Sabrina Chase

Engineers always find a way Jens-Peter Oberacker thought the secret research facility for magical craft would be peaceful and quiet--the perfect place to finish his engineering research paper. He didn't expect a violent gang of thieves to have their eyes on the ships, or having to escape to save his life. Worse yet, he's now being blamed for the entire thing On the run in the last, badly damaged ship, an unexpected encounter with a housemaid on a mansion rooftop saves him from immediate disaster. But why would she lurk on a roof at night? And where did she learn her utter fearlessness of heights? Perhaps unwisely, Jens-Peter ignores these questions-and the housemaid's unexpected knife-desperate to find someone, anyone, who can clear his name. And let him finish his paper...

The passage from real life to an imagined, magical one has fulfilled a childish yearning for many a young person, particularly those who grew up in less than desirable circumstances. Writer and editor Dayle A. Dermatis tapped into that yearning to bring together this collection of stories that take their characters through portals to fantastical worlds-although sometimes the new worlds prove more problematic than the old ones. Still, for anyone who sees herself as the hero of her own story, these stories can't help but tempt the imagination. And this volume itself opens a doorway to enchantment.

Come join the adventure......with a young woman desperate to leave her dusty planet for space ... a British boy determined to end WWII all by himself ... a cop in a dark world willing to do anything for a good read... an old cowboy with a final, heavy burden...and more, in this collection of short stories from SF author Sabrina Chase. One More Thing - From the world of the Sequoyah trilogy, how a certain underworld data snoop got her start... Our Man in Basingstoke - At the height of the London Blitz, a frail old man and a rambunctious boy find a way to fight the good fight. The Inspection - An officer must always protect his subordinates... a haunted sub, a baby kraken, killer mermaids, a shipwrecked Viking... A Day Spent Fishing - To live, one must die. The Correct Way to Fill Out Form PCR-103-u - Behold, the power of Properly Prepared Paperwork in action A Dark Trade in Heroes - When the law imprisons imagination, who can free it? Wolf of Shadows - Trapped in a bloody castle, a nameless royal bastard swears to save a friend even if he can't save himself. Crossing Over the River - An old cowboy has one final, weighty task at the end of his life. Coyote and the Amazing Herbal Formula - What if one of those male enhancement spam emails...wasn't spam? Inscription - When everything is chained, the freedom to speak is worth all risks.

After freeing the AI ship Argo from the ice of Pluto, Lea and her team race for the prison planet Beredul to free the Wiyert trapped there. The planet conceals vital information about the aliens that enslaved the Wiyert--and now threaten Earth. Little time remains to protect humanity. A handful of escaped Wiyert, desperate to rescue their people, offer to guide the team. With their help, Argo's formidable power, and Lea's unique mental abilities, they hope to penetrate Beredul's defenses without detection. They must trek on foot for days across the war-torn surface, pursued by gigantic, nightmare predators to reach the nearest Wiyert stronghold. And comes the hard part. Everything on Beredul conceals a dark past...even the terrifying beasts that roam the planet. Disturbing intelligence reaches the alien civilization, triggering an investigation. The Wiyert have learned caution through harsh experience, and something about the humans from Earth arouses their suspicions. They know too much-and do impossible things. Can the Wiyert trust them with their lives? Trust always comes at a price, and that price may be too high to pay...

A collection of short stories, set in a government office that could never be... Hidden behind protective layers of government red tape, the Bureau of Substandards fights the good fight against interdimensional snake people, "helpful" allies, busybodies from Atlantis, the annual budget report, and, most dangerous of all...the HR department. The Inspection-- Submarine captain Commander Morton desperately needs to hide Things Government Was Not Meant To Know--with the help of a few unusual friends. The Correct Way to Fill Out Form PCR-103-u -- When evil insinuates a multidimensional soda machine into the secure confines of the Bureau, only one thing can save the world...more paperwork Read This Memo -- Even the most capable bureaucracy fears the sheer chaos of the Company Party... Where the Money Went -- A stuck filing cabinet, a missing budget, a deadline...and a tuna sandwich on the attack All According to Regulations -- A young bureaucrat in possession of a dangerous job must be in need of an admin. Tales of bureaucratic adventure and derring-do in the tradition of Keith Laumer's Retief

Everything works on Raven--unlike some ships Moire Cameron crewed on. No excuses left. Somebody created Alan, an eight-year-old boy in an adult body, and she needs to hunt them down and stop them. But can she destroy the facility and rescue the other created children? Or will she need to choose? Continuing the fast-paced adventure of The Long Way Home, the second book of the Sequoyah trilogy adds more mysteries and reveals others in a trademark style.