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J.A. Marlow


Biography

It's said I was launched into space from birth and I haven't been back to Earth since.

There might be some truth in that.

As a reader I love science fiction with great plots, interesting characters, exotic locales, all accompanied by a sense of wonder with optimistic endings. As a writer, I love the same.

Where to find J.A. Marlow online

Website: http://starcatcherpub.com
Twitter: jamarlow_sf
    Blog: http://jamarlow.com

    Where to buy in print

    http://starcatcherpub.com

    Books

    Aurora Equinox (Salmon Run - Book 6)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $3.99 USD. 40390 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on March 7, 2013. Fiction.
    With the equinox come the aurora and the itch of spring… Good moods are scarce in Salmon Run these days. Zach Callahan's lingering foul mood even manages to drive off Sasha. His concerned father insist on a check-up visit to the local spaceship just as Zach discovers a threat worthy of true worry: The return of a threat from the south.
    Bowl the Lizard    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 8650 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on February 13, 2013. Fiction.
    Something is missing… The Princess just knows it. Something important, something she can't think of. With robot caretakers in tow she goes in search through the extensive royal gardens, determined to continue until it's found. No matter how deep into the gardens the search takes her. A science fiction fairy tale short story. Includes the complete BONUS story, "Gaslight Tea Party" by Alex Vaugn.
    Eloquently Crooked    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 9870 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on September 19, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    As a bounty hunter, Patricia Silverton privately battles the smugglers infesting the sky city of Abashiri. Only, the next smuggler on her list isn't willing to allow an arrest stop him from making the next delivery. He's everything she doesn't expect in a smuggler, but she musn't allow it to stop her from doing what must be done. Even if she dies trying. A science fiction thriller novelette.
    Teacup Mountain    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 12330 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on August 19, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    Is leaving what she really wants? Tilly Simpson and her classmates graduate with grand plans to leave the small town of Teacup Mountain for futures among the worlds of the Galactic Commonwealth. With worlds of opportunity and possibilities before her, will Tilly find the future she truly desires? A 3300 word science fiction short story. Includes the complete BONUS story, "Crystal Wishes"
    Crystal Wishes    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 12300 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on August 19, 2012. Fiction.
    Life is a string of wishes hanging in the window… Opal's parents latest obsession in frontier-world mining ends in tragedy. As grief descends questions consume her: What does she do now? Does she stay or leave, and how can she pay for either? Alone on a harsh frontier world can she dare trust anyone? A 7500 word science fiction short story. Includes the complete BONUS story "Teacup Mountain"
    Breaking Point    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 13200 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on July 15, 2012. Fiction.
    A series of layoffs force starship pilot Alfonso Wickham to make a shuttle deliver with no help other than the accompanying 'efficiency expert' who is watching his every move. He can't do anything right, and the delivery quickly goes from bad to worse when local salvagers view his cargo as a quick easy score. They don't know Alfonso has just reached his breaking point...
    Are We There Yet?    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 8990 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on June 24, 2012. Fiction.
    The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Larson family head out in their space-RV on a vacation trip to Venus when the mini-disasters start piling up, soon leading to an age-old refrain… "Are we there yet?" A 4200 word science fiction humor short story. This edition includes the complete BONUS story, "The Great Salmon Run Cake Fiasco"
    Specter of the White Death (Salmon Run - Book 5)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $3.99 USD. 36950 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on June 3, 2012. Fiction.
    There is such a thing as too much help... Amber Marley insists on giving Hawk and Zach Callahan lessons in basic survival training. Instead, they get an entire town of helpful interfering neighbors. Elsewhere, Admiral Kian orders their spaceship readied using Earth-based raw materials to manufacture their own parts. Leading both to a dangerous encounter in the rugged Alaska mountains.
    The Great Salmon Run Cake Fiasco    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 9090 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on May 9, 2012. Fiction.
    The Salmon Run Men's Club, the General Store cafe kitchen, and the one-month anniversary of the Callahans in Alaska... All the ingredients needed for a messy disaster of legendary proportions... A Salmon Run short story. This edition includes the complete BONUS story, "Are We There Yet?"
    A Turn of the Pipes (A Redpoint One Romance)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $4.99 USD. 52330 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on March 10, 2012. Fiction.
    Rachel Henderkito's job of caring for Redpoint One's plumbing isn't easy with citizen pets clogging up the pipes. Rare lizard breeder Ignacio Manetti doesn't have time for the dark memories romance brings. And yet, love blooms with the help of an alien flying squirrel and the ovably interfering Naughty Knitter's Club. Except Rachel hates his rare alien Newt while he unconditionally loves it.
    Secret Illusions (Salmon Run - Book 4)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $3.99 USD. 40450 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on February 22, 2012. Fiction.
    An ominous singing voice only Zach and Sasha can hear... First came the blizzard. Then the earthquake hit. Even as the people of Salmon Run rally to pick up the pieces, Zach and Sasha start hearing a voice singing across the radio. Singing no one else can hear. They need answers from the only ones who can help. But, how do you find aliens who don't want to be found?
    The Phoenix Eggs (The String Weavers - Book 2)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $7.99 USD. 101870 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on November 19, 2011. Fiction.
    The team must find a way to come together like never before to stop Professor Hadrian from gathering lost Phoenix Eggs across the multi-universes, and Kelsey's rare talent might give them just the edge they need. A science fiction novel by J.A. Marlow.
    Flying Dutchman of the Spacelanes    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 10060 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on October 28, 2011. Fiction.
    0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
    The Flying Dutchman of the Spacelanes has appeared again... Busy with repairs of Langdon Spacestation, Sora Anali could do without a cursed ghost ship lurking about. But, when it docks and triggers the servicing robots into delivering supplies including a rare item needed for the station, she is given no choice but to get up close and personal. But, the legends say to board her is to die on her.
    In the Cauldron    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 13830 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    Dropping out of hyperspace into a pulsar system with no engines, a dead bridge crew and captain, and limited power doesn't bode well for survival. Somehow I've got to convince the other passengers to stay with the ship and get the engines running. Before it's too late for any of us. A suspense science fiction short story. Includes the complete bonus story, "Spires"
    Coffee Cup Dreams (A Redpoint One Romance)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $4.99 USD. 52770 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on August 24, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    During a simple operation Tish Douglas died. And yet, she also awoke in what doctors called a 'psi event,' sending her fleeing to an ancient spacestation of alien origins called Redpoint One. There she meets new boss Arthur Getty, and the sparks fly. Despite Arthur knowing that as his employee Tish is off-limits. Despite the secret Tish keeps of what sent her fleeing in the first place.
    Children of Jad Omnibus    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $4.99 USD. 56570 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on August 18, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 2 reviews)
    It started an ordinary day and ended in a discovery that shook the planet of Jad. Through the threat of possible war, pirates, Chion Warriors, treasure hunters and more, Elvy Akuma and her friends Tiver and Pelik band together to protect themselves, the heritage of Jad, and peace itself. This Omnibus collects together: Glint of a Suncatcher, Glint of a Ring, Glint of an Artifact, Glint of a Tower
    Glint of a Tower (Children of Jad #4)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 17030 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on August 18, 2011. Fiction.
    In a dream come true, Pelik is invited to train with the Chion Warriors. But duty to the Warriors wars with the needs of his friends to discover the secrets of the crashed ship and the data suncatchers before stalking treasure hunters get there first. In the balance hangs the very future of Jad and Pelik's own heart. A science fiction novelette. Title is included in the "Children of Jad Omnibus"
    Glint of an Artifact (Children of Jad #3)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 14590 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on August 11, 2011. Fiction.
    Pirates invading the archeological dig of an ancient crashed spaceship is bad enough. The lightening storm activating the data suncatchers is even worse. Tiver finds himself changed in ways he doesn't understand. Together with his friends, he seeks to understand what happened to him. Before the mysterious images invading his mind overwhelm him completely. A science fiction novelette.
    Glint of a Ring (Children of Jad #2)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 14260 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on July 18, 2011. Fiction.
    A day at the archeological dig of an ancient crashed spaceship comes to an abrupt end when uninvited guests arrive: thieving pirates. Elvy Akuma and her friends race to save the artifacts and rescue her father before the pirates find a way into the barricaded storage room. Complicated by lurking Chion Warriors and a mysterious ring that won't come off Elvy's finger. A science fiction novelette.
    The Singing Lakes (Salmon Run - Book 3)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $3.99 USD. 42790 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on July 14, 2011. Fiction.
    An ominous singing voice only Zach and Sasha can hear... First came the blizzard. Then the earthquake hit. Even as the people of Salmon Run rally to pick up the pieces, Zach and Sasha start hearing a voice singing across the radio. Singing no one else can hear. They need answers from the only ones who can help. But, how do you find aliens who don't want to be found?
    The String Weavers (The String Weavers - Book 1)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $7.99 USD. 102500 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on July 2, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 3 reviews)
    Strange things happen to Kelsey Hale, like food disappearing and hearing music no one else hears. Then a giant flaming bird arrives and drops an alien at her and her father's feet! Before she knows it, she finds herself struggling to survive on another world in another Universe, all while trying to rescue her father who seems to have kept a very important secret from her all these years...
    Mop Jockeys and Fighter Pilots    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $0.99 USD. 6940 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on June 25, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 2 reviews)
    Captain Carme Batista doesn't have time for anything other than fighting the next battle. But Felix isn't an ordinary janitor. He remembers things no one else does, unobtrusively attentive, seeming to sense what she needs before even she knows it. He doesn't seem to understand she has no emotion left. The war with the Chion destroyed them a long time ago... Or did it?
    The Art of Negotiation    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $1.49 USD. 11440 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on May 28, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 2 reviews)
    After overseeing the downsizing of a construction facility at Arcturus, Zada Harper comes face-to-face with an old friend... whom she just helped lay off. Zada then finds herself the next target of the ISC Corporation layoffs. She is suddenly without a job and forced into automatic arbitration for a severance settlement. But Zada won't go quietly. The ISC feels the sting of her departure.
    Alien Winter (Salmon Run - Book 2)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $3.99 USD. 39310 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on April 17, 2011. Fiction.
    (3.00 from 1 review)
    A haunted lodge? The Salmon Run Lodge needs a good cleaning. Hard to accomplish with the plumbing and power constantly going out. And the strange unexplained noises. Nanuk wants to continue his scientific human observations. Hard to do when the Admiral insists he take along a new arrival to the Earth Mission. How can alien and human worlds not collide?
    Where the Purple Grass Grows    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 17560 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on April 2, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 2 reviews)
    The last thing reporter Steve Gortney expects is pirates raiding the strange space-elevator on the backworld of Vorstogen. While he's thrilled for the exclusive on a pirate raid-in-progress, he soon finds his own life in danger from a secret the pirates are willing to kill to keep hidden. Meanwhile, the space-elevator has a few secrets of its own... A science fiction novelette by J.A. Marlow.
    Into the Forest Shadows    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $7.99 USD. 88340 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on March 10, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 6 reviews)
    On a world of valuable giant trees and intelligent animals, a red-cloaked headstrong teen struggles to save her family from a planetary conspiracy awaiting her at Grandmother's house. A science fiction novel retelling of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood."
    Night of the Aurora (Salmon Run - Book 1)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: Free! 41080 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on March 6, 2011. Fiction.
    0.5 star(4.60 from 5 reviews)
    For Hawk and Zach Callahan, getting to the small town of Salmon Run presents the first challenge. They think they have it made when they board the unique train that will take them through a dark roadless wilderness to their new home. The same night a massive Aurora Borealis strands them in the middle of nowhere. An Aurora also affecting an alien spaceship hidden beneath the ice and snow...
    Glint of a Suncatcher (Children of Jad #1)    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 16000 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on February 26, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 3 reviews)
    Amazing discovery or a trigger to war… Elvy Akuma hopes to make a little extra money by finding and selling Suncatchers, the shells of a native Jad land-mollusk, to tourists. She finds something else in the dirt, instead. An unexpected discovery that could make the humble world of Jad famous. Or it could reignite a war between Human and Chion. A science fiction novelette.
    Spires    by J.A. Marlow
    Price: $2.99 USD. 12950 words. Published by Star Catcher Publishing  on February 13, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 7 reviews)
    I should be barricaded at home, scared like the rest of them. But no. I'm out walking the streets, sure my mind is about to burn out. The last thing I need is to run into a snot-nosed kid with a stolen alien artifact. Both seem to have something to do with the vines invading the city, but why should I care? Unfortunately for me, the vines care. Includes the complete BONUS story, "In the Cauldron"

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