Featured Publication: Horse Power

Horse Power - by Sue Ann Bowling

Roi is now the acknowledged heir to Lai, kept busy learning to be a member of the Inner council. Flame and Penny are still with him after their trip on Falaron, but Amber and Timi have become colonists on Horizon, a world Terraformed for stock rearing. It’s an idyllic planet, but the colonizing company has set things up in such a way that the colonists have a difficult time avoiding debt slavery.

Roi is sent to investigate the problem, but it appears that the colonizing company’s actions however immoral, are legal. All it seems he can do is see that Timi and Amber’s children at least have the pets they crave. But a few things have been forgotten over the centuries, and those “pets” may have a great influence on Horizon’s future.

Horse Power is a short story set after Tourist Trap, and a couple of centuries before the Horizon War trilogy (forthcoming.)

A scifi short available on Amazon UK and Amazon US.

Further information about Sue Ann Bowling can be found here.

SFFS 14/12/2013

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The CUE WORD for the next round of SFFS (on the 4th January) is: CASCADE.

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Featured Publication: Alone in Paradise

Alone in Paradise - by Patrick Stutzman

The Anna Foster Chronicles, Volume 2

After the destruction of the mining station that was her home for 6 years, Anna Foster crashes on the newly-discovered moon she calls Paradise. With no way of calling for help, can she survive in the untamed wilderness while trying to find a way back to human-controlled space?

While she adapts to the new environment, Anna stumbles across some of the moon’s hidden secrets and quickly discovers that she is not as alone as she originally believed.

A scifi novel available on Amazon UK and Amazon US.

Further information about Patrick Stutzman can be found here.

SFFS 07/12/2013

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The CUE WORD for this week's snippet is RAIN.

Featured Publication: Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap - by Sue Ann Bowling

A vacation with his three best friends from slavery and a manhood challenge: Roi is given the graduation present he has dreamed of. Dogsledding, hang gliding, a chance to see Pleistocene animals transplanted to a Terraformed vacation world, horseback riding, sailing … all the sports he has returned to with his recovery from paralysis, and a few new ones to learn.

They’re prepared for danger from weather, wild animals and extreme sports. But none of them realize that Roi’s half brother Zhaim, determined to recover his old position as Lai’s heir, intends to kill them if he can—and he’s decided that the dangers of the trip will make a perfect cover for his schemes.

How long will it take them to realize that the “accidents” they keep running into are more than just accidents?

A scifi novel available on Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Further information about Sue Ann Bowling can be found here.