Download or read book Near Future Forward written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd. via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction comes in many flavors. Technological advances not too far-fetched or far off. For better or worse. Humanity’s next great leap, from Earth to the solar system and beyond. And of course, what sorts of creatures and cultures await us among the stars. Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore explore these areas and more, each with their own unique voice and twists of imagination. Come along for the adventure, near and far, tomorrow and into the future! Includes The Sound of Murder, GS-304, Renovations, The Garbage Belt, and Sunlit Dispositions. The Sound of Murder Self-improvement can be deadly. Insurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. A desire her micromanaging boss somehow never respects. Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana’s laptop. Failure means huge payouts for the company. Success means a huge bonus for her. Find out if Dana’s risks outweigh her rewards in this clever digital mystery. GS-304 Mighty explorers of the galaxy Portarr and Flandarr inspect a non-descript watery planet in G-Sector. What they discover changes their lives. GS-304, the specimen that refuses to be a subject. Join the intrepid adventurers as they discover a strange beast that conquers their hearts. Renovations Bob Henderson despises the modern world. Talking elevators. Automated cars. Smart phones that track every move, mood, and thought. The day his office building grows security cameras in the halls, Bob realizes the modern world might despise him right back. What happens when the network decides to search for itself? The Garbage Belt Looking for humans? Just look for the garbage. From bones to plastic to dead electronics, people rarely manage to clean up after themselves. Humanity takes a long time to learn how to manage limited resources, too. The rare and precious get lost with the useless and plentiful. Meet Gayle Simmons, pilot of the Treasure Hunt. Rare and precious, in her sights. Sunlit Dispositions Sometimes, only Alex will do. A space station just exploded, and the Sunlit Spirit Empire calls in Alex, Free Troubleshooter extraordinaire. No last name needed. Alex wades into the strange world of Sunlit Spirit intrigue, gamma blaster in hand. Join Alex as he learns the deceptions behind the Truth.

Download or read book Near Future Forward written by Kari Kilgore and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction comes in many flavors. Technological advances not too far-fetched or far off. Humanity's next great leap, from Earth to the solar system and beyond. The sorts of creatures and cultures that await us. Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore explore these areas and more, each with their own unique voice and twists of imagination.

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Download or read book Investigations Beyond Belief written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-07-04 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Clues Point to Impossible, Deb Takes the Case Deb Powers probes an odd case of disappearing tools. Opening her eyes to all the strange goings on around her. Deb returns to an old haunt that now lives up to the name. A case too eerie and weird to ignore right under her feet. Strange nights at a new B&B threaten the owner’s sanity. What Deb discovers makes her doubt her own mind. Eerie incidents at the local trail threaten the town’s plans. A hidden mystery stirring up fear and trouble for everyone. Renovation at the old train depot uncovers bizarre clues. Deb calls in help to solve the puzzle before work derails. Deb Powers leaves life as a big city private investigator behind. Trying to ignore all the weird at the heart of her new hometown. But Deb’s sheriff cousin needs help with so many unusual cases in Estonoa, Virginia. And wants a talented PI back on the job. Will Deb’s ornery curiosity draw her into her old line of work with a new paranormal twist? Join Kari Kilgore on a delightful trip into the unexpected corners of her home, and imagination. With five original tales: Making a Change for the Stranger, A Cave of Whispering Secrets, The Strange Critter at the Old Johnston Place, An Eddy of the Unexplained, and Finding the Tracks to the Past

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Download or read book In the Company of Women written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the distant past and forward into the future A hot July night. An American Midwestern town, steeped in traditional values. A group of seventeen-year-old girls, on the brink of their new lives as women. Only one resists, longing for another choice. A path to her own future. Can she break free from all who passed before her? An excerpt from In the Company of Women: Facing Down Fate After years of dreaming of this night, since she was old enough to understand the words spoken in the service the week before, it was all Cathy could do to stop herself from running out the door. The women would be waiting, of course. But maybe she could dart through. Brian had a car, a blue late Seventies Chevette in really good shape. They could go right now and never look back. Except Brian wouldn't. And even more so, Cathy wouldn't. She could only hope, and maybe even pray, that she would not be the one after all. That she'd walk out of here the same as she walked in. That she'd get the time she still needed to figure out all the rest. "Come on, Cathy," Rhonda said, her voice soft and shaky. "Time's up."

Download or read book Finding the Tracks to the Past written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoes of a Plan Gone Wrong Deb Powers finally welcomes friends and family with a neighborly new addition. But renovation at the old train depot alerts her sheriff cousin to unexplained happenings. A perfect case to save Deb from making progress in the career change she might not want. Will she uncover the trouble before the whole town's plans derail for good? Also available in the collection Investigations Beyond Belief An excerpt from Finding the Tracks to the Past: When New Changes Stir Up Old Trouble "Did Gina tell you what's happening at the depot?" Deb said. Terri took another big swallow of her beer and scooted around on the couch until she sat cross-legged and facing forward. "Not until this afternoon. But she's been calling in reports of trespassing that don't make sense all week long. Things knocked off shelves or knocked over. Footprints all through the dust, inside and out. Tools moved around, doors either locked or unlocked, day and night. Same with windows. Got a few complaints of noise from people who live nearby, too, when no one was there working. Dead in the middle of the night." "Charming choice of words," Deb said. "Your deputies checked it out?" "Of course they did. Couldn't find a trace of anyone sneaking around, not outside of what Gina reported. I hate this for her, but apparently nothing happens when one of the patrol cars hangs around. That kind of thing can drive you crazy."

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Download or read book Glory Lane and the Humid Holiday written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Strange Case in a Strange Place A chance to recapture past glory days gone awry. A cybercrime expert forced to endure warm, sunny weather in December. A South Florida holiday with two stressed-out techies ending up in the wrong place at the right time. Will Dana manage to crack the case before it goes from missing person to murder? A Dana Sanderson Short Mystery An excerpt from Glory Lane and the Humid Holiday Dana had always been more comfortable with codes and computers than people. "We got a missing persons report on Rich Walters a couple of days ago," Michelle said. "Only had a plane ticket to go on. We've had the word out, but he disappeared after he flew into Miami. Not a trace until right here, last night." Michelle held up one of those evidence bags with a scuffed brown leather wallet inside, with a loose driver's license pressed against the plastic. Dana glanced the alley where a few uniforms still lingered, heads down. "He's not... Is he over there?" Michelle looked over her shoulder, then turned back to Dana with a grin. "Don't worry, Dana. He's not dead, not that we know of. But Rich Walters isn't just missing. He's disappeared into thin air."

Download or read book Dispatches from the Galaxy written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dispatches from the Galaxy Collection A generation ship with an impossible problem. A food supply planet at risk of starvation. A faster-than-light space communication network in danger of collapse. Join Kari Kilgore on a trio of exciting Space Opera novella adventures! The Changes Cascade Sue Warrell, Systems and Security Chief aboard Expedition Mission Bellagos, fought long and hard for a one-way trip. Protecting the lives of over eight thousand people and the generation ship they call home. As a failed systems update tests Sue and her team to their limits, a crew member's disappearance pushes disaster into the impossible. Will Sue find the truth before Bellagos passes the breaking point? Restricted Species Earth Wars veteran Jim Turhan loves his quiet life on supply planet Mossera 4, teaching the art and science of xeno-farming. Then crops all over Mossera 4 begin to fail. Will Jim discover the cause before starvation, or worse, turns his dream life into a nightmare? The Becalmed Bitan, the most valuable substance in the human universe, only comes from one planet. And that planet has a problem. The TransGalactic Corporation sends Luis Ahmad on a desperate mission to help the human colony on Bitanthra. Can Luis save the colony and communications across the galaxy? Excerpts from Dispatches from the Galaxy: The Changes Cascade Evans took a deep breath. "Senior Tech McHugh is missing. I made sure to investigate before I brought this to you, ma'am." "You're forgetting the geo-sensor." Sue tapped the tiny bump hidden in the hair above her right ear. "Mr. McHugh would not simply disappear, even if he could." "The tracking screen was the first thing I checked. Pull it up if you could, please, and we'll make sure." "One missing," she whispered. "Even if he were dead..." She switched over to the report on McHugh, and a deeper chill ran through her. The yellow of Invalid flashed behind his name. Not one other person showed that impossible status. Restricted Species "The freighters won't bring any food with them," Jim said. "Even if we warn them, they can't detour to another supply planet." Rob's face was pale. "There aren't any close by." "Not that they could re-route to." Jim scrubbed his face. "We won't actually starve to death. At least I don't think so. But with a year or more before we get a good harvest, we'll have a planet full of miserable cadets and furious miners on our hands." He knew all too well how shortages and hardships they weren't prepared for could turn a difficult situation into a nasty one. The Becalmed "II don't think it's trauma," Luis said, "or disease. I don't believe this is contagious at all. What do you think is going on?" Tears stood in Willis's eyes. "Some of us are afraid it's some kind of poison we're passing along to our children." "I can't rule anything out yet," Luis said. "But your medical center here has tested for everything we know of, and off-world facilities have too. Nothing seems out of line with your bodies. Nothing seems to accumulate or get depleted over time." "Except our kids' feelings," Myrtle said. She didn't look sad. She looked furious. "That's depleting, more and more every year."