Download or read book See the PEBA on 25 a Day written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone remembers how the face of baseball changed back in 2006. The doping scandal, the egos, the excessive money. It all just collapsed. But, of course, baseball itself would not die. How could it? And after a season or two of discontent, up sprang the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance, or PEBA for short. Today Casey Neal and his buddy Don-o are fresh-faced college graduates unencumbered by commitments like summer jobs or girl friends. On a lark they tour every big-league park in the PEBA, and find themselves caught up in a web of intrigue and scandal that threatens once again the very heart of professional baseball itself. Against all that Casey, well, he's trying to find out who he's going to be in this world. And Don-o? Well, Don-o is something different all together now, isn't he?
Download or read book Let s Play Three written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-27 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would happen if the DNA of Roy Hobbs, Casey at the Bat, and Henry Skrimshander got mixed up with Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, then the whole concoction was thrown into a blender and set on "comic book?" Welcome to baseball, PEBA style. Where the game is global and growing, and where you'll find scandal, love, mystical powers, ghosts, and even perhaps a Russian spy and a Japanese inspector or two. In other words, anything can and does happen. LET'S PLAY THREE! is a boxed set of all three volumes in the PEBA Chronicles (two novels and a short story). It includes: - See the PEBA on $25 a Day - The Mysterious Case of Shojiro Sano's Bats - Chasing the Setting Sun. These stories are like Robert Coover's Universal Baseball Association would be if everything in it was real. Or in an alternate history line. Or a comic book. Or not not. Who can tell? "If you love baseball, you're going to love See the PEBA on $25 a Day." - John Rodriquez, Commissioner of the Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance
Download or read book Chasing the Setting Sun written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fraud, deceit, and greed. They have already changed the face of baseball in Japan, and are threatening to engulf the sport across the world. Six seasons have passed since Casey Neal and his friend Don-o saved the game in the United States. Now Don-o is gone, and Casey is a baseball reporter who is alone and trying once again to find himself, all while immersed in a culture he doesn't understand. While he chases the story, he discovers fellow baseball fans in Japan's chief inspector Yuni Ichihara, and Diaki Matsui (a metal worker from Tokyo's industrial complex). Together they deal with such strangeness as international organized crime rings, Yōkai spirits, quantum physics, and ... well ... pickled everything. This time the stakes are global. Can Casey's team manage to save baseball once again?
Download or read book Collins Creek Volumes 1 3 written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jump in, the water’s fine! Join best-selling author Ron Collins as he explores fresh ideas across the genres of fiction — contemporary, historical, fantasy, crime, and science fiction, with a smattering of steampunk—all with ties to the Fiction River original anthology magazine project. This omnibus edition packs all twenty-eight short stories from the original Collins Creek collections into a single volume. --------------------------------------------------- Ron Collins knows how to write for anthologies. But more important than that, he knows how to write. Full stop. Kristine Kathryn Rusch Ron Collins has a mastery of plot and story that few writers attain. Lisa Silverthorne A great read by a great writer. Dean Wesley Smith
Download or read book Tides of Adventure written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aliens, Ray Guns, and Distant Planets Jump in, the water’s still more than fine! In Collins Creek, Volume 3, you’ll find an eclectic 8-pack of short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins, all of which sprung from the environment of Fiction River original anthology magazines but subsequently found homes in places like Analog, Galaxy’s Edge, and Pulphouse. From quantum entanglement to cloning and genetic engineering, these stories explore technology, space, and their impact on the people who live with them (hey, aliens are people, too!). As different as they each are, these stories all say something about what the future might hold for us. Stories Include: The Colossal Death Ray The Blue Lady of Entanglement Chamber 1 Bravo and Jazz My Julie January 3rd Often and Silently We Come Tumbling Dice Survivors "One of short fiction's masters" Kristine Kathryn Rusch Hugo Award winning Author and Editor
Download or read book Streams of Speculation written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock & Roll, Steampunk, and Starflight Jump in, the water’s fine! In Collins Creek, Volume 2, you’ll find another memorable 10-pack of short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins—this time mixing, matching, and bending the constraints of science fiction and fantasy—all of which first appeared in Fiction River original anthology magazines. From the Grand Dangoolie to a prohibition demon to a genetically engineered Special Forces agent, the characters in these pages will take you on a collection of wild and unpredictable rides. What do they all have in common? That little spark of humanity that yearns for more answers than we have questions. Stories Include: The Grand Dangoolie Movie Boy and Music Girl The Robin Club A Steady Diet of Dragon The Legend of Parker Clark and Lois Jane Rock of Ages A Demon from Hell Walks into a Speakeasy Playing God Fraternization Some of This Is True "One of short fiction's masters" Kristine Kathryn Rusch Hugo Award winning Author and Editor
Download or read book Contemporary Currents and Historical Eddies written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten Stories: Together for the First Time Jump in, the water’s fine! In Collins Creek, Volume 1, you’ll find a surprising 10-pack of contemporary short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins, all of which first appeared in the Fiction River Anthology project. Bookended by the Derringer award-nominated “The White Game” and the spy-game thriller “The Spy Who Walked into the Cold,” you’ll find the currents of Collins Creek are filled with mystery and crime, romance and danger, and even a little baseball. The common factor connecting them all, though, is the powerful stream of hope you’ll find running through their pages. Stories Include: The White Game Us vs. Them Prospecting Day of the Party The Ten Days of Newtonmas The Year That Went into Extra Innings Bobo Hero #8 Look Safe The Spy Who Walked into the Cold "One of short fiction's masters" Kristine Kathryn Rusch Hugo Award winning Author and Editor
Download or read book Elemental Magic written by Mercedes Lackey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen all-original stories of the Elemental Magicians of Edwardian Britain originally created by Mercedes Lackey in the book The serpent's shadow.
Download or read book Changing of the Guard written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A desolate plane. A devastated order of mages. A planewalker hungry for revenge. Garrick has agreed to lead the independent Torean mages, if for no other reason than to protect them from deceit and trickery of the god-like planewalkers. But when he returns to Dorfort, he finds the high superior of the Koradictine order has kidnapped Will, the boy Garrick had taken under wing. Devastated, he vows to retrieve the boy, a choice that results in being disowned by the twisted planewalker who is his mage superior. Meanwhile, the Lectodinian order launches a winter offensive designed to gain control of magic across Adruin, and the remnants of the Koradictine leadership joust for position as they enact a desperate ploy to survive. In Changing of the Guard, Garrick is on his own as he hunts the Koradictine high superior through a trail that leads through demonic underplanes and mystical time warps. Can he survive the planes without his superior’s aid? Can he save the boy? And perhaps more important, what will remain of the orders if he survives?The results will change the face of Adruin forever.
Download or read book Saga of the God Touched Mage written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All eight novellas that comprise the Saga of the God-Touched Mage together for the first time. A mage's apprentice... Unnatural magic of devastating power... A clash that will change the world. Garrick enjoys the sheltered life of a mage’s apprentice until one night when he's given a terrifying new magic and discovers his superior has been assassinated. Against his will, he finds himself plunged into the depths of a magewar and embroiled in the sibling rivalries of god-like planewalkers. His need to rid himself of this magic leads Garrick to befriend Darien, a young man with a hidden past, and Sunathri, the charismatic leader of a band of independent mages. Through tangles of political intrigue and treachery, their adventures take them to ancient underground cities, a legendary mountain peak, and across the vast planes of the Thousand Worlds. With each new truth he uncovers, Garrick realizes that this new magic, and the forces behind it, will threaten the very nature of who he is. “A riveting tale of magic, death, destiny, and power.” - David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson Author of the Thieftaker Chronicles "Fast-paced, elegant, and brutal. Impossible to put down." – Amy Sterling Casil Nebula Nominated Author of Female Science Fiction Writer
Download or read book Glamour of the God Touched written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mage's apprentice. Sorcerers on the hunt. Unnatural magic of devastating power. Garrick is a mage’s apprentice, soon to be a full-fledged sorcerer. The course of his life is clear—he will be an apprentice, a mage, and then a superior. But a tragic accident finds him wielding a god-like power over life and death, and as rumors of mage war grow stronger around him, he learns his future is not fated to be as simple as he dreamed. Glamour of the God-Touched follows Garrick as he discovers the forces behind his new magic. The lessons he learns and how he deals with them will threaten the very nature of who he is. “A riveting tale of magic, death, destiny, and power.” - David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson Author of the Thieftaker Chronicles
Download or read book Pawn of the Planewalker written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A god-touched vigilante. Powerful rivalries. A desperate plan. After a hollow victory at God’s Tower, Garrick seeks vengeance from mages who have wronged him. But a call from Darien brings him back to Dorfort, and the machinations of his god-like superior take him to Rastella, a cold and distant plane that is ruled by a man who has stolen control of the plane’s magic. All the while, the remaining mages of the Koradictine order, thought to be devastated after the battle at God’s Tower, hatch a breathtaking plan to reclaim their glory. Pawn of the Planewalker follows Garrick as he discovers the vastness of Existence. Can Garrick save magic in Rastella? Will doing so create greater disturbance elsewhere? Can he return to his own plane in time to save those he loves? And, finally, what part must Garrick play in the schemes of the planewalker who controls the very power that drives him? The answers to these questions will define the course of history.
Download or read book Lord of the Freeborn written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torean treachery. A planewalker's fury. A city under siege. Garrick wants to bring purpose to his Freeborn mages so he can use them to protect the plane from the whims of the god-like planewalkers. After the city of Dorfort evicts the Freeborn, however, his first task is to find them a new home. The Freeborn are a flighty collection, though, filled with fiercely independent and opinionated members as well as those who are not above treachery to get their way. Unknown to Garrick, a renegade Koradictine mage who has her own ties to the planewalkers is making her last-gasp effort to remain in power. And this time Garrick himself is the target. When the Koradictine arrives in Dorfort she unleashes an evening of terror the city has never before seen. In Lord of the Freeborn, Garrick must fight for the survival of his order, fight for his friends, and fight to save himself. Does he have what it takes to survive a planewalker’s full fury? Can he save Adruin from annihilation? Will he live to face the truth of his full destiny?
Download or read book Trail of the Torean written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cursed magic from the gods. A mysterious underground city. The first steps toward open war. Garrick is determined to be rid of a devastating magic that threatens to take over his life. Together with Darien—the son of a military man—he accepts a quest for a commission that promises enough to pay for the sorcery he'll need to break that magic's hold. Along the way he faces powerful forces as ancient as the plane itself, encounters the beautiful leader of a sect of freedom-minded, independent mages, and finds himself in the crossfire of a Lectodinian and Koradictine gambit against the most powerful Torean mage in the region. Trail of the Torean follows Garrick as he lives with his treacherous new magic, discovers exactly how deep his connection to the god-like planewalkers might be, and finds that the very future of magic across the entire plane of Adruin hangs in the balance. "Collins is a spellbinding storyteller." – David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson Author of the Thieftaker Chronicles
Download or read book Lords of Existence written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultimate power. Treachery. A battlefield of pure magic. Garrick has destroyed a god-like planewalker, and now finds himself shunned by his superior and marked for death by the Lords of Existence. He also discovers his powers have grown to monstrous proportions, and realizes that if he loses control now he may well destroy all life in Dorfort, and perhaps even across the entire plane of Adruin. As Garrick retreats to a sanctuary deep inside the ruins of the underground city of Arderveer, the Lectodinian order seizes the opportunity to unleash their plans to storm the plane. Meanwhile, the ruling powers of Existence decide that the easiest way to punish Garrick is to exterminate Adruin. In Lords of Existence Garrick confronts his own humanity, his banished superior, and human leaders who refuse to see the truth as he takes his fight against the planewalkers all the way into the world of All of Existence itself.To win he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice, and every life in Adruin hangs in the balance.
Download or read book Saga of the God Touched Mage Vol 5 8 written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A god-touched vigilante... Ultimate power... A battlefield of pure magic. SAGA OF THE GOD-TOUCHED MAGE: Volume 5-Volume 8: Herein lies the final four novellas of an eight-part sword and sorcery serial that follows a mage apprentice, Garrick, as he's provided power that is much greater than he can understand. Written in a dark, gritty style that is part Michael Moorcock, part Indiana Jones, the true depth of Garrick's situation unfolds into a fast-paced adventure full of heart, plot twists, and political intrigue between magical orders, governments, and god-like powers that cross the Thousand Worlds of All Existence. “A riveting tale of magic, death, destiny, and power.” - David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson Author of the Thieftaker Chronicles "Fast-paced, elegant, and brutal. Impossible to put down." – Amy Sterling Casil Nebula Nominated Author of Female Science Fiction Writer The works contained in this set are: Volume 5: PAWN OF THE PLANEWALKER While the Koradictine order hatches a breathtaking plan to reclaim their glory, the machinations of Garrick's god-like superior take him to Rastella, a cold and distant plane that is ruled by a man who has stolen control of the plane’s magic. Can Garrick return to his own plane in time to save those he loves? Volume 6: CHANGING OF THE GUARD The Koradictine order has kidnapped the boy Garrick had taken under wing. His vow to retrieve the boy takes him on a trail that leads through demonic underplanes and mystical time warps. Meanwhile, the Lectodinian order launches a winter offensive designed to gain control of magic across Adruin. Volume 7: LORD OF THE FREEBORN Dorfort evicts Garrick's Freeborn mages, so his first task is to find them a new home. The Freeborn are a flighty collection, though, filled with independent and opinionated members as well as those who are not above treachery to get their way. Unknown to Garrick, a renegade Koradictine mage who has her own ties to the planewalkers is making her last-gasp effort to remain in power--and this time Garrick himself is the target. Volume 8: LORDS OF EXISTENCE Garrick is marked for death by the Lords of Existence and retreats to a sanctuary deep inside the ruins of Arderveer. The Lectodinian order prepares to storm the plane. Garrick confronts his own humanity, leaders who refuse to see the truth, and the most powerful planewalkers themselves as he takes his fight all the way into All of Existence.
Download or read book Target of the Orders written by Ron Collins and published by Skyfox Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A god-touched mage. A headstrong rebel. Magewar to the west. All Garrick wants is to be left alone. But when he and Darien return to Caledena, they find the mage orders have taken control, and that those same orders want Garrick—dead or alive. The orders have begun their war, and Garrick may be the only mage who can keep them from victory. Target of the Orders finds Garrick hunted by Elman, an ambitious Lectodinian mage, and by Sunathri, the beautiful leader of the newly formed independent Torean House. But Garrick has bigger problems than these. To survive, he will have to control the dark magic inside him and suffer the twisted politics of the god-like planewalker who is using Garrick for his own purpose. When Garrick discovers the depths of the planewalker’s designs, he realizes there is more at stake than simply controlling the plane. Can Garrick survive his own magic? Can he survive powers greater than he can conceive? Is he free to choose? "Fast-paced, elegant, and brutal. Impossible to put down." – Amy Sterling Casil Nebula Nominated Author of Female Science Fiction Author
