Edward M. Grant

A hundred light-year quarantine zone protects the primitive jungle tribes of the Platypus Planet from unauthorized interference. But not from BastadoCorp acquiring mining rights through bribery and fraud.When Dirk Beretta's girlfriend tells him to get off the couch and look for a job, he finds the perfect opportunity, thousands of light years from her, with free guns and beer, as security chief for the mines.But no-one told him what happened to the previous security chief, or that the Platypoids would rather die fighting than see their land defiled.Should he follow his new boss' orders, and nuke the jungle until it glows... or save the furry native girl with the leather bikini, and risk a messy death in Bastado's grinding machines?A 12,000 word science fiction novelette.

Time is out of joint, and Dirk Beretta, ex-poster boy for the Space Marines, is the only man who can set it right. Fleeing his bunker in the ruins of Berlin, Adolf Hitler escapes to ancient Egypt, where he can build the Fourth Reich and take over the world before anyone can oppose him. The repercussions race up the timeline to the 69th century, changing everything they touch along the way. Now Dirk must venture back in time to restore history, and save the universe from Pharaoh Adolf and the Steampunk Nazi Horde. Because, if he fails, he may never get to eat a bagel again.

How do you repair a dead planet?Maintenance Bot M-3 was always proud of the smooth and reliable operation of the starships it maintained, as they travelled the galaxy searching for life on unexplored worlds. It lived for the desperate struggle against the forces of chaos and decay, fighting against time to complete repairs before disaster struck.But this job may be beyond even its capabilities.A 15,000 word science fiction novelette.