Robert L. Collins

• Nov-2011
• / Science Fiction
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Teenager Lisa Herbert lives in the small town of Mountain View on the planet Fairfield. The "Savage Rain" decades earlier shut down the hyperspace gate and isolated her world. A casual remark from her sister gets Lisa to ask a simple question: "If li...

• Apr-2012
• / Science Fiction
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This collection contains 13 Frigate Victory science fiction short stories. The stories are in chronological order, and are together for the first time. Captain Jason Ayers and his crew deal with aliens, politicians, colonists, and pirates. There are ...

• Jul-2012
• / Science Fiction
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Here's a collection of ten science fiction and fantasy stories with an optimistic streak. These stories, all by author Robert Collins, have appeared in The Fifth Di and Hadrosaur Tales, among others, and have appeared as short-story ebooks. Included ...

• Sep-2012
• / Fantasy
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Gwen Conner’s world isn’t your typical fantasy setting. She solves mysteries in a land where magic is used to create telephones, dictation machines, and streetcars. It’s also a world of scheming criminals, cheating spouses, and charming con art...

• Sep-2012
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The Valley Springs Resort is a place on a distant world where visitors can relax and have a good time. You might not think such a place has much of a story. You’d be wrong, which is why you need to go there. From its founding by a lovable eccentric...

• Dec-2012
• / Fantasy
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John Ewert is one of a handful of survivors of a mysterious plague that kills off most of humanity. Strangely, the plague leaves those survivors with magical powers. One group of survivors gather around a man named Gabe in Ames, Iowa. They believe Th...

• Dec-2012
• / Fantasy
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One day Will Beck says to his patron, Duke Amos of Columbia, “I’m under siege on two fronts. My trading business has to pay duties to bring goods into Columbia, and I have pay more for plows and such for my estate.” Beck has an idea: go directl...

• Feb-2013
• / Space Opera
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Jake Bonner returns! After the events of EXPERT ASSISTANCE, Jake is comfortable at last. He’s also bored, as is Odin, the computer that controls his ship. Their boredom comes to a quick end when they stumble across a damaged starship, a woman hidin...

• Mar-2013
• / Science Fiction
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This collection contains 9 new Frigate Victory science fiction short stories. Major Anita Duncan learns too late of the assassination of the President of Extra-Solar Alliace. She must turn to Captain Jason Ayers of the Terran Federal Republic for hel...

• Mar-2013
• / Fantasy
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“We must have allies in the Settled Domains,” Cassia says to Bart. That means convincing members of the nobility that the Slavers Guild cannot be trusted, and the notorious Blue Pistol is no threat to their rule. To that end, they kidnap Cornelia...

• Mar-2021
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• Sep-2021
• / Fantasy
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Conner, a soldier in the Army of the Seven Kingdoms, solves a tricky matter and earns a promotion. He's sent beyond the Seven Kingdoms to the frontier to deal with miners, outlaws, and the lizard men. This collection contains several stories of Conne...

• Oct-2021
• / Fantasy
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Mick the schemer is brought before King Clarence of Whitestone. The King wants a clever way to deal with the evil kingdom of Iron Mountain and its effort to stir up Whitestone's neighbors. Mick conjures up a scheme to lift up then bring down a cruel ...

• Dec-2021
• / Fantasy
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Jilla used to be known as a woman who bested men in duels. Now she travels the world, searching for wealth to steal, women (and men) to love, and the odd danger (magical or not) to overcome. This collection contains eleven tales of Jilla the Rogue, i...

• Jan-2022
• / Fantasy
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A young woman travels to a distant land to learn magic. In time she discovers an evil enchantment cast over the castle. The enchantment has prevented daughters from being born into the royal family. But it won't be enough just to smash the enchantmen...

• Mar-2022
• / Fantasy
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Balia is born with a mighty talent for magic and a destiny not in the land of her birth. Naturally that leads to travel and adventure. Is she going to spend her whole life looking for her place? Or will she find her destiny sooner rather than later?...

• Apr-2022
• / Fantasy
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Jilla used to be known as a woman who bested men in duels. Now she travels the world, searching for wealth to steal, women (and men) to love, and the odd danger (magical or not) to overcome. This collection contains nine tales of Jilla the Rogue, in ...

• May-2022
• / Fantasy
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Shell is a girl of the streets when the Baron of Falls Mouth has her brought to him. He teaches her manners and tells her she is Princess Rebecca, thought to have been murdered years before.This takes her to a battlefield, the center of the kingdom, ...

• Jun-2022
• / Fantasy
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Malira is the daughter of a Duke. She's entering into an arranged marriage with the King of Stonewood. She's fair to look upon and wise in the head. But could her greatest advantage be her knowledge of food and the skill to prepare it? No doubt hers ...

• Jul-2022
• / Fantasy
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Edith of Barnfield is the daughter of a merchant. He doesn't think she should follow in his trade. That decision will drive her to witness a mighty battle, engage with a Princess, and resist those who would mistreat the subjects of her kingdom....

• Aug-2022
• / Fantasy
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Jilla used to be known as a woman who bested men in duels. Now she travels the world, searching for wealth to steal, women (and men) to love, and the odd danger (magical or not) to overcome. This tale finds Jilla the Rogue dealing with young nobles, ...

• Oct-2022
• / Fantasy
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The law is not on Hanna's side when her father dies, as local law prevents her from inheriting his merchant business. Her cousin, the youngest son of the Baron, asks for her help in exposing the wickedness of his older brother to their father. If she...

• Nov-2022
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A young man comes to Inga the witch to ask for a love potion. She tells him that using such a potion would be wrong. Instead she encourages him to get over his shyness with a young woman by writing to her. It's not her usual work, so will this sort o...

• Dec-2022
• / Fantasy
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Terezia is the daughter of a merchant. She and her her father are visiting the city of Alhira, the seat of the kingdom across the sea from her home. Her father is trying to expand his trade.Terezia is trying to decide what to do with her life. She wa...

• Feb-2023
• / Fantasy
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A strange thing has happened in the eastern part of the kingdom of Hedfestyr. Three lizard-kin have built an island in the middle of a lake. Is this good for the kingdom or dire news?Queen Godwa dispatches her cousin Lefwin to meet the lizard-kin and...

• Mar-2023
• / Fantasy
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Zi is the daughter of a silk merchant who is unsure about where her life should go. Suddenly she's whisked away to another land by magic by a witch named Ysina. Zi finds herself on an adventure to return home. She meets strange beings and experiences...

• Apr-2023
• / Fantasy
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Zi and Ysina are in the kingdom Zi grew up in. Ysina is teaching a few witches while both tell the King about magic. Before they're about to leave for home, a report comes of a dragon raiding farms and stealing livestock.Zi and Ysina have to go in se...

• May-2023
• / Fantasy
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Du gets her first important mission from the King. People are fleeing the kingdom of Adahilara to the Bands of the Peaks. The refugees are too many mouths for the Bands to feed, endangering the peace between the Bands and the Kingdom of the Coast.Du ...

• Jun-2023
• / Fantasy
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An urgent message has arrived for Zi and Ysina. The ape-folk they freed in their first adventure together report strange lights and missing Chiefs. Ysina is Princess and has to raise their daughter, so Zi offers to go south. Once there she tries to f...

• Jul-2023
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Ruzi helped Adahilara throw off its wicked King. Two years later the new King asks her to go abroad. The infamous City of Pirates may have struck at ships sailing around Adahilara. The pirates threaten efforts to extend trade east. She's to investiga...

• Aug-2023
• / Fantasy
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Once again Du and Gray the dragon are given a mission by the ruler of the Kingdom of the Coast. This time they're to go north to the Snow Kingdom to learn about that land. There are rumors of men being able to use magic and trouble between the young ...

• Sep-2023
• / Fantasy
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Calla is the rare young woman woking as a scribe for the government of the Golden Empire. One of the Empire's Governors enlists her to conduct a survey of the nearby province of Cularum and its Governor, who may or may not be dealing with pirates.Thi...

• Oct-2023
• / Fantasy
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An old wizard of Brittigord has a notion to use magic to create a monster to defend his kingdom. The King supports the idea but his son does not.Meanwhile, the witch lover of a Princess in a rival kingdom has made a dark discovery about magic.Are the...

• Nov-2023
• / Fantasy
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Casyn is a young Prince of Duvonna and heir to the kingship. He lives in a time of peace and magic, but conflicts and troubles are still present in his domain and in those of Duvonna's neighbors.His rise to power will see him win duels and display hi...

• Dec-2023
• / Fantasy
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Robbin, a thief and cheater, is approached by another thief, Cedric. The older outlaw proposes to rob the Duke of Fallwood. Though Fallwood isn't rich, the Duke is old and has been hoarding the taxes he's collected over his long reign. Robbin propose...

• Jan-2024
• / Fantasy
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Domenza moves from her land to another kingdom to marry a King. She's of noble birth, and the marriage will benefit both lands. Domenza wants to be both useful and helpful to her new husband.This sets her on the path of being an influence in the land...

• Feb-2024
• / Science Fiction
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Commander Jules Sinclair has a bold idea: equip a small warship with two jump drives. One is so the ship can travel in hyperspace, while the other powers a single pulse blaster. The power behind the weapon will allow that small ship to destroy larger...

• Mar-2024
• / Fantasy
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Hilia is a village girl of Bacaria, daughter of a blacksmith. Her interest in reading brings her to the local ruler. He teaches her to read.One day she discovers a book on magic, a book no one else can read. This marks her as a magus, someone who can...

• Apr-2024
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The ruler of Bacaria informs Hilia that the ruler of Lergonia wants to marry the sister of the ruler of Bacaria's northern neighbor, Vesonia. The only problem is that the ruler of Lergonia is supposed to be already married.Hilia travels to Lergonia w...

• May-2024
• / Fantasy
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For a time all is quiet for Hilia of Bacaria. She's teaching magic and trying to be a friend. Then word comes from Regia Evodi that there's trouble from south of Lergonia.The old Regius of Largenna has died. His son has taken over, and is suspected o...

• Jun-2024
• / Fantasy
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Five years have passed since Hilia began her work as a magus. She's called back to Lergonia as word has arrived that there are indeed domains across the narrow sea in the former Imperial province of Isocaria.All is not well in Isocaria. Two domains h...

• Jul-2024
• / Fantasy
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At last Hilia's friend, Regia Tatria of Cosria, has formal word from the land of Luthgenicca. That land was once part of the heart of the Nuvum Empire. Hilia wants to know what knowledge of the Empire and of magic that they have.Instead she's told th...

• Aug-2024
• / Fantasy
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Hilia finds herself at a few points of decision in her life. The call of motherhood strikes her as she brings a baby girl and the infant's young uncle into her and Brinwa's life. Her work as a teacher and a magus will keep her from aiding in efforts ...

• / Science Fiction
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Ensign Mateo Hobson is an Alliance Patrol officer with no career direction. He's given a chance to find it in the Intelligence Directorate. His mission is to go to the planet Polonius, which wants to join the Alliance, and find out why no one's been ...

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Venda's brothers die at sea due to the foolishness of the master of a pirate ship. She leaves the Snowlands and joins the master's ship. This starts her on a grand adventure at sea, trusting in her wits and her friend's magic as a pirate....

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Katherine, the daughter of the Baron of Tall Glen, prefers manly pursuits like riding and being able to fight. Her King enlists Kat in a secret mission to travel to a neighboring kingdom. There she will help freed slaves and keep an eye on that land....