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This is the journal of author and engineer Karl Gallagher.
My novel Torchship is now available on Amazon, both ebook and paper. The audiobook edition will be available in March 2016.A captain who’ll take any job if there’s enough money in it ( Read more... ) -
Short Story: "Final Launch Approval"
My boss at the rocket start-up wanted to sacrifice a LOX valve before doing our first static fire, in hopes that would avert the usual failure.
That gave rise to this story.
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New Short Story: "Probe"
Environmental testing is important . . . but sometimes rough on the test subjects.
New story on Substack.
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Short Story: "Runner's High"
Create a medicine which lets people enjoy vigorous exercise. What could go wrong?
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Short Story: "Wildcatter"
Okay, technically a novelette rather than a short story.
When a lunar miner goes outside the system, he finds his customers are even more outside the law.
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Short Story: "Experimental Error"
Students often surprise professors. One student is hiding a secret Prof. Archambault never imagined.
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Short Story: "The Cornucopia Trap"
AIs have the potential to do great things for us. That also puts them in a position to exert subtle control over us.
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Short Story: "Troll"
What would happen if a social media troll got a good look inside the mind of his victims?
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New Short Story: Leak
Small problems, left unfixed, become big problems. You don't want small problems in a space station.