A single sock missing from the wash – the source of universal frustration and untold family bickering. Justine never gave thought to what happened to those missing socks, and where they went. Until the day her mother sent her into the basement to change a load of laundry, and she learned the truth behind it all. Who Ate My Sock? is a 2,100 word short story.

The people live on the island, and the gods protect it. The Beast waits on the beach, eager to ensnare the unwary. When outsiders come and disrupt that balance, Yili must find a way to protect his family, and his village, from the consequences. But sometimes, the greatest terrors come from within. The Beast And The God-Woman is a 16,500 word novelette, 62 printed pages in length. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 28.8px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 28.8px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px}

From a place beyond reality, it comes to consume the world. For Barry, getting a transfer to a new position as an electrician aboard the Ketcham Space Station summed up his professional life perfectly: just one dead-end job after another. Little did he know that job put the fate of the world in his hands. Waking up at home with no memory of how he got back from the Station, Barry soon finds that he brought something back with him. Something hungry. Now he has to stop it. Somehow.

A year-long shift in the middle of the interstellar void can get pretty boring. For the Fourth shift crew of the starliner Pericles, enroute to Earth from one of the colony worlds, the passage could best be called routine. Until the forward sensors detect an unknown and unexpected object ahead. What they find there, in the endless night of space, will forever change the universe, for them and for the all mankind. Assuming they survive to tell anyone about the encounter. Keywords: hard science fiction, aliens, first contact, space travel, space exploration, space colonization, close encounter, suspense, action, novelette, free, freebie

A desperate struggle against an alien invasion. A rescue attempt that goes haywire. A scientific expedition endangered by its own discovery. An assassin's most lucrative job, and also his most dangerous. A victim's search for true justice. Or is it just revenge? A young soldier learning the ropes. A zombie's rant about the difficulties of his life. A scout's first combat mission. A missing sock leads to a terrifying discovery. A betrothed's love runs up against a brother's protectiveness. Short Story 10-Pack is a collection of ten engrossing short stories from science fiction/fantasy author Michael Kingswood

When Jacob wakes to find himself bound to a chair in an unfamiliar room, he fears the worst. What he discovers in that room will put his worst fears to shame. The Memory Of Justice is a 3,000 word science fiction mystery.