Saviors of the Galaxy: In the Beginning    by Michael E. Walston
Price: Free! 25290 words. Published on November 24, 2011. Fiction.
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The galactic computer network is ancient. The elder races that built it are extinct. The civilizations using it for commerce and translation don't know all its secrets. But one lone human has outfitted a trading ship with technologies from its archives, and he roams beyond anywhere humans have previously traveled. Stumbling on a dire threat to the Galaxy's community of cultures, he must fight it!

Incident on Sugar Sand Road and other stories    by Michael E. Walston
Price: $2.99 USD. 50480 words. Published on August 17, 2011. Fiction.
Two teenagers meet aliens in backwoods Florida, and they enlist a drunken science-fiction writer to help them tell the world about it. A serpentine being in a far-future galactic realm is revered for his wisdom and serenity. An ancient computer network unites disparate civilizations all across the stars--but who were its builders? Five far-flung tales from a committed new full-time writer.