Super Great Challenge Stories

A heart-felt look at enduring and new relationships in a near-future science fiction story by the author of the Moreau Society series.For "Pops" - as the unlicensed neighborhood kids call him - immortality isn't the point. He wants to live for Mary's sake. To help her, care for her, and give her every chance at life. Is it enough?Ryan M. Williams' Memory of a Scent is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

What if your moment never comes? This fantastic tale by the author of the Dead Things series looks at what happens when you least expect it.Life rarely, in Nora's experience, ends up as expected. An accidental fossil discovery might rewrite the text books on dinosaurs. Like the fossils that showed feather imprints for avian and non-avian dinosaurs. Suddenly the narrative shifts from BDR (Big Dumb Reptiles) to agile, fast, cunning, warm-blooded animals.The chance to rewrite history isn't why she sets out on a hike off-trail, despite the intriguing pic from her students. She is seeking her own answers to life.Ryan M. Williams' A Scattering of Rainbows is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

Kenneth Peterson learns immortality comes at a price in this near future story by the author of the Moreau Society series*.*No longer Kenneth Peterson, now he is KI-P3 "Kip," a crystallized brain wrapped in an A.I. core net-a mentic who works security for Interplanetary Portal Enterprises. They promise immortality and deliver indentured servitude.IPE's headquarters occupies the 'New West Coast'-not the one destroyed by Cascadia's quakes and eruptions-the one built in Israel over the ruins of what was called Gaza. Kip remembers the past.A past potentially resurrected when he is alerted to a security problem.Ryan M. Williams' Someplace Else is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

Some discoveries you hope to never make, in this story by the author of the Moreau Society series.It's hard to spot interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. They come from any direction, at terrifying speeds, and most go unseen. Until the Vera Rubin Observatory's sky survey began cataloging the sky and discovered dozens-rapidly changing our understanding of how frequently ISOs pass through the solar system.Space is vast. Bigger than people imagine. The chance of an ISO impacting Earth is maybe once in 65 million years…Ryan M. Williams' Forty-Two is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

Could you survive in an extreme environment with nearly nothing? That question is explored in this story by the author of the Moreau Society series.Growing up, Petra struggled to survive on a unsympathetic world. No mother. No secure shelter. Lack of food. She learned to survive on her wits. The agency represented unimagined opportunities and a way out.Petra knew that the agency's survival challenge could make or break her future career chances. Survive one week under extreme conditions. Find water, food, and shelter in a place that appears to lack any of those necessities-with the most minimal of tools.A challenge unlike any she had ever encountered in her life.Ryan M. Williams' Surface Conditions, is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

Kenneth Peterson learns immortality comes at a price in this near future story by the author of the Moreau Society series. No longer Kenneth Peterson, now he is KI-P3 "Kip," a crystallized brain wrapped in an A.I. core net-a mentic who works security for Interplanetary Portal Enterprises. They promise immortality and deliver indentured servitude. IPE's headquarters occupies the 'New West Coast'-not the one destroyed by Cascadia's quakes and eruptions-the one built in Israel over the ruins of what was called Gaza. Kip remembers the past. A past potentially resurrected when he is alerted to a security problem. Ryan M. Williams' Someplace Else is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

What if your moment never comes? This fantastic tale by the author of the Dead Things series looks at what happens when you least expect it. Life rarely, in Nora's experience, ends up as expected. An accidental fossil discovery might rewrite the text books on dinosaurs. Like the fossils that showed feather imprints for avian and non-avian dinosaurs. Suddenly the narrative shifts from BDR (Big Dumb Reptiles) to agile, fast, cunning, warm-blooded animals. The chance to rewrite history isn't why she sets out on a hike off-trail, despite the intriguing pic from her students. She is seeking her own answers to life. Ryan M. Williams' A Scattering of Rainbows is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

Captaining a starship means walking the fine edge in this exciting story by the author of the Moreau Society series. As far spaceports go, this out-of-the-way port on Linnea still offers every amenity possible to passengers, starship crews, and merchants. Vanticans set great stock in running an efficient and thoughtful port where miscreants receive swift justice. Walk the concourse, enjoy the offerings of hundreds of worlds, and meet species from across the Rim-and beyond. That's the pitch, anyway, fools all for believing it. For Mads Bookery, captain of the Foxylia, he can't get off Linnea fast enough. Ryan M. Williams' Fall Away is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

In this near-future science fiction story by the author of the Moreau Society series, an entertaining answer to the question, "how far would you go to win love?" Everyday life for Autistic people continues to present challenges in the future. Yet new opportunities and support give hope to Rupert. Aided by CL-NK, "Clank," he seeks employment and the life he wants. His search takes an unexpected turn and leads him to new heights he hadn't dreamt of achieving. Ryan M. Williams' Rupert & Clank is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.

Hauntings aren't always what you expect in this chilling tale by the author of the Dead Things series. Nick paints gothic and spooky cover art, drawing on fears and secrets that haunt him every day. His girlfriend, Kyla, runs a successful YouTube channel investigating paranormal incidents and reporting on her discoveries. Nick knows that sometimes...things get out of hand. Ryan M. Williams' The Persistent Dark is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.