Short Story Collections

From 21st century asteroid settlements to World War II Transylvania, from an Earth dominated by immortal aliens to Christ's empty tomb, a distinctive voice in science fiction will take you on journeys to the photosphere of the sun, the coding regions of DNA, and the complexities of the human psyche.

In these pages, you can...

...race against time to solve mysteries hidden in a planet's vast desert—and in a woman's heart
...learn the true story of a president's assassination
...journey 14,000 miles to a high-tech fountain of youth
...win or go "home"—to an Earth you've never seen

and explore six other worlds created by a distinctive voice in twenty-first century science fiction.

In these pages, you can join–

• A mission to terraform a lifeless, rocky planet
• A private detective uncovering the ultimate crime
• A woman called by an ex-boyfriend… who’s been dead twenty years
• A President breaking his country’s highest law
• A star athlete discovering the true price of a championship

–and enjoy five more tales, in the latest installment of the Complete Science Fiction Stories of Raymund Eich.

Leave the safety of your space capsule for the dangers of billion-year old alien derelicts, intelligent insects with mysterious motives, espionage in an alternate 1920s Paris, and rogue reconstructed dinosaurs.

These wonders and more await in the fourth volume of the Complete Science Fiction Stories of Raymund Eich.

Portia’s heart quickened. A chance to treat an injured dinosaur! Creatures reconstructed from fossilized bone, genetic extrapolation from modern birds, imagination, and Aussie pride....

The future is bigger than we can imagine. Six speculative fictions by the author of The Reincarnation Run and the Portia Oakeshott, Dinosaur Veterinarian series.

In these five stories, Raymund Eich posits new amendments to the United States Constitution.

Amendments written to better bestow the blessings of liberty on the American people and their posterity.

Amendments that those same American people, ranging from common men and women to Presidents, try to evade for personal gain.

LA RUBIA

How far will Francisca go to protect her colony of Mexican refugees from pirates roving the asteroid belt?

PASE DE UN DÍA

Chalo could teleport to the U.S. every day and work for a better life for his family—if he kept his day pass.

MIKE FINK GOES TO BIG BEND

Characters from American, Mexican, and Native folklore meet in west Texas in the 21st century.

THE THIRTIETH AMENDMENT

Gonzalo had to pass the test of English fluency to prove himself a U.S. citizen. So did others willing to cheat.

AFFECTIVE DISORDER

Texas PI Albert Jimenez found more than the usual when he investigated an heiress' "suicide."

“When Man goes to the stars, he’ll bring a ball with him.”

Pull on your jersey, strap on your jet pack, and join our team on a road trip across the wide galaxy of sports. Because even on the Moon or under alien suns, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.

Includes original short story The Balls of St. Alan!

Five stories named as Honorable Mention or Semi-Finalist by judges of the Writers of the Future contest