Roswell Fanatics

Jeff Parker sawed frantically at the wadded up tape at Jim Valenti's ankles. He'd gotten his hands free only seconds ago, but Jim's hands were almost numb themselves. Even so, Valenti had been able to fish his own folding knife out of his pocket and had already succeeded in opening it and was even n...

Williams had hunted big game animals for decades and you develop a feel for what you hunt after awhile. Even before the kid took the step off the porch he knew something was wrong. Williams had known - even before they'd poured the whiskey into him - that the kid had been scared half to death. The k...

Despite being conscious, Max was not in any condition to take on three guys, and he sort of knew that, even if he didn't know exactly why. Exactly why was a little complicated. Partly it was a huge excess of acetaldehyde, which is harmless enough in low concentration but significantly impairing in h...

Crude people have a rough sense of humor and there actually weren't a whole lot cruder people in the world than Abernathy. Even before the pickup truck had come to a halt he was laughing at McCarthy - he'd started as soon as the bloodied handkerchief to his nose had been apparent. "Shit, we lea...

At this time we must make a brief digression into the subject of organic chemistry. Not a major digression into that rather voluminous and technical subject, but more a very brief digression – to allow a better understanding of the biochemistry going on in Max's body right now. Mercifully, that too ...

Liz was wrong about what had brought Max out from under the influence of the alcohol that night, just as Isabel had been wrong imagining that what was keeping Max from detoxifying the alcohol was her fault. The fact was, even Max would not have been able to explain why he had instantly fallen in lov...

Inside the Parker ranch house: McCarthy had his back to them - peering out the window and looking for any intruders. As Jeff Parker lay there watching the man, he heard the walkie talkie on the table suddenly squawk into operation. "We are back at the driveway to the ranch. We should be there i...

Back at the small area of trees and brush across the road from the Parker ranch driveway, the truck carrying Williams and Abernathy lurched to a stop. They had the keys from Diane's purse, and even without the lockpicking skills of McCarthy had little difficulty retrieving the wirecutters they'd pla...

It had taken less than six minutes to get from the Parker homestead back to the far larger and more prosperous Williams Ranch. Of course, despite the better natural water supply – and the well on the property – the Williams Ranch was more residence than working ranch. But it did have a few dozen hea...

“The short version,” said the AI, “...is that there exists in the Milky Way galaxy a Consortium of races with the capability for interstellar flight and they have sponsored this mission.” “And what exactly are they after?” “In physical terms, nothing. It's pretty much in the nature of interstellar f...