Science Fiction

Even a poor orphan can do a lot for seven lonely men mining a distant and distinctly dangerous planet.

A newly discovered set of notes written by Einstein on the last day of his life reveals the true origin and inspiration for his theories of relativity. [Paul Levinson's very first professionally published story]

In everyday life we face dilemmas, obstacles, and situations where a decision needs to be made. Whether we choose the right or wrong path, only time will tell. In Aleatory, the residents are used to strange occurrences, to newcomers traveling through but never returning. But for these newcomers, Aleatory's Junction will prove to be more than just a fork in a corner out of town. For some, it will mean an ultimate life changing euphoria. And for others ... well ... let's just say a mirror of who t... more info>>

It's been five years since the sole survivor of an unknown race was pulled from the wreckage of an alien ship in the outer reaches of the Oort Cloud--a ship that fired on an armed UNEarth probe. A computer translates the alien's speech, but the strange prisoner won't--or can't--reveal anything the authorities want to know. Desperate for answers, UNEarth recruits a primate ethologist to interpret the alien's body language, and the bizarre 'music' salvaged from the alien ship proves instrumental i... more info>>

A fragile peace between the Il Ronnian Empire and humankind is about to crumble--because space pirates have made off with one of the aliens' holiest relics. Only one man can hunt down the sacred object. A man with a score to settle with the pirates: bounty hunter supreme Sam McCade.

No one knew where the mysterious space-black ships came from. Only a handful of survivors reported how they brought swift and merciless vicious death to entire human-populated worlds. Penum IV was the first target for the alien death fleet after it slipped into the system and assumed orbit around the planet. From this high frontier came rainbow-hued death rays that scoured the world below, killing only humans and leaving behind the fruits of an entire planet for plundering. The world dead and th... more info>>

Award-nominated author Tony Ruggerio joins Dragon Moon Press with Alien Deception. Classic Space Opera with a Stanley Kubrick twist... Nothing is as it appears. Nothing. Your whole life you think you understand who and what you are, and then one day you learn that it is all a lie. So what do you do? You have lunch with the leading candidate for President of the United States. You...and your alien friends. The United Council for Developing Worlds, an alien conglomeration of civilized planets, wan... more info>>

The Bolt Cluster is an area of close-knit stars that harbors a curious planet and deadly secret. Starships which enter the cluster never return. An alien enigma there has cost Wannstead Industries so many lives and ships that they finally decide to turn it over to the US Space Navy and its futuristic contingent of roughneck Marines. Captain Keane leads mankind's most lethal spaceship into unknown alien territory, fighting battles against a bizarre alien species that will never surrender. Keane a... more info>>

Alien Fringe is a fantastic collection of stories: a novella about contact with aliens, plus stories about backpackers who tempt death in Asia, a dark-skinned beauty in a Java massage parlor, a redwood tree planter who has mystic insights high up on a wintery mountain, a tale of women's revenge, and more.

Cathy, a young student, has an appointment with destiny. Unaware of her alien heritage, she is befriended by Eqin, a visiting scholar, and his colleague Hasan. When Eqin unexpectedly disappears--apparently dead--she is left alone, haunted by inexplicable visions and doubting her own sanity. Years later her path again crosses that of Hasan whose personal quest for power and glory causes her life to take an unexpected turn for the worse. After a brush with death, she is smuggled to an alien facili... more info>>

Now on Krinis, the Algidan home planet, Cathy has to come to grips with being the Chosen One, as well as her growing powers. Her first task is to go to Infitalis, the City of the North, to enlist the help of their Council in the struggle for power between the Algidans and Antediluvians. But once there, she learns that she and her friends are trapped inside the mesmerizing city unless she kills the city's Consciousness. Reluctant to commit such a deed, her actions set into motion a chain reaction... more info>>

A cataclysmic bombardment by meteorites drastically alter Earth's atmosphere ... and bring strange alien plants that have a mind of their own. Because of "mutant" powers, only Glyneth recognizes the threat these Venusian flowers pose not just to humans, but to Earth itself. Major Lucas Jefferson reluctantly abducts Glyneth as a breeder for his country. But "Lady Bulldog" teaches him that might is not always right. Can he learn from this villager to fulfill the ancient prophecy of uniting the old... more info>>

When a laboratory technician on the verge of retirement accidentally infects himself with blood from an emergency room patient, he intends to report it--until government agents swarm the hospital, confiscating every sample of blood taken from the patient--at gunpoint. Deciding not to report the incident just yet for fear of being thrown into an isolation chamber, he goes home--and falls violently ill. By the time he recovers and returns to work, scary things are happening. Everyone who has come ... more info>>

Who hasn't wondered what would happen if aliens were to visit our planet? MacDonald explores the thought processes of these extraterrestrials and how their visit could affect us.

As the leader of the friendly alien visitors offers the five basic truths of human existence to the people of Earth via radio, he takes a few calls and tries to keep his fellow aliens from meddling with the local cosmetics and weapons industries.

In the sequel to Alien Deception, Greg is visited by a mysterious alien who claims to have the answers that he seeks-how to save the Earth from ultimate destruction by the approaching alien fleet led by the ruthless Copolla. However, the answer provided by the mysterious alien does not come without a very high price which Greg has no choice but to pay. The long awaited test of the interstellar spacecraft, which was built with the secret assistance of the United Council for Developing Worlds is s... more info>>

Salvatore commands the battleship Endymion. He's seen his share of battles and fought them bravely, too. So he doesn't hesitate when beautiful Princess Hatari pleads for his help. She wants to regain her throne, but it may be more than Salvatore can accomplish, for the deadly race known as the Balderdash has taken over the planet Melchior--and now, even his own men have turned against him!

An ordinary Saturday morning turns extraordinary for seventeen year old Dave Duggan when a couple of girls from his school ask for help to find their way into the mountains beyond the town. One of the girls he has known for a long time, but the other is new to the school and there is an intriguing mystery about why she is there. The jaunt is at first uneventful, but when they get into the mountains and enter an area of rainforest, without warning things began to die around them. Dave almost dies... more info>>

Space travel was supposed to be safe. Accidents only happened to other people. So what was Gerald Knave doing stranded in the middle of space, with no way to get home--and no idea where he was?

Do you think its easy being an alien, a satanic creature or anything else not considered part of the Homo sapiens only club? They have tough days just like humans do and their frustration is growing. Don't believe it? Well, what about Lucifer, the prince of darkness, who runs a car dealership--what about his feelings when he is faced with that impossible sale and he can't get that signature on form 666, the standard soul contract? Or maybe you wondered about how an extremely vain alien copes wit... more info>>

The Aliens landed on earth on an ordinary smoggy day in Los Angeles. They offered us an amazing new automotive technology that will revolutionize the economy and change the world--disposable cars! Everyone seemed happy except Martin Fraccezi, an ordinary guy with a rather extraordinary car complex.

Here's a recipe for cosmic comedy:--Heat one doomed world with a life-searing double sun--Remove a spaceship full of refugees--Add a shipwreck on a small blue planet--Stir in a family of megalomaniacal chicken farmers trying to harness the alien secret of immortality--Blend a crazed Islamic cleric and a crooked Pope with an ambitious self-centered papal envoy and an ex-KGB hit-man--Whip with a drunken prophet, who draws pilgrims by his visions of a feathered Madonna, seen in an oil stain--Beat i... more info>>

A quest to find truth in weird dimensions. Mel Hardy's life changes with the invasion.

All For Naught collects a novella and a novelette: "Naught for Hire" and "Naught Again." "Naught for Hire" is a quirky, action-packed, comedy set just a few years from now. Nick Naught, private eye, walks down some strange mean streets as he tries to stay ahead of the killers on his tail and tries to cope in a world where all the irritations we have with technology are magnified. Gadgets act up in big ways, including voice operated machines that talk back to people. Nick Naught winds up on a hit... more info>>

In this humorous satirical story about writers and publishers, literary agents suddenly discover that they are getting offers for rights to the works of obscure writers from editors in alternate worlds. James Morrow says about the author: "Pamela Sargent brings consummate skill and deft coloring to every instrument in the speculative-fiction orchestra ... she is one of our field's true virtuosos."