Short Fiction

Tales of futures far–and not so far–off.

A deadly attack on a Coalition survey ship on the edge of the galaxy, murder at an early warning station in the Alpha Centauri star system, refugees stranded in outer space after an asteroid strike decimates the Earth, explorers overrun by the most devastating sandstorm in Martian history, an invulnerable superhero with a deteriorating heart condition.

These stories and more as science fiction author Robert J. Mendenhall postulates what conditions we might face in futures far—and not so far—off.

Six Tales of Terror from Rudyard Kipling. Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Robert J. Mendenhall

From the rural acres of Michigan to the British estates of colonial India, from the dark underbelly of the Gulf Coast to the tombs of New England, from the streets of New York to the jungles of the Philippines—no matter the time or place, evil endures. Evil abides.

Appearing in Extreme Planets by Chaosium Publishing.

Captain Christopher Manning is the Provost Marshal at Early Warning Station Centauri; a listening post on a harsh planet circling the primary star of the Alpha Centauri binary system. When one of his military police officers is murdered, seemingly by a local Centauran, Manning’s investigation leads him into a web of conspiracy and betrayal, with the fate of the facility and the lives of every human soldier on the planet at stake.

Appearing in Ink Stains: A Dark Literary Anthology

Dark Alley Press

A desperate man. A dangerous choice. To save his wife’s life, a husband makes a dark and deadly deal. But when he can’t fulfill his end of the bargain, the cost for his breach of contract is more than he can bear to pay.

Appearing in: Visions VII Rogue Star Press

On the fringe of the galaxy, an old enemy’s attack on a Coalition survey ship escalates centuries of tension, thrusting both civilizations to the brink of Interstellar war. The first in my Coalition Space series.