Welcome to Green Comet

There have been over 50,000 downloads of the stories in the Green Comet trilogy. If you’ve read any or all of them, then please drop a note in the comments below. I love to hear from readers, whether it’s a question or a compliment or a criticism, constructive or otherwise. Whatever you want to say, I want to hear it.

Are you interested in lucid dreaming or ball lightning? How about the feet of geckos or spiders? The aquatic ape? Cave art? Maybe you like clouds. You might have a fascination with out-of-body or near-death experiences, collective nouns or synesthesia. You can find all that and more here. Just use the handy little search bar.

There’s a lot of interesting stuff here, but mostly this website exists as a place for the Green Comet trilogy and my other novels to live. Please sign the guest book.

These free novels, Creative Commons licensed Green Comet, and its sequels Parasite Puppeteers and The Francesians, tell an expansive story of love and adventure on an inhabited comet. To learn more about the trilogy, and for samples, visit the Welcome page. To download the books, visit the Books for Free page. The novels The Plainsrunner, The Prime, Sunward and the Vin Stone series are available through the Books for Sale page. To listen to the Okanagan Reader, visit the Audio page or the YouTube channel.

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YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Twenty-Four

When they get up in the morning and put on their clothes, it makes them think about nakedness.

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This reading is chapter twenty-four of The Francesians, the final book in the Green Comet trilogy. The first two books, Green Comet and Parasite Puppeteers, are also here as readings on this channel. And they can be downloaded as ebooks from the greencomet.org website.

In this reading Buzzard points out that the clothing affords the possibility of having pockets, which would allow you to bring things with you while keeping your hands free. Verdi summons them again to finish their story. Fran leaves him with something to think about. When they’re allowed to leave, they find more of their friends missing.

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YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Twenty-Three

If artificial intelligence entities are so smart, why can’t they register on my website or subscribe to my channel?

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Elgin and Fran and their friends defy Verdi and get busy fixing Green Comet.

This reading is chapter twenty-three of The Francesians, book three of the Green Comet trilogy. In addition to cleaning things up, they remodel the clothes foisted on them to make them less troublesome. During cleanup, they discover some of the regime’s surveillance technology.

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YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Twenty-Two

Elgin and Fran tell their story to Verdi and his court.

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This reading is chapter twenty-two of The Francesians, part three of the Green Comet trilogy. The listeners mostly feign disinterest in the story telling, but some of them are captivated. They take a break for lunch, which gives Elgin and Fran the chance to go and check on their crew. They are in bad shape and it’s not certain that all of them will survive. Our people make plans to rehabilitate Green Comet. They want to show the people that they could challenge authority.

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