Ships civilian and military exploring the far reaches of the galaxy.

Interstellar Stories

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A Dog's Life by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Courage · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 1,640. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » General
The crew sticks together, down to the very last crewmember: the captain's dog. Now the captain's kidnapped dog, snatched by ungrateful aliens the ship aided.
A Time-Honored Tradition by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Courage · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,460. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
A captain willing to take any steps to protect his homeworld. A doctor who believes innocent offworlders deserve protection as well. The two men: not just close friends, but shipmates as well. Can either convince the other to relent?
A Wrinkle in Time by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,660. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Adventure » General
Archeologist and former Earth Military Force officer Luke Parillo finds thousand-year-old wreckage all the time. But this ancient ship came from hundreds of years in the future
By Any Other Name by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,790. Language: English. Published: March 7, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Adventure » General
The death of a virtual stranger embroils a space pirate in a conspiracy. He barely knew the murdered woman. So why fight so hard now to catch her killer? And dare he trust the authorities?
Crystal of Souls by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,210. Language: English. Published: January 3, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Holiday » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
An ancient artifact with religious significance and perhaps even mysterious power. Religious leaders want it to unite the planet. Military leaders want it to stop a war. Their enemies want it to prevent both.
Exploring the Wild Black Yonder by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,660. Language: English. Published: March 27, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Adventure » General
Science fiction set in outer space often focuses on heroic soldier girls or –boys. That observation is by no means a complaint. I love so very many of those stories! But here are four adventures where the military—even if it's there—isn't the focal point.
Family Pride by
Series: The Lady Pirates · Interstellar Stories · Nikki. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,460. Language: English. Published: November 29, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Adventure » General
Restore the family name by stealing back what was stolen from them. Sounds easy. Then she meets someone who might or might not go after the same target.
Hunter and Prey by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,930. Language: English. Published: November 29, 2010 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A nursery full of cute little babies. Cute little vacuum-dwelling metal-eating babies, ravenous and eager to devour the starship that discovered them among the asteroids they call home.
I Don't Step on Ants by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,660. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » General
Evacuating a dozen scientist before catastrophe strikes: no problem. Preventing the moon-sized asteroid from slamming into a planet teeming with life: huge problem. And the researchers there expect a war-weary captian to help them solve it and avert the extinction of an entire world.
Interstellar Tales of Adventure by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 26,930. Language: English. Published: February 14, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Science fiction » General
A collection of space stories of attacking aliens, hungry space mantas, elephant-sized spiders, warring fleets and rescue missions gone awry.
Invisibility by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Nautica · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,530. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Adventure » General
A group of people flees, wanting only solitude to avoid any and all threats to their pacifism. When another starship discovers their hiding place, their secrecy clashes with the other crew's wish to leave.
Line of Duty by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 1,620. Language: English. Published: March 7, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Seven generations of women. Seven generations of soldiers. With the youngest about to graduate from the academy, her grandmother and great-great-grandmother strive to make it to the ceremony on time.
Next in Line by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,340. Language: English. Published: March 7, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » General
A medical crisis. Ruthless pirates. A brand new senior staff. No time for the new crew to figure each other out and forge the essential bonds of cooperation and trust before they plunge into the pandemonium. Too many lives depend on them.
Quarry by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,420. Language: English. Published: February 3, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Horror » General
The lovely uninhabited planet made the perfect choice for colonization. So who brutally murdered the surveyors there ahead of the settlers?
Racing the Wave by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Triumph · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,320. Language: English. Published: March 7, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » General
Volcanoes shattering entire continents. Tsunami deluging an entire world. A desperate call for help from an unexplored planet. Two ships speed to the rescue.
Rescue Mission by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,140. Language: English. Published: December 8, 2010 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Sacrifice. A stealth ship on a mission deep in enemy space. Their assignment: knock out the planetary defenses of a vital munitions factory so Earth's fleet can swoop in and destroy it. But at what price? And who pays?
Sailing the Cosmos by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 90,160. Language: English. Published: November 3, 2012 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Action and adventure abound! A mysterious thousand-year-old starship from a hundred years in the future. An entire colony brutally murdered. Clashing civilizations on the brink of all-out devastating war. Living jewels. Space pirates. A whole planet come to life, and another in the throes of destruction. And much more!
Self-Determination by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Challenger · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,400. Language: English. Published: March 27, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Adventure » General
Personality? Or programming? An entire planet comes to life—and decides to evict the humans living on it.
Shanghaied by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,830. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » General
Claim jumpers target the wrong people when they kidnap several Earth Military Force officers. Before long, the hostages turn the tables. Not satisfied with escape, they want to capture the whole gang.
Soaring Starships by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 29,820. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Adventure » General
Collected in one volume: short stories of a living computer, space pirates, terrorist attacks, supervolcanos, megatsunami—and a kidnapped dog.
Starburst by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,160. Language: English. Published: December 1, 2010 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
One young commander on a remote interstellar base stands between Earth and all-out invasion. She fights to keep the aliens at bay, even if it costs her her life.
The Element of Surprise by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,400. Language: English. Published: March 27, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » General
Comrades in arms Meg Nichols and Allie Oshikawa just want to enjoy the concert during their brief leave on Jupiter's moon. Some local rabble, though, mistakes the soldiers for easy targets.
The Letter of the Law by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Nautica · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,210. Language: English. Published: February 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Adventure » General
Individuality versus the common good, an eternal struggle. But what of love of family when the "common good" claims the right to tear a child from his parents?
Too Early Seen Unknown by
Series: Interstellar Stories: Triumph · Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,830. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A fire triggers an evacuation of a packed sports stadium—mere minutes before bombs go off. No injuries, but tensions on the already contentious planet soar even higher. The crew of the Earth Military Force ship Triumph needs to find the culprits before all-out war erupts.
Treasure by
Series: Interstellar Stories. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 2,770. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2011 by Bluetrix Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
Thieves take advantage of a careless captain and highjack his cargo of precious gems. His friends chase after it, trying to recover it before anyone else learns of the theft—and before the thieves sell it.