CrossTIME Science Fiction Anthology, Vol. V

by Edward McKeown

Fifteen short science fiction stories featuring the winners of the 5th CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest. This year's line-up includes Bret Carter (Westminister, CO) The Wide Black Yonder; James T. Comben (Livonia, MI) Earthmover; Stephen R. Foster (Georgetown, TX) The Highest Art; Darryl Fowler (San Diego, CA) The Flight of the Spelling Bee; Henry E. Hack (Miller Place, NY) Dad; William R. Harris (West Grove, PA) A Hush With the Setting Moon; John A. Holt Jr. (Quincy, MA) In the Mind of the Beholder; Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon (Allendale, MI) Boxes; Robert C. Kenny (Shelton, CT)The Long Ride Home, Part III; Edward F. McKeown (Charlotte, NC) Beautiful Dreamer; LeAndrea Potter (Bloomfield, NM) Gnomia; Joseph N. Roland (Chesapeake Beach, MD) The Path of Life; Noelle Sterne (Aventura, FL) Casey; Ellen Straw (Covina, CA) The Revisions; and James M. Thompson (Carmel, IN) The Blushing Bride.

263 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2006

About the author

Edward McKeown is best known for his two Confederation Space Series: The Robert Fenaday/Shasti Rainhell series of SF novels set on the Privateer Sidhe & set in the same universe, The Maauro Chronicles featuring a 50,000-year-old android named Maauro and her friend, a disgraced pilot named Wrik Trigardt, as they battle governments and the Thieves Guild for their freedom.


Fenaday/ Rainhell: Reluctant privateer Robert Fenaday searches the stars for his lost love, Lisa, a naval intelligence officer whose ship disappeared near the end of the Conchirri War. He’s joined by the genetically engineered assassin, Shasti Rainhell, whose cold perfection masks her dark past. Both are blackmailed by government spymaster, Mandela, into a suicidal mission to the doomed planet Enshar. Leading a team of scientists and soldiers, they must unravel the mystery of that planet’s death before an ancient force reaches out to claim their lives.


The Maauro Chronicles: “Three alien machines descend to the asteroid base of their enemies. The ensuing battle is short and savage. The lone survivor hopes either for rescue, or for another chance to engage its enemies. It will be a long wait…

Wrik Trigardt ekes out a living in the Kandalor system with his small ship, Sinner. He is caught between his failed past and a grim present in service to the local crimelord, Dusko. An expedition to the Rift Asteroids promises better days, but when the well of time is disturbed--no one can say what will surface.

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His forays into Fantasy and Horror include the urban fantasy series Knight in Charlotte. He is the editor of the Sha’Daa anthologies of tales of the Apocalypse.


Ed enjoys a wide variety of interests from ballroom dance to the martial arts. Find him on Facebook, www.copperdogpublishing.com and at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004NM9ZU2