Rudy is an out-of-place loner who doesn't have much to live for until a series of strange experiences transport him to another reality…or is it merely a glimpse of what could be?A dark fantasy e-short of 4,500 words.‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ is one of 11 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror collected in Transient Tales Volume 1.They evacuated people, in the the early days of the Blight. They sealed off the affected areas and posted guards. They provided protection, issued reassurances. They put their top scientists to work on finding a solution. They don’t do any of that anymore.But even if everyone else is giving up, Olivia’s determined to find a way to survive. To adapt.Because what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Or different, at least.

Amelia Pennell must make a horrifying choice in the aftermath of the destruction of a colonization ship which crashes on Eden IX.Amelia Pennell is the intelligent tween granddaughter of the owner of Pennell Starlines living happily on an isolated world. Everything changes with the news of the destruction of a colonization ship which has crashed on Eden IX with 2,134 souls aboard, Amelia learns of the ship's disturbing, criminal history. As government and other powers descend on her home, she must flee for her life, and make a horrifying choice.