Here it is: The Email From Mars Trilogy

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So, what is the Email From Mars Trilogy?

Book One – Email From Mars: Outbound

The first crew sets off on a 2-½ year mission, loosely based on the Mars Direct Plan of Dr. Robert Zubrin, of the Mars Society. However, foreign agents are conspiring to doom the mission’s success, through kidnapping and murder, back on Earth. Read about some of the other problems that befall the crew, as well.

Book Two – Email From Mars II: Under Martian Law

The second crew is heading to Mars as the first crew is returning home. Well, most of the first crew. Dr. Valery Thomas is staying on Mars, to await the arrival of her husband, Steve. Now, there’s a new sheriff comin’ to town. Captain Steve Thomas will be the first Martian Marshal and is heading to Mars, to keep the peace, while incarcerated prisoners are being sent there, as laborers. What could go wrong?

Book Three – Email From Mars III: Inbound

Twenty years later, many of the original characters, from the first two books, are still there. See how the colony has grown, through the eyes of a journalist, sent to Mars to chronicle the plight of the Global Warming Refugees. See, also, how history is repeating itself.

Each book is available on Amazon, but they don’t package trilogies, yet. That means, if you want to get this beautiful boxed set, you can only get it here, through this website.

Individually, the books are $12.99. But, through this exclusive offer, you get the boxed set for $39.99, shipping included, to anywhere in the U.S.

Let It Ride

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My latest publication on Kindle eBooks is called Let It Ride. It is the story of a down on his luck fellow, who sees an opportunity to get back on his feet. However, things aren’t always as they seem.

Galswinth: The Gavan Fletcher Chronicles

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This Short Story was published some time ago and I forgot to mention it. Galswinth is a very old name as the story takes place in the year 509 A.D. Galswinth is a young beautiful princess, that Gavan has fallen in love with, while on assignment for the king of the Franks. Follow along with the Gavan Fletcher Chronicles to find out how this romance turns out.

Orbital Assembly Corporation

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Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC) will be holding a live Youtube meeting on Friday, January 29, 2021, ‘First Assembly’. They are seeking funding for their DSTAR, a ground-based test of an assembly devise, this year.

This will be followed by an on-orbit test of the PSTAR, the actual orbital assembly device at a date to be determined.

SpaceX Starship at Voyager Station: Space Tool fabrication begins!

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I just came across a Youtube video, by the Gateway Foundation, that I found very interesting. Copy and paste this link into your browser. https://youtu.be/85MItNr0rBk

In the video, John Blincow refers to the link above, which does not appear in the video. If you were watching the video directly from the Gateway Foundation’s website, you would see ‘the link above’. So please enjoy the video and then go to the Gateway Foundation’s website @ gatewayspaceport.com.

The Solace Of Rabbits – Email From Mars III: Inbound excerpt

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Turning The Page With Paige Turner

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Have you ever found yourself in need of the solace of rabbits? I mean to just walk away from whatever is troubling you, find a bunch of rabbits, and have yourself a good cry?
Rabbits are good for that. They don’t judge you. In fact, they’ll probably just ignore you all together. Oh, occasionally one might hop a little closer to the edge of his enclosure and wiggle his nose at you; basically saying, “What the hell are you doing, sitting out here in the middle of the night, with your high-heels hanging from one hand and a bottle of Champaign clutched in the other?”
Otherwise, rabbits are very good company when you need to be alone with your misery. That’s where I found myself the other night: betrayed by the one person I thought I could trust; the man I thought I would wind up marrying, someday.
Instead, I now find myself working on Mars, to pay off a debt of money, honor, and principle. Lesson learned: don’t fall in love on assignment to Mars.

After re-reading her thoughts displayed on the monitor, the young woman decided that the general public didn’t really need to be let in on her personal misery. Instead, she highlighted the entire blog and punched the delete key. It was too bad that her personal problems couldn’t be resolved so easily.

Email from Mars II is published

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I am proud to announce the release of my latest novel: Email From Mars II: Under Martian Law. Email From Mars II is, of course, the sequel to Email From Mars: Outbound.

During the past six years, while working on finalizing the novel, I paused several times to explore other projects and also clear out a bit of writer’s block. These breaks led to the creation of several short stories. They are available on Amazon individually, as well as a being published as a collection in the book Poetry in My Shorts: Short stories based on, or inspired by, poems. Plus, during the rewriting and editing phase for Under Martian Law, I penned the first draft of the final book rounding out the trilogy: Email From Mars III: Inbound. Now there’s the long, tedious task of rewriting and editing Inbound.

Leap-frogging in this way, there is also a new story in the works, outside of the Email From Mars series. This tale involves a generation starship voyaging to another solar system, life aboard the ship and the many challenges they face during travel, as well as their having to come to grips with the outcomes of how their society functions. The working title of this piece is The Kelsonians, but that may change before the book is completed. 

The links to buy my books on Amazon are below and you can find all of book on my Publications Page.

Email From Mars: OutboundBuy Kindle BookBuy Paperback
Email From Mars II: Under Martian LawBuy Kindle BookBuy Paperback

Name a Martian Crater

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On Marth 5th, I went to the Uwingu.com website and named a crater on Mars. The IAU does not recognize these names yet and probably never will. But the money raised by Uwingu.com goes toward public outreach and education about space.
On Marth 5th, I went to the Uwingu.com website and named a crater on Mars. The IAU does not recognize these names yet and probably never will. But the money raised by Uwingu.com goes toward public outreach and education about space. The Penny Bright Crater plays a big role in the Email From Mars trilogy. As such, I felt it needed the recognition. If you go to the Uwingu site and look at the area of The Penny Bright Crater, you will see others in the vicinity which are also mentioned in book III: Inbound.

EFM: Under Martian Law excerpt

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PART FOUR

Chapter One
‘Homeward Angel, you are now perfectly aligned for docking, 200 meters and closing,’ came the heavily accented voice of Andrei Korolyov. ‘Reduce momentum to ten meters per second and hold your heading… Now one meter… And all stop… And dock. We have hard dock. Homeward Angel, welcome to the International Space Station.’

‘Good to be home,’ Tom replied. ‘Is the vodka cold?’

Andrei laughed, ‘Absolute…ly.’ He made a joke about the cheap plastic bottles of American vodka on board. ‘It is ice-cold but it will warm your bellies. We also have some hamburgers and Coca-Cola for the weary travelers.’

‘Now you’re talking!’ Brandon chimed in, excitedly. ‘We’ll be right in.’

Andrei could hear cheers form the other crew members, as well. He joked with them, “I think you’ll find our prices reasonable: I will swap you a burger for a carat, and I don’t mean vegetables.”

Brandon replied, ‘Got change for a twenty? I think that’s the smallest one we brought back.’

“What? You are not big tipper?” Andrei laughed.

Carl was the one to respond to that, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger, today.” Andrei didn’t get the reference to the old Popeye cartoon show, but assumed it was supposed to be funny since the rest of the Homeward Angels were laughing.

Jackie leaned over to Sally, “Is there anything in particular you have been missing and looking forward to?”

Sally got a thoughtful look on her face before replying, “Sam Morgan.”

Tom’s head snapped around, “Who’s Sam Morgan?”

Sally laughed, “Not who, what. You put two ounces of Sambuca and two ounces of Captain Morgan over ice and stir. It has the sweet licorice flavor mixed with the mulling spices of hot cider. The combination comes across as sort of a root beer-cream soda taste, but with a little kick. Sambuca, Captain Morgan… Sam Morgan.”

“I’ve never heard of that one,” Jackie said. “but it sounds great.”

“Me neither,” Tom added. “And I tended bar for a while during college.”

Sally thought for a moment, “Well, I’m pretty sure I created it. One evening I felt like having a drink and couldn’t decide between the two, so I mixed them. Of course, some people like licorice, and some don’t. But the ones I have met that don’t, like this because of the other favors blended in.”

Brandon then added, “I can’t imagine anyone not liking licorice. Now green beans, on the other hand…”

February Update

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Hi everyone. January sales were great, but all good things must come to an end. In the mean time, I had a bit of hand surgery about three weeks ago, which has put a damper on my typing. But I am healing well and look forward to getting back to working on the sequel, Email From Mars: Under Martian Law. Thanks for your support. Lon