Free through 12/20/2017 with coupon code RZ76G -- Book of Dreams 1/e: Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories

For the first time in many years, I am making available the digital version of my first collection of short stories free of charge through December 20, 2017. While the coupon code is active, you can download a copy of the book in any of the leading eBook formats by clicking on the book cover below or by clicking here.  The coupon code should automatically be entered for you at the book's Smashwords page. You can also give a copy of the book to a friend as a gift, but to do so free of charge you will need to enter the coupon code RZ76G manually at checkout. 

I've loved science fiction, speculative fiction and fantasy almost from the time I learned to read. In these genres, and in fiction generally, I like stories that entertain and leave you thinking long after you've read the last line. I hope that is also true of my fiction. There are common threads that run through many of my short stories about the nature of reality, the interplay between dreams and reality, and the duality of the human spirit in its constant struggle to find a balance between our spiritual and earth-bound natures--between the sacred and the profane, the Yin and Yang, within us all. 

Some of the questions explored in this collection of five stories include the following:

What price would you pay to revisit a crossroad in your life when you had made a terrible, life altering mistake? Would you give up an unfulfilled life for the chance of virtual happiness in a computer-generated alternate reality? 

Would you sacrifice everything if you could attain absolute knowledge? If so, could you live with the knowledge you attained? 

It is said that no person is an island, but what if even the least among us is a god in his/her own right? 

If an alien visitor offered you a lifetime of health and the gift of telepathy in exchange for a small service, would you be quick to accept? 

If consciousness utilizes only a small portion of our brain, what function does the larger, presumably unused portion actually serve? 

I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did writing them. If you do, please look for my current Mindscapes collection that includes these five stories as well as five new ones available in eBook, paperback and audiobook versions Amazon and most leading book retailers.

You can also get information about my current Mindscapes short story collection by clicking on the covers below. Thank you for your interest in my fiction and happy reading!