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|  | | Burnout: The Mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281
How do you react when you discover the next shuttle disaster has happened… right on schedule?
Burnout is a SF mystery about a Space Shuttle disaster that turns out to be no accident.
As the true scope of the disaster is gradually uncovered by the principal investigators, "Crash" Murphy and Dr. Mike Anders, they find themselves running for their lives, as lovers, friends and coworkers involved in the investigation perish around them.
What happened to the Shuttle? Who is responsible and why? Why is the government calling it an accident? Why is someone willing to kill to keep it a secret? And how big is the conspiracy? br />
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An exciting action techno-thriller, i>Burnout/i> will leave you on the edge of your seat, not wanting to put it down./p | |  | | Dreams of Steam
Travel back to a time when steam powered inventions ruled the land, water, and sky. It's a time of extraordinary contraptions and innovative ideas created
by men and women who dared to ask the question, “What if?” Peer through
the glazed window into a world long gone, but not forgotten. Make a cup of tea, find a comfortable chair, strap on your goggles, and be amazed at the power...
of Steam!
font size="2" face="Verdana">Dreams of Steam - A Steampunk Anthology/font>
font size="2" face="Verdana">Travel back to a time when steam powered inventions ruled the land, water, and sky. It's a time of extraordinary contraptions and innovative ideas created by men and women who dared to ask the question, “What if?” Peer through the glazed window into a world long gone, but not forgotten. Make a cup of tea,find a comfortable chair, strap on your goggles, and be amazed at the power.../font>font size="2" face="Verdana">br />
of STEAM! /font> | |  | | Extraction Point!
What if you faced an adversary who could be anywhere, any-when, at once? What if he were kidnapping scientists, stealing gold, and snatching all of the makings for... many... MANY... neutron bombs? What if his science was far beyond anything the most brilliant minds of your world can imagine? How would you stop him? COULD you stop him?
Brilliant scientist and government operative Dr. Reagan "Ray" Brady is a man with a shadowed, and painful, past. He should be dead. In fact, the man he was IS "dead," and the identity he now has is not the one with which he was born. Were it not for two faithful friends, now dubbed Jay and Ernie, all three men would truly be dead.
Instead, Ray has what he considers the perfect life: the three now work for an ultra-secret division of the Department of Homeland Security, on the lookout for invasion by rather unique sorts of illegal aliens - "Santa Clauses,&quo | |  | | How I Wrote My First Book
Twenty Twilight Times Books authors talk about the efforts that went into writing their first book. Packed with terrific advice and dozens of tips regarding creative writing.
Nonfiction anthology. Twenty Twilight Times Books authors talk about the efforts that went into writing their first book. Packed with terrific advice and dozens of tips regarding creative writing. | |  | | Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction
In the wake of the destructive tornadoes which ripped through Alabama on April 27th, 2011, Southern Fried Weirdness Press is proud to present the charity anthology, Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction. This collection of poetry and short fiction features 46 pieces from 40 different contributing authors. It spans multiple genres and presents an eclectic mix of voices. All profits will be donated to The American Red Cross to aid disaster relief efforts.
In the wake of the destructive tornadoes which ripped through Alabama on April 27th, 2011, Southern Fried Weirdness Press is proud to present the charity anthology, em>Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstruction. /em>This collection of poetry and short fiction features 46 pieces from 40 different contributing authors. It spans multiple genres – from science fiction to fantasy, from magic realism to Southern Gothic, from horror to slice-of-life – and presents an eclectic mix of voices. All profits will be donated to The American Red Cross to aid disaster relief efforts. | |  | | The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings and Beginnings
The purported UFO is another tesseract; now Holmes must determine the true cause of McFarlane's death. Meanwhile Skye works frantically to save another version of themselves from death, as the other tesseract malfunctions, threatening to destroy not only the other continuum, but Holmes' and Skye's, as well as untold others.
font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> /font>font size="3">font face="Times New Roman">Having ascertained that the purported UFO is in reality another tesseract desperate to reach Skye for help, and had not even intersected their continuum when McFarlane died, Holmes must now determine the true cause of McFarlane's death. While he does this, Skye works frantically to save another version of themselves from death, as their tesseract malfunctions, threatening to destroy not only the other continuum, but Holmes' and Skye's, as well as untold others. But the other tesseract is a slightly di | |  | | The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident
In 1980, RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridge were plagued by UFO sightings that were never solved. Now a resident of Suffolk has died of fright during a new UFO encounter. On holiday in London, Sherlock Holmes and Skye Chadwick-Holmes are called upon by Her Majesty’s Secret Service to investigate the death.
font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> /font>font size="2">font face="Times New Roman">In late December of 1980, the Royal Air Force bases of Bentwaters and Woodbridge were temporarily plagued by a series of mysterious UFO sightings occurring in the old Rendlesham Forest surrounding the bases — sightings which included visual observations by military officers; sightings which were never solved. Now, not only have those sightings resumed, but residents of the Rendlesham Forest area in Suffolk are up in arms: one of their neighbors, one John McFarlane, has died, apparently frightene | |  | | The Case of the Displaced Detective: At Speed
Having foiled sabotage of Project: Tesseract, Sherlock Holmes and Skye Chadwick try to find the spies responsible. But they don’t even know what the spies want! Their relationship complicates matters; both feel strong attraction, but Holmes especially refuses to admit it. Can they work out their relationship? Can they determine why the spies are after the tesseract? And can they stop it?
font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> /font>font size="2">font face="Times New Roman">Having already aborted one attempt to sabotage Project: Tesseract by an unknown spy ring, Sherlock Holmes — now up to speed in his new life, in a new century, and a new spacetime continuum — and Dr. Skye Chadwick — world-class hyperspatial physicist as well as Holmes’ liaison and new “Watson” — face the next challenge. How do they find and arrest the members of this diabolical spy ring when they do not even know what the ring is trying to accomplish? And how c | |  | | The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival
The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival, a SF mystery, finds hyperspatial physicist Dr. Skye Chadwick discovering alternate realities. In one, she finds a Sherlock Holmes destined to die at Reichenbach, and rescues him. Can Holmes thrive in our modern world? Is Chadwick Holmes' new "Watson" – or more?
font size="2">font face="Times New Roman">i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival/i> is a science fiction mystery in which the brilliant hyperspatial physicist, Dr. Skye Chadwick, discovers that there are alternate realities, and said alternates are often populated by those we consider only literary characters. Her pet research, Project: Tesseract, hidden deep under Schriever AFB, is her means of looking in on these continua. In one particular reality, continuum 114, a certain Victorian detective (who, in fact, exists in several continua) | |  | | The Cresperian Alliance
Snappers are NOT friendly entities. And they dislike Cresperians and humans in equal measure - except in one respect.
i>The Cresperian Alliance/i> is the third stand-alone book in the Cresperia Series, preceded by Dream Realm Award winner i>Human By Choice/i> and EPIC Award finalist i>The Y Factor/i>.
The passive, highly intelligent, and friendly inhabitants of Cresperia and the nations of Earth are drawn together in a desperate bid for survival when they draw the attention of a hostile interstellar empire. Will either planet survive the notice of the Snappers? Or will both planets be wiped out? | |  | | The Y Factor
Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn co-author The Y Factor, the sequel to Human By Choice, by Osborn's mentor, Travis Taylor, and Bain.
font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Darrell Bain, multiple Eppie Award winner, and Stephanie Osborn, author of the science fiction mystery u>Burnout: The Mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281/u>, are collaborating on the next novel in the Cresperian Human By Choice series, u>The Y Factor/u>. Osborn's mentor, Travis "Doc" Taylor, and Bain co-authored the first novel of the series, u>Human By Choice/u>, published by Twilight Times Books.font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> u>The Y Factor/u> will also be published by Twilight Times./font>/font>
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