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Michael Scholtes
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    • Firefly Beacon Series
      • Discovery
      • Reckoning
    • Escapement Trilogy
      • Searching
      • Breakaway
      • Asymptotes of the Heart
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Short Stories

  • GardDog, Fourth River, 2/06/2026
    • An elderly widower finds reprieve from inevitable decline in the form of a robot helpmate, dog-shaped–which might be an agent of distant AI.
  • Prodigal Daughter, Down In The Dirt, May 2026
    • Christmas in Wisconsin can be cold and merciless, if you have been ejected from hearth and home. But what if…?
      • https://scars.tv/cgi-bin/writers.pl?MICHAELSCHOLTES
      • dirt@scars.tv
  • The Last Man Understanding, Confetti, Spring 2026
    • Peter’s brainy girlfriend disappears. The trail leads someplace scary.
      • https://confettimag.org/home/#TOC-Spring-2026
  • There Are Suns To Slay, In Another Time, April 2026
    • Ancient Chinese legends, more myth than history, still walk the Earth.
      • inanothertimemagazine@gmail.com
  • Fey, Kadankai Stories, Oct 2026
    • A grieving man is visited by memory, and something more than memory.
      • https://www.kaidankaistories.com/