Three Novellas & a Short Story

The Promise: In the year 2825 A.D., young Commander Jonathan Smythe and his crew of astronauts and androids travel outside the Solar System to a newly found earth-like planet, Terrane, in the Tri-Star Alpha Centauri. The pristine baby blue planet is inhabited by cave dwelling humanoids. The commander and his caring and loving crew, introduce the use of fire, teach them farming, animal domestication, building homes and speaking, reading and writing. Before leaving to return to earth, the commander promises to return in the near future. In 2850 A.D. the commander’s son returns to Terrane to continue his father’s work; but meets resistance from the brutal mountain people.Orion: Orion, a hybrid with special powers, experiences happiness and misery living on earth. His super intelligence and caring for the people he loves make him a generous and loving person. Both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. pursue him wherever he goes, trying to capture him to probe his physical and mental powers. Finally, his father comes to take him back home at Shiprock.For the love of Elena: Young Sergeant Major Johnny Rossetti and his men courageously fight the Germans at The Battle of the Bulge. As he is badly wounded the angelic vision of Elena enters his mind, heart and soul. After the war, Johnny is decorated with the Gold Medal of Liberty and finds work teaching World History and Geography in Brooklyn, N.Y. His parents reward him with a vacation in Italy to meet his grandparents, where he meets Elena, who takes total control of his heart and soul....A Dozen Donuts: Young Tony Ricco becomes a legendary high school basketball player. He marries his beautiful high school sweetheart; and is introduced to Bavarian cream donuts by his father-in-law, Lieutenant Rosato. One late evening, as he is driving back home on his beautiful 1996 red Cobra Convertible with a dozen donuts for his lovely wife he and his car are abducted by aliens. A dozen donuts will make you laugh but it might also make you cry when the