A Snippet From “Taking Control”, Book 2 In the Starchild Series

Keeping in mind that italics are telepathic communication. “You don’t get it, do you? We’ve been as much your prisoners since we captured you in that ravine, as you have been ours. We’ve protected you, fed you, guided you, clothed you. Rescued you! We haven’t had a choice. That’s what’s frustrating. We have no choice. […]

Another little piece of Taking the Stars…

She still stood on the weathered stone of the tower heights. She knew that. The star-response only altered her consciousness to make her think she was somewhere else. What did that matter? Here, at last, was the answer to her years of empty prayers. She floated alone in a universe of her own, surrounded by […]

Excerpt from Taking the Stars

I thought I would do something a bit different today. This is a clip from my fantasy novel. I’m putting up chapters on Wattpad. Since the whole trilogy is complete, I expect to post there regularly. I hope it piques your curiosity and you want to read more. 😊 You can find it under BobbieF, […]

Greg Shap's Journal entry #11

Spacertown Every planet, station, platform, or flotsam island in EA space has a Spacertown. That’s all they’re ever called. The management wants to ensure that when we skinny, gravity-sensitive, hairless—from the depilatories we use to keep our hair from clogging our ship filters—Human misfits vent from our ships, we can find the place as quickly […]

Tales from the Perimeter Lands

From Silver and Chaos Tuvarsh shrugged. What a bunch of overdressed, overindulged southerners thought about him was the least of his concerns. “They required a courier. I was coming this way,” he said. Actually, that second part was not quite true. But when a Mage of Chaos–especially one whose runetapes were clearly ten levels above […]

INGRAM SPARK DAY 2019

I had the pleasure of being a +1 to Ingram Spark Day, Weds. Aug 21, at their facility in La Vergne, Tennesee. It was a wonderful experience. Besides being treated to a lovely breakfast and lunch, they presented seminars telling us how to get better exposure and sales on self-published books. We toured their bindery […]

Greg Shap’s Journal entry #8

When I told Saurubi Cerros Syrhas my story, how raiders had attacked my world, killed the adults and took the children as slaves, she looked at me with her great, amber eyes and declared, “Obvious you were not where the Mother Universe intended you to be.” I was shocked. Sickened. Angry with her cold analysis. […]

Greg Shap’s Journal entry #7

Humans try to put a face on the snarling maw of darkness that is space. They try to tame it. It’s too big for that. Once you wander away from the safety of the herd, the wolves slink in. Then there is only one law in space; kill or be killed. Learn who your friends […]