Tag: Moon Story

Directors and Malcontents: A New Vignette by Torn MacAlester

“I’ll say it one more time. John­son and Carmike are not com­ing back!” the Direc­tor said. “They left the space agency. It’s over. Why are we even hav­ing this con­ver­sa­tion about them? I can’t believe I will spend my Sat­ur­day mak­ing a case for us to try lur­ing back two mal­con­tents that have no desire […]

Morgan’s Road: A Short Story by Torn MacAlester

Mor­gan’s Road a short sto­ry by Torn MacAlesterMorgan’s Road, a short sto­ry by Torn MacAlester Graph­ic by Shan­nan Albright Mak­ing a liv­ing on the Moon is not for every­one, but Nel­son Carmike actu­al­ly pre­ferred the air­less basalt plains over Earth’s windy prairies. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, three years of Moon prospect­ing left him pen­ni­less, and with­out funds for […]

Clash of Titans: a Vignette by Torn MacAlester

Clash of TitansPho­to by Vale­ria Bolt­ne­va from Pex­els Clash of Titans by Torn MacAlester . “I see you’ve bought K‑Systems,” said Mor­ris Mason to his son Mark as he raised a glass in a mock­ing toast. “I thought this was a casu­al din­ner, not a busi­ness meet­ing.” Mark growled, wip­ing his scarred chin with a […]

Another Plot: A New Vignette by Torn MacAlester

“Milt,” said Mary, tired of the con­ver­sa­tion. “You didn’t real­ly want to be an astro­naut?” “No, it was a means to an end. Noth­ing more.” “I wish you wouldn’t antag­o­nize our broth­er. He scares me.” “Mor­ris is a fool,” Milt said. “A dan­ger­ous one. “True, we can­not under­es­ti­mate him.” “Then why all this mess­ing around […]

Golf and Outgassing: a short story by Torn Macalester

Golf and OutgassingGraph­ic By Shan­nan Albright A six­­ty-year-old Moon mys­tery prompts Colonel Annie Mac­turn­er to make a risky deci­sion. Intrigued by an inter­view designed to manip­u­late, Mil­ton John­son, a can­di­date that con­flicts with her high­ly dis­tin­guished mil­i­tary back­ground, is select­ed as her crew-mate. Can Annie solve the land­ing site mys­tery and unrav­el Milton’s enig­ma before […]

Thunder Moon Tussle by Torn MacAlester

Thunder Moon Tussle received a five star review

My nov­el Thun­der Moon Tus­sle is avail­able in kin­dle unlim­it­ed, kin­dle, and paper­back on amazon.com.   Nils Carmike, a fall­en from grace astro­naut turned smug­gler, forges a new life on the lunar fron­tier. Harassed by the strik­ing­ly beau­ti­ful and demand­ing Deputy Miller, he is faced with fines and con­flict, result­ing in a tumul­tuous rela­tion­ship and […]

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