Martin's Short Stories
Science Fiction Oriental/Asian Philosophical Religious
- 12 Hz (22 k, 3314 words) Is mankind's Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence using the wrong frequency ?
- Stealthy No More (42 k, 6686 words) How the world's poorest country outwits the technology of the richest.
- Interlin (6 k, 968 words) How the chance discovery of an unwanted computer program made Adrian's dreams come true.
- Parallel Time (17 k, 1800 words) Life, death, a parallel universe, love - and back again, or was it just a dream ?
- Just in Time (19 k, 1726 words) How to make money from banks by using different time zones
Oriental/Asian
- Stealthy No More (42 k, 6686 words) How the world's poorest country outwits the technology of the richest.
- Mong Fu San (18 k, 2528words) A difficult choice for a young woman in China. This rock really exists.
- Wishing Well (57 k, 8772 words) A very determined young woman has to overcome setbacks - and her own mistakes, to get what she wants.
- The Swimsuit (37 k, 5507 words) A misunderstanding about cultural differences nearly leads to disaster.
- Three Lives (18 k, 2627 words) Did this lady really know her husband in the life before, and in her life before that ?
- Two Sisters (37 k, 4726 words) Two Indian sisters in England, and one Englishman.
- The Engineer (4 k, 180 words) Fate, destiny or karma ?
- Free Tahiti (98 k, 13427 words) Which is better - friendship or love ? Two people eventually find the answer.
- East and West (23 k, 3357 words) A Chinese lady and an English man, but tensions mount.
- A Son (18 k, 2534 words) Traditions die hard when a Chinese family moves to England.
Philosophical
- What does Two Dollars Cost ? (7 k, 842 words) Grinding poverty in a Third World country, honour and the need for money to live.
- Winners, Losers (10 k, 1342 words) A statistically improbable story showing that gambling doesn't pay.
- My Special Friend (5 k, 398 words) Have you ever wanted a special, secret and totally loyal friend ?
- Claudia Jones (10 k, 866 words) Black woman activist, civil rights leader and social reformer, campaigned in both USA and UK, started the Notting Hill Carnival, died in London 1964.
Religious
- Mind Wars (58 k, 8540 words) A sceptic discovers that after death there is life, conflict and even romance.
- Sister Monica (28 k, 4027 words) A passionate insight into the emotional struggles of a nun.
- Tarana (32 k, 4821 words) Two people, two religions, and each seeing the failings of their own and the strengths of the other's.
- The Woman by the Well (6 k, 837 words) The Bible story in John 4 - from the woman's point of view.
- The Young Man and the Old Man (9 k, 1488 words) About giving advice to the younger generation.
- ... and Sin No More (8 k, 943 words) The Bible story in John 8:3-11 - from the woman's point of view.
- Unchanged (7k, 673 words) Sometimes we can still be recognised from a long distant past.
- Modestique (45k, 8105 words) Going to the wrong church, meeting an artist and finding an old flame.
- Another Gospel of Saint Luke ? (131k, 11663 words) Is there really an earlier gospel waiting to be discovered ?
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