C.M.'s Singles

An unwelcome reunionA missing childAn illegal take-over and a slaving operationAll I wanted to do was stay out of Mack's hands, and well away from whatever game he was playing while working another Odyssey contract, because I was sure Mack had an agenda of his own, and Odyssey wasn't going to be pleased.As for me, well, I was right in the middle of it…as usual.Mack's lynchpin.If I could just pull another rabbit out of my hat, and get his scheme to work. I spent the first twenty years of my life living in different parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. My father was a teacher who liked to travel, so he took teaching appointments in all kinds of places. I don't think I stayed in one place for more than four years at a stretch. I wrote stories for most of that time, drawing on the different landscapes we encountered and giving a hyper-active imagination somewhere to run. Seeing so many different places gave me a lot of food for thought as I stepped into the world of adulthood and took my first full-time job, and I never stopped writing and exploring the worlds in my head. So far, I have written four collections of short stories and poetry, and a number of novels, with many more to come. I hope you have enjoyed this part of my journey.

A science-fiction short story about a hard-kept secret, a protection job on a water-world gone very wrong, and an agent trying to avoid the legacies of her past. Will Jamie's secrets make, or break, her mission?

A short story concerning a ferocious storm and a frightened kitten meet a wizard who's lost his cat. Will he grant his new foundling a place in his heart, or choose to live without? I spent the first twenty years of my life living in different parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. My father was a teacher who liked to travel, so he took teaching appointments in all kinds of places. I don't think I stayed in one place for more than four years at a stretch. I wrote stories for most of that time, drawing on the different landscapes we encountered and giving a hyper-active imagination somewhere to run. Seeing so many different places gave me a lot of food for thought as I stepped into the world of adulthood and took my first full-time job, and I never stopped writing and exploring the worlds in my head. So far, I have written four collections of short stories and poetry, and a number of novels, with many more to come. I hope you have enjoyed this part of my journey.

A dark fantasy short story concerning invasion, nationhood, and mercy in disguise.A story for the troops, and a history revealed…but what significance does it have for the battle to come? I spent the first twenty years of my life living in different parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. My father was a teacher who liked to travel, so he took teaching appointments in all kinds of places. I don't think I stayed in one place for more than four years at a stretch. I wrote stories for most of that time, drawing on the different landscapes we encountered and giving a hyper-active imagination somewhere to run. Seeing so many different places gave me a lot of food for thought as I stepped into the world of adulthood and took my first full-time job, and I never stopped writing and exploring the worlds in my head. So far, I have written four collections of short stories and poetry, and a number of novels, with many more to come. I hope you have enjoyed this part of my journey.

A near-future, post-apocalyptic short story involving survivors of a virus on the rampage: an analyst, his ex-, and his dead daughter in three-way communication. Can he catch up with an uncontrolled disease vector, and stop the spread in time? I spent the first twenty years of my life living in different parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. My father was a teacher who liked to travel, so he took teaching appointments in all kinds of places. I don't think I stayed in one place for more than four years at a stretch. I wrote stories for most of that time, drawing on the different landscapes we encountered and giving a hyper-active imagination somewhere to run. Seeing so many different places gave me a lot of food for thought as I stepped into the world of adulthood and took my first full-time job, and I never stopped writing and exploring the worlds in my head. So far, I have written four collections of short stories and poetry, and a number of novels, with many more to come. I hope you have enjoyed this part of my journey.

Past, present, and future, the alternate forms of Salu and Kia shift to adapt to worlds where peace is a fragile thing often shattered, and we, the observers, chronicle their struggle. I spent the first twenty years of my life living in different parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. My father was a teacher who liked to travel, so he took teaching appointments in all kinds of places. I don't think I stayed in one place for more than four years at a stretch. I wrote stories for most of that time, drawing on the different landscapes we encountered and giving a hyper-active imagination somewhere to run. Seeing so many different places gave me a lot of food for thought as I stepped into the world of adulthood and took my first full-time job, and I never stopped writing and exploring the worlds in my head. So far, I have written four collections of short stories and poetry, and a number of novels, with many more to come. I hope you have enjoyed this part of my journey.

A short science-fiction story concerning a werewolf child in crisis, werewolf activists on the hunt, pizza, a lonely spacer, and an embarrassing request. When a schoolyard meltdown leads to his family's true nature being revealed, Jervis heads to the spaceport, where the best pizza on Luna One comes with a side-order of spaceship crews...and the faintest chance he can get his family away before they fall victim to human intolerance. The only question is whether or not he can get them there in time.

Being a bodyguard isn't easy, not even when you're the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you calland especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous, lecherous spoilt son of wealth and privilege, who betrays you for a pretty girl. Taken by the garitzik, Seppelitus must extricate himself from a deal between gargoyles, ogres and a demon lord, and then there's the dragon. What in all the worlds is he going to do about that?

A short, speculative short story involving a lost prince, and an invading fleet. Is the starman friend or foe? The press can't be trusted to tell the truth, and humanity's future is on the line.