Open Space Series

Open Space: A Short Story Who listens to kids? No one.   But on a space habitat the rules all change. And the kids might be the first to know.   Follow the gang of four as they discover an anomaly that could spell disaster for the habitat, if no one listens. Open Space is short story set in the future (2390s) and is the first short story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series. The Open Space Series is set in the much larger Future Chron Universe which consists of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

The Old World: A Short Story After their adventure with the gravitational eddy Willis and the others had the opportunity to travel from their space habitat to Earth.   There they were to make the rounds of media interviews and do some sightseeing. But there were those that didn't want any more publicity over the incident because they knew it hadn't been as accidental as people thought. The kids were not alright. The Old World is a short story set in the future (2390s) and is the second story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series.   Open Space is a series of stories set in the much larger Future Chron Universe with other series consisting of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

Insurrect: A Short Story Life in a space habitat has one fundamental difference from life on a planet. Each and every one of the habitat's inhabitants has the power to disrupt the lives of the others.   The simplest failure to obey the rules can lead to major ramifications and misunderstandings.   But an ideological effort to change the rules without regard to the reality of life in a habitat can have even worse consequences. Insurrect is a short story set in the future (2390s) and is the third story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series. The Open Space Series is set in the much larger Future Chron Universe which consists of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 9 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

Second Beam: A Short Story We, without thought, turn over more and more control of our lives to machine AI.   And machine AI does the thinking for us.   But what if it also suffers from the same failings of character that we do?   After all we make machines in our image. Second Beam is set in the future (2390s) and is the fourth short story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series.   The Open Space Series is in the much larger Future Chron Universe which consists of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

All For One: A Short Story   No good deed goes unpunished.   This Willis and the others learned when their math teacher, for an unknown reason, insisted on making them an example to the rest of the class.   They would have to find out why they were targeted, what they had done, and still pass the class.   All For One is set in the future (2390s) and is the fifth short story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series.   The Open Space Series is a short story series set in the much larger Future Chron Universe. The Future Chron Universe consists of 9 novels, 1 short story, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

One For All: A Short Story The kids take up flying lessons. But these lessons aren't like planet-based flying where gravity rules. At the center of the spinning habitat there is no gravity and flying is personal as each one spreads his own wings in the light air a half mile up from the spinning floor of the habitat.   Sometimes it only takes a moment to make a choice that can change many lives. But that doesn't make the choice easy.   When an accident happens, thate moment arrives, what choice will one of the kids make? One For All is a short story set in the future (2390s) and is the sixth story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series. The Open Space Series is a short story series set in the much larger Future Chron Universe which contains 33 volumes consisting of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

Allison: A Short Story   Leaving familiar friends and surroundings to fit in at a new school is challenging for Willis.   But it could also be dangerous when a bully targets him as a rival for a popular girl's affections.   All Willis wants to do is study physics with the best in his space habitat but first he'll have to survive.   Allison is a short story set in the future (2390s) and is the eight and final story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series.   The Open Space Series is a short story series set in the much larger Future Chron Universe which consits of 33 volumes including 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.

Shot Gun: A Short Story Small things make life bearable, such as coffee aboard a fusion ship two weeks away from its destination. But what happens if the small things go missing? Usually nothing. But on a fusion ship in deep space it could be the catalyst for disaster. Willis was on his dad's ship the Jackson. Because he had forgotten to check the store of coffee the crew was suffering caffeine withdrawal and was distracted. Now a mishap had quenched the plasma in the fusion engines and there was only about thirty hours of backup power without those engines. Then it would be over. But even worse, the spacetime they were traveling through was changing. Something had to be done and fast. Shotgun is set in the future (2390s) and is a short story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series. Open Space is set in the much larger Future Chron Universe which contains 33 volumes consisting of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.   Open Space Series suggested reading order:   Open Space: A Short Story The Old World: A Short Story Insurrect: A Short Story Second Beam: Short Story All For One: A Short Story One For All: A Short Story Shot Gun: A Short Story Allison: A Short Story   Hard Science Fiction – Old School. Human-Generated-Content.