David Moreton

Anthology of Futures    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 50810 words. Published on August 3, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
six sci-fi stories to make you think - the future is never set in stone.

The Sweepers    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 76930 words. Published on October 13, 2010. Fiction.
In the middle of a spiral galaxy there existed an organization known as the Confederation of Planets, where commerce was advanced and a high degree of stability had been achieved, but not without a price. Within the organization, there was another, so secret, it didn't even have an official name, but those within it knew its three component parts as The Seekers, The Keepers and The Sweep­ers.

The Inosculation Syndrome    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 102750 words. Published on October 9, 2010. Fiction.
When the odds are stacked against you to the degree that survival seems impossible, and you make it, you can’t be blamed for feeling a little brighter than most. Buoyed up with this feeling of being just about the brightest being in the known universe, it is a little disconcerting to find out later that a seemingly lesser mortal can have you do their bidding without you even knowing about it.

Transplant    by David Moreton
Price: Free! 67190 words. Published on October 9, 2010. Fiction.
(4.50 from 4 reviews)
Stupidity, greed, and isolationistic fundamentalism between the three main super powers had pushed mankind to the brink of destruction. Just before the holocaust began, a group of wealthy and reasonably sane individuals decided save some small remnant of humankind. A small group of near genetically perfect people would be sent to another star system, and so Project Transplant began.

Greenways    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 58250 words. Published on September 29, 2010. Fiction.
Natures’ efforts at maintaining life on earth had crumbled pitifully under the onslaught of man’s stupidity, surviving in a much reduced form. Gradually, the remaining life forms began to change, modifying to fill every nook and cranny which would support life. Kel was the only member of his tribe to show any real interest in life generally and the wealth of knowledge held by the Story Teller.

The Single Twin    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 67830 words. Published on September 26, 2010. Fiction.
Fed up with earth’s teeming hoards, greed and corruption, plus the threat of a war to end all wars, Cresswell decided to spend his days in a spacetug mining asteroids for the smelting stations which encircled Earth. An act of compassion and extreme bravery was to change his life dramatically, and ‘nature’, was to implement yet another change in her rich panoply of life forms in the universe.

of Wood, Metal and Glass    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 78160 words. Published on September 23, 2010. Fiction.
After the robot wars, little was left on Earth. In time, three little groups emerged, who traded amongst themselves with what little was left of Earth’s previous bounty. They has stagnated in their progress due to inept leadership, until one of the group, up against considerable odds, decided to do something about it.

The Martian Enigma    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 53590 words. Published on September 23, 2010. Fiction.
After two failed attempts to explore Mars, a third expedition was sent to find out what had happened. They were in for quite a shock, but not as big a shock as Earth was to get when they returned.

Exchange Rate    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 43530 words. Published on September 12, 2010. Fiction.
He had been lied to, cheated and generally taken advantage of - and then disregarded and abandoned when they didn’t see any more profit in the venture. There didn’t seem to be any way out of the situation he had found himself in, which is a dangerous position to put someone in when you don’t have complete control over them, even if you think you have.

EXTREME DIFFERENCE    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 76110 words. Published on September 8, 2010. Fiction.
Dumped on an alien world as an adult, with no memory, and among a strange bunch of people who had filled their own blank memories with myth and legend, what do you do? If you just agree with the others, you stand a good chance of losing what little sanity you have left, and if you don’t, you are labelled a heretic.

THE SEED GARDEN    by David Moreton
Price: $2.99 USD. 59220 words. Published on September 6, 2010. Fiction.
Jed was the sole crew on an ore ship plying its trade across the galaxy. The ship’s detectors failed to notice a shower of meteorites which crippled the controls and communications, leaving Jed the only chance of survival by using the emergency escape pod. Fortunately there was a planet within range of the pod’s drive unit, but it was apparently devoid of all life forms, and very alien..

Fully Guaranteed    by David Moreton
Price: $0.99 USD. 25140 words. Published on August 24, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
The major companies had bought, absorbed, or closed down the competition. Guarantees were worthless, spare parts unobtainable, and complaints enthusiastically ignored. Joe Public could do nothing, until along came a Trojan Horse. It offered a way out of being ripped off, and who could resist that? There is always a price to pay if you accept something for nothing.