Stephen Brandon

• Apr-2020
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Observers Log 2016-EA:Ships and planets occupied by a single species are the usual entertainment, especially when they make contact with a new species. The ship seldom went where our projections indicated. Then they crossed paths with 2018F.Tagging t...

• Aug-2018
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You find the weirdest things at a estate sale. This wasn't even from a large estate, just what I would consider a middle class family that never threw anything away. They had three storage units. I bought one because I like the old movies. Then I...

• Jan-2018
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A female soldier is almost killed by an IED. She is on deaths door, but finally begins a partial recovery, and comes to grips with her injuries. When she is kidnapped from the hospital, she is thrust into a situation that is out of this world....

• Dec-2017
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• Oct-2017
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Several dozen international corporations are invited to a special briefing at an economic summit. The briefing is presented in an unorthodox way, inviting the uninitiated to disbelieve. Five attendees don't, and establish contact for further infor...

• Sep-2015
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Saturn captures a rogue celestial object. Saturn's new moon has a diameter of 900 Km, yet its gravitational effect on the rings was that of an object 10 times as large. Eighteen years was a speck of time in the lifetime of the Saturn rings, yet they ...

• Jun-2015
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After years of searching the sky's and a successful career, something finally caught Bill's eye. Discoveries by an astronomer seldom turn the world upside down.He had his son's education and life planned out, but years ago when his son married, he re...

• Oct-2014
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An assassination attempt, an assassination, and the murder of a politicians wife begin a chain of events.Three days until the first retaliatory response using a weapon not used in 70 years.Politics as usual will never be the same, or will it?Another ...

• Aug-2014
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From Book 1: Largely Deceased
Ten horrific tales, including:

Daddy's Little Girl by Julie Frost
Fallen Idol by Lillian Csernica
Ye Shall Eat in Haste by Steve Nagy
So Praise Him by Samuel Marzioli
Saturday by Evan Dicken ...

• Aug-2014
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Archaeologist have found anomalies in their exploration of Earths historical record. So my curiosity ask what happened in those reaches of history that aren't documented and what causes those anomalies. Call the Captain quick, I & ap...

• Jul-2014
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The Saturn2020 series starts with an individual that's had a dream all his life. It progressed from there to a chance to help others. Several branches converge and the results aren't what any normal sane person would expect. Beware when you...

• May-2014
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This is the time that the inner solar system is being utilized from Earth to the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is being explored and mapped. Identifiable asteroids are suddenly exiting the belt and when the astronomers check they find the...

• May-2014
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Tim didn't exactly lie to me when he offered to help me achieve my impossible ambition. If I hadn't been dazzled by my dream, I'd have realized what I could be letting myself in for. He gave me a simple job that wasn't so simple. After all herding...

• Apr-2013
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One morning a telephone call. A chance to work toward helping others achieve his dream. Could it really be possible?Herding cats seems simple compared to his new job. Egos the size of mountains, power struggles, and even possible sabotage rears its u...

• Mar-2013
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The Plan, tells the story of one successful entrepreneurs plan for his children and what happens when he gets the shaft.X Plan, is about what an alien civilization might do if it discovers less advanced civilizations and evaluates them to determine i...

• Jun-2012
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What does a man do when his wife dies? Of course he goes to visit friends for comfort. However, one of his friends starts him on a path that leads him to an Indian reservation in Arizona. Death, mayhem, and magic swirl around him. Circumstan...

• May-2012
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• May-2012
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Bill has survived his reviving. He now owns a major corporation, because his descendants kept his profits used his money for their own greedy purposes. However, can he survive the future. A painful death awaits him if he makes a mistake. Love if h...

Freedom lovers will sneak around the oppressive politics. The mining space station was one such endeavor. The 5 P’s helped. An unplanned course change results in finding a wrecked spacecraft, and new life goals within the stations population.Us...

Observers Log 2016-EA2:Ships and planets occupied by a single species are the usual entertainment, especially when they make contact with a new species. The ship seldom went where our projections indicated. Then they crossed paths with 2018F.Tagging ...

A young ship's Captain named Sissy lived in an interesting time. She almost starts an interstellar war that her people can't win. Another ship's Captain named Sissy is involved in a war. After only a year there are many casualt...

The Call starts a chain of events that could get Bob killed. An old friend has people after him that will kill him, and anyone he is near."Got to, if I want to keep alive. I need a ride to Austin to attend a funeral Saturday."Jim sta...

Observers Log 2018F: I was assigned to observe an individual. Usually only groups were assigned observers, but his youthful actions marked him.One company’s analysis of the Union of Aligned Planets indicated a civil war within a decade or two. ...

Here is some easy reading. Four short stories about colonies planted by Earth in the future on alien planets. Why do I say it's easy reading; there are no super heroes or characters with extraordinary powers. Just human beings in situations d...

3rd Multinational Space Marine brigade is diverted after a peacekeeping mission to a prospective colony planet. They are given an exploration and infrastructure building mission. Not a mission that a combat brigade is trained to accomplish.The uninha...

Several dozen international corporations are invited to a special briefing at an economic summit. The briefing is presented in an unorthodox way, inviting the uninitiated to disbelieve. Five attendees don't, and establish contact for further informat...

When economic collapse happens, who takes over. If it's big business, are they after profit or power. What is the individual to do, go underground and look for an escape?Infiltrating the Cartels laboratories they find experiments that chill them to t...

I was sitting around looking over some old files. You know how it is, like junk you've got to clean out of the attic, basement, or garage. It kinda put me in the mood to pull the wings off some flies. Unfortunately, I'm not fast enough to catch flies...

A preindustrial group of humans are forced to flee their planet of birth to escape a natural disaster. They use forbidden technology from the past. The new wilderness planet has its own challenges. The technicians claim it's uninhabited. Some of the ...

Transportation operators are boring people, right? Or are they more like the gypsies of the past? Everyone has their hidden talents and skills. Their dreams for themselves, and their children. Sometimes outside circumstances try to grind them into th...

Oh, damn what was I drinking last night.Without thinking I said aloud, “Valkyrie, how’s tricks?”“Joshua, what happened to you? You look younger. Are you still jumping?”“Yes Val, still jumping from one hot spot to a...

A collection of nightmares that … well you decide.Over the years, everyone has nightmares. Some from eating to late, some from life experiences, and others from just listening to the evening news just before bedtime.A few nights ago I watched t...

You may have noticed I'm using a plain green cover. I lost my cover designer. However, I think that the story is more important than the flashy cover.The short stories are about four families that prepare for the worse. Some deliberately, some just f...

Escaping to Saturn, the Aderes is hit by something radioactive that damages 2 of it's engines. Time lines are crossed. On moon of Neptune is a cavern with several figures in it. Each is marked with a number. On the end is a floating ball...

As John came of age he thought he had the world by the tail. His sisters weren't interested in the part of the inheritance he wanted. Others had their own plans for him. Step by step he learned the lessons that life has to teach. Experience had its o...

At a certain stage of civilization, a species is vulnerable to certain types of attacks on their home planet. Earth and mankind have, or are entering that stage. The species that finds Earth first may have ulterior motives to keep their contact secre...

The young woman starting a vacation, is in the federal witness protection program and is assaulted by a hillbilly bully. Because the bully was the son of the sheriff, her situation quickly went downhill because she killed him in self defense. After r...

Running from Indians is not my favorite past time. Watching my few cows disappear into ravine that turns into a cave didn't make my day. Riding off a cliff into a river really ruined it. The valley was immense, and not a sign of people anywhere. Even...

After years of searching the sky's and a successful career, something finally caught Bill's eye. Discoveries by an astronomer seldom turn the world upside down. Read My Mine first, for background. He had his son's education and life planned out, but ...

Man has dreamed of faster than light drive so they can visit the any star in a decent time frame, one lifetime or with only a few years travel. Well Einstein's general theory of relativity says it's impossible. He and other physicist cla...