Across Enemy Space and Other Short Stories

by L.J. Simpson

ACROSS ENEMY SPACE: A novella.
The Alliance and the Combine have been at war for decades, fighting a battle of attrition in a conflict that knows no end. Only one man, the bravest of the brave, can break the deadlock by travelling across enemy space in search of allies. But is it a lost cause? Is it already too late to save the Alliance? Indeed, is it even real?

THE PROSPECTOR: A short story.
They say that get rich schemes never work, but with luck, a little ingenuity, a rock hammer and a pair of magnetic boots, maybe this one will. Only time will tell…

THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT: A short story.
Not everyone has the chance to find themselves a little place in history. Shuttle pilot Bob Dymond did – but at what price?

GARBAGE DETAIL: A short story.
As the Harkonian exploration vessel Empirium prepares to leave system KL3034, crewman Pok chooses the worst possible time to go on a wild drinking spree. With the fearsome Master Sergeant Boz on the warpath there can be only one possible outcome – severe consequences for both Pok and his crew-mates.
And also, as it happens, for system KL3034...

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 18, 2016

About the author

L.J. Simpson was born in Wolverhampton, England in 1956. He worked primarily in the steel industry until 1990 when he embarked on a fairly radical change of direction, moving to Japan where he opened a small English language school. Married with two grown up children, work still takes up a great deal of his time. The remainder he divides up between taking long walks by the sea with his ever faithful border collie, building model tall ships and writing.