A collection of six short stories featuring space exploration and alien contact.
The An alien object moving at an impossibly high velocity will impact the Earth in just a few hours and vanquish all life.
Vast A jet traveling from Tokyo to San Francisco is transported from the year 2017 to 2037. This story examines one of the passenger’s attempts to adapt to this new world and his family that have long since moved on without him.
The Janus Disaster strikes a crew of astronauts on the far side of the Moon as they assemble a radio telescope.
Thor’s A suborbital shuttle transports Marines to a conflict in the Middle East, unaware that they are being lured into a trap.
Benevolent A powerful alien entity has conquered humanity and eliminated war, poverty, and disease, at the expense of humanity’s freedom.
The Sisyphean After the alien Overseer has conquered the Solar System and imposed tyrannical rule, a renegade group of scientists and engineers make a desperate attempt to reach Alpha Centauri.
I am an aspiring science fiction author always looking to improve my craft and write enjoyable stories for readers. For my day job, I work as a Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems Engineer at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. I have a PhD in aerospace systems engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. My dissertation focused on modeling plasma jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion with smooth particle hydrodynamics. I have worked for NASA, the Center for Space Nuclear Research, and numerous small companies on satellite development, nuclear reactors for space applications, and advanced propulsion concepts.