Simon Goodson

The Empire will kill him for stealing this ship...but they have to catch it first! To the Empire the Wanderer was just another booby-trapped ship to claim, and Jess was just another worthless slave who could be sacrificed in the process. Things didn't go to plan. Jess survived the dangers, and when he sat in the pilot's chair, the ancient ship came to life for the first time in centuries. Acting on instinct Jess seized the chance, firing up the engines...

Jess saved the entire universe from destruction... wasn't that enough? Jess and the Wanderer may have saved the Universe, but a deadly threat still remains. The remains of the Empire continues to turn everyone in its path into Limited, near mindless slaves who show no fear and no mercy. If someone doesn't deal with the Empire now then it will become unstoppable... and yet again 'someone' means Jess and his incredible ship.

Jenna spent her entire life wanting to travel to new star systems… ...now she has, and it's likely to be the death of her. When a Tagrale activated in the Sironus system for the first time in thousands of years, Jenna sent her ship through... despite the ship being sabotaged, those who wanted her dead having just gone through, and having no idea at all where it would take her. It was an impulsive decision, one she may regret it for the rest of her...

Freedom was only the start. The crew of the Wanderer face ever greater challenges as their journey continues. Knowing the Empire will hunt them down Jess and the others must seek help from another source. Turning to the criminal underworld seems like their only option, but it soon threatens to end in disaster. Especially when past events return to haunt the present. Will even the incredible Wanderer be enough to keep Jess, and those he cares about,...

Kaira is in the kind of trouble it would take Jess and the Wanderer to fix, but they've been gone for a thousand years. What she gets is Tarkus and the Glimmer, a rundown ship and a taciturn captain who doesn't even know she's stowed away. Yet. If she's lucky Tarkus will throw her off at the next station if he finds her. If she's unlucky she'll be ejected into in cold space without a suit. If there were any other options she'd take them. There aren't....

A hunted girl. A marked soul. Will he choose redemption or damnation? Daniel can barely control his aching bloodlust. The newly-made vampire's diminishing humanity compels him to fight off the cravings and let sunlight incinerate his abominable flesh. But when the soft light of dawn takes his darkness instead, Daniel is left with incredible powers and no memory of who he used to be... After helping a family fight off bandits, he discovers a girl with...

She dreams of travelling the stars... but she'll be killed if she tries! All her life Jenna has strived to reach the Tagrale, the gateway to the stars, but if she does she'll be executed for a crime someone else committed. For hundreds of generations scientists have tried to reactivate the Tagrale and escape the Sironus system. All have failed. Since childhood Jenna dreamed of being the one to unlock the puzzle, but how can she if she can't even go...

The worst has happened. Drake has failed his crew. They don't know it yet, but they will soon… and when they find out things will get ugly! As if wrestling with the life-changing disaster he's inflicted on his crew isn't enough, he still has the Phoenix Conglomerate and a powerful pirate fleet both pursuing him and the Dagger. Both know the crystal in his possession is linked to bringing new hellships into existence. He would rather die than let...

Don't. Get. Caught. The only thing worse than fighting a Hellship, powerful starships controlled by entities of pure evil, is being captured by one! Drake's sister was taken by the hellship Azimuth, dooming her to a life of pain followed by an agonising death. Unless Drake can save her. Tales of his quest are told across hundreds of systems, but Drake doesn't care. All he wants is to stop the Azimuth continuing with its reign of evil and keep...

Come in, take a seat by the antimatter heater and don't worry about the buzzing… it's supposed to do that. Honestly! If you came here looking for SciFi and Fantasy short stories, as well as some which don't fit easily into any category, then you're in the right place! STARSHIPS. GHOSTS. DANGER. The Panther's captain doesn't believe in ghosts... but that doesn't stop them coming aboard! Can the captain overcome his disbelief in time to save his ship?...