SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY BY JAMES PETER HADZESS
LITMUS
Jason Mann fetches up marooned on earth, a quarter rotation of the galactic plane distant from his civilization. Humanity's hypervigilance has degenerated into paranoia and a countdown to demolition is transpiring. The pilot is appalled and vows to set things right
DONE
DETOUR
Recovering from an overdose, Mark finds the world a changed place with almost all of the people gone and strange creatures prowling the streets. He recruits a team of aliens to set things right. And a pair of androids who have been on the run for a thousand years.
DONE
KNURL
Luke find himself in either a virtual reality or the distant future and must prevent WW4 reigniting in the smoldering ruins of WW3. With his buddy, Tarak the barbarian, his first quest is to free a high-powered business executive named Aria and win her trust.
DONE
QUANDARY
DONE
Nick is shanghaied into being beta testers for a new virtual reality game. Of course, his buddy and their girlfriends must join them in the deed. Everybody makes a lot of mistakes and I get to point out the shortcomings of modernity in the process.
RANT
DONE
The impoverished and orphaned Joe encounters Marlene in an alley fighting mega-rats with magic. Being a gentleman, he decides to assist. She importunes for more help destroying banshees that haunt the sewers. Before too long his monthly allotment is spent on a medieval samurai short sword and night vision goggles.
ECHO
IN PROCESS 2024
Ross is employed as a city worker in a dystopian future where any marginal person found on the streets is recycled as body parts or shipped off-planet to colonize a hostile world. The surplus population needs to be cleared for the restoration of earth to progress and the elites who control power are not fussy about the means employed.
BRICK
IN PROCESS 2024
Everybody seems to be doing time on the backward planet where Logan is sentenced. And major corporations are still fighting over the remnants of that spoiled world and its exploited people. His ex-wife is also exiled there, which makes for a real pot of soup. A biomorphic wolf is included to complete the family.