off-planet - Stories

A collection of short stories. Possibly quirky, probably mostly sci-fi.

Young Prince Elias watches his father be brutally slaughtered and attempts to find shelter from an invading and terrifying force.

A demon general, whose human name is Dominick, leads the invading army of demons to bring harm to the royal family. But once his eyes lay about the young prince, he decides he wants a human bride.

Elias is terrified yet defiant, refusing to be dominated by such creature. Little does he know though: He's in for a world of hell.

The Moresby Collective Association controls life for Terrans living on Moresby’s Planet in the Andromeda galaxy. Twenty-one teens are running away from Village 31K2.6 because of unspoken horrors afflicting young people. There goal is the land on the other side of the Great Western Sea where legend says they will live free for the rest of their lives. Chasing them are thirty-one adults who will kill every teen, except for their leader Edgar Christiansson. He will be returned to the village to be executed in a way only humans can imagine.

Not everything is as it seems, what would you do when faced with insurmountable odds?

With all options exhausted, it's time for Rohn Harghu to take a risk. Despite his family's negative opinions, he has decided to gamble on an odd employment opportunity. To completely uproot his life and relocate to another planet seemed normal, but to go to the newest member of the Galactic Union? Little was known about the Xiaven. Rohn aimed to change that.

Travis needed to do a standard pickup and move some scientists from one planet to another. Except, this was not just a quiet little milk run.

Lance has had a crush on Coran for months now, but after receiving news from home he has to make a decision one way or another to let the Altean know how he truly feels.

It's 2222, and Mike finds himself a very reluctant, sixteen-year-old new inhabitant on one of the lunar colonies. Bored out of his mind, he ends up writing with someone all the way on Mars. But exchanging messages takes, forever! The transmission delay is huge. Will a friendship be able to even form in all of this? Let alone blossom?

What happens when nothing is as it seems...