions he didn't know he was asking. ...

  • Revelator

  • Sacred Vows

    Gregory recently took his vows in the monastery. Agnes recently became a nun.When they meet at a Christmas midnight mass, each face a choice—be true to their vows or be together.But maybe they can do both?Sacred Vows is a faithfully romantic sh...

  • Sea Legs

  • Terra Infirma

    Jake wants nothing more than to live where his parents and grandparents lived and died, to make a life and build on their legacy in the world they terraformed into existence.If only his brother would shut up about leaving.Terra Infirma is a short sci...

  • 52 Stories In 2023 - Volume One

    Welcome to a grand adventure: a quest to create fifty-two stories in a year, one for each week, and collect them into five collections.This is the first collection in that quest, filled with ten stories ranging from military science fiction to sweet ...

  • 52 Stories in 2023 - Volume Two

    The grand adventure continues!  This collection of ten short stories completes the second step in Michael Kingswood's quest to create fifty-two new works of fiction in the year 2023.  With stories ranging from military science fiction ...

  • 52 Stories In 2023 - Volume Three: Volume Three

    Action. Adventure. Horror. Romance. And just plain fun.All of those and more await in this collection of ten works of fiction, written as part of a great challenge to complete 52 stories in 2023.Come join the adventure of the year, and sink into engr...

  • 52 Stories In 2023 - Volume Three

    Action. Adventure. Horror. Romance. And just plain fun.All of those and more await in this collection of ten works of fiction, written as part of a great challenge to complete 52 stories in 2023.Come join the adventure of the year, and sink into engr...

  • 52 Stories In 2023 - Volume Four

    This collection of ten short stories, completed as part of a quest to complete at least 52 stories in 2023, has it all.  Science Fiction.  Action.  Fantasy Adventure.  Crime.  Mystery.  And Romance.  Everything the ...

  • 52 Stories In 2023: Volume Four

    This collection of ten short stories, completed as part of a quest to complete at least 52 stories in 2023, has it all. Science Fiction. Action. Fantasy Adventure. Crime. Mystery. And Romance. Everything the lover of short fiction could want.Readers ...

  • Midwatch Asylum

    The midwatch patrol in a surveillance and reconnaissance skiff supporting a combat vessel of the Icaran Confederation Navy tends to be uneventful, an exercise in tedium. Until it isn't. For Joyride and Boxer, the skiff's crew, this par...

  • Spirit Foreclosure

    Sylvie, a spirit-touched empath who operates on the shadier side of the law, joins an old associate on a revenge job against a scummy financier.  A fun job, promising a good payoff. She had no idea the scam would hit so close to home. ...

  • Heaven's Gate

    As an operative for the Qoarthi Empire's Internal Security Service, Manolo Garces investigates and brings to justice all manner of plots against the Empire's integrity.No villain ever escapes his grasp.Until a plot against the Emperor's sister draws ...

  • 52 Stories In 2023 - Volume Five

    This final volume contains twelve short stories to complete a year-long journey into realms of fantasy, intrigue, romance, mystery, and adventures of all kinds.These stories will pull you into rich worlds with engaging characters, and leave you wanti...

  • 52 Stories In 2023: Volume Five

  • Odin's Peppermint

    An unexpected phone call from an old colleague prompts Dustin Cofield, Elfsterminator, to investigate a local business that may be a key player in the world-wide Elfin conspiracy against Christmas and the Big Guy at the Pole. Odin's Peppermint i...

  • Bardsong

    Julian, Melanie, and Jared have returned to Lydelton. And not a moment too soon. Snow has begun falling in the passes, and soon no one will be able to travel in or out of Glimmer Vale and its environs unit the spring thaws arrive.But other new arriva...

  • Warfare Qualified - A Military Science Fiction Novel

    Join the Navy. See the Galaxy. Every newly-minted officer of the Icaran Confederation Navy has one goal: to earn the golden warfare device of a fully qualified Stellar Warfare Officer. In pursuit of that goal, Ensign Matthew Gilbert looks f...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael Kingswood has published 107 books.

The next book by Michael Kingswood, Warfare Qualified - A Military Science Fiction Novel, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Michael Kingswood, Falling Softly, was published in February 2011.

No. Michael Kingswood does not write books in series.
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