Gail Brown
Gail Brown began reading at far too young an age. Her preferred reading material was nonfiction, with biographies and science being at the forefront of her library excursions.
Her ability to memorize and use all the grammar rules in school years led to working in the school library while classmates caught up. All of those rules, and diagramming sentences was easy and relaxing. For many years. All forgotten now. Except the joyful memories of preparing the library for others to use.
Along the way, she found fiction and science fiction to help bring hope and light to a world of colorful dreams. A world where disability was accepted, people lived their lives without overwork and fear.
As an adult, gardening, and preparing the garden bounty, was her way to relax. To think. To make order out of chaos.
Concurrent Earths is collection containing 40 short stories of Earth, or almost Earth, that may, or may not, exist.
These stories reach to us across the stars. They share a thought, a dream, or a hope. Stories that touch the heart and soul.
Whether a single individual, a community, or a society, each story delves into specific situations, and how they might benefit society.
Or, how they might go wrong.
Very wrong.
#ShortStories
#ScienceFiction
Memories of a war they have never seen cross the dimensional boundary to Kalara and Leonard.
At least, they think the dreams are nightmares of Galataria's past.
For Shalin and Jendal on Earth, the dreams are peaceful and serene. A beauty in life they have never seen.
Dreams bring a bit of both worlds across the unrecognized bridge into the other.
#AlternateEarth
#ComingofAge
Disaster builds on disaster. The Earth shakes and begins the process of opening the Rio Sea, where once a great ocean thrived.
As the shaking continues, Yellowstone awakes, blanketing much of the continent with ash, and inducing a multi-year winter and famine for those who survived the quakes, volcano, and societal unrest.
The rules have changed. Competition is no longer king.
People and animals must adapt to a changed world, reliant on each other.
#Apocalyptic
#SciFi
The middens of the ancestors slowly empty. The last few usable pieces are found.
Dangers forgotten emerge from the bottoms of the pit mines. Forgotten fears told as campfire tales.
Specters of the ancestors awaken.
The future of the Pit Miners, and the communities beyond that they barely know exist, are at risk.
#Apocalyptic
#ComingOfAge