Jack Sharkey
John Michael Sharkey was an American writer who published over eighty plays, many under pen names.
The programmed people
In a world where the government controls everything, a young man's life changes when he meets a girl who shows him the truth about their oppressive society, forcing him to make a difficult choice.
By Jack Sharkey
Big Baby
A space explorer is sent to investigate a massive alien threat, only to discover a lonely, misunderstood giant with the power to mimic life itself.
By Jack Sharkey
The Business, As Usual
In a world gripped by Cold War tensions, a stuffed bear becomes an unlikely secret agent, triggering an escalating series of darkly comical events when a nation mistakes it for a threat.
By Jack Sharkey
The man who was pale
A concerned landlady's curiosity turns to horror as she uncovers the chilling secret of her pale, nocturnal tenant.
By Jack Sharkey
The Awakening
After a catastrophic war, a small band of survivors emerges from a long sleep to find a world remade, where they must confront danger and possibility in equal measure.
By Jack Sharkey
The Contact Point
** A crew on Mars stumbles upon aliens from Venus, leading to a dangerous game of mistaken identity with the unknown inhabitants of the Red Plant.
By Jack Sharkey
To Each His Own
When Venusians arrive on Earth hoping to meet its people, they instead discover a silent, empty planet haunted by the ghosts of a lost civilization.
By Jack Sharkey
The smart ones
Faced with the end, some gamble on a rocket to the moon while others stay behind to face an uncertain fate, leaving a new generation to navigate a broken world.
By Jack Sharkey
The Creature Inside
When a rescue mission goes inside a mind-made world, one man finds that the biggest danger comes from his own desires.
By Jack Sharkey
Double or Nothing
When two friends try to invent anti-gravity, they accidentally unleash a torrent of kitchen supplies, turning their scientific pursuit into a sidesplitting catastrophe.
By Jack Sharkey
Old Friends Are the Best
A lunar plant's innocent introduction to Earth's ecosystem turns catastrophic, as its growth triggers magnetic anomalies and a meteor storm, forcing humanity to seek refuge on the Moon.
By Jack Sharkey
Minor Detail
A general's high-tech plan to drop soldiers into battle turns into a ridiculous disaster, exposing the foolishness of overthinking military strategy.
By Jack Sharkey
The Dope on Mars
When a writer joins a mission to Mars, he expects to document discoveries, but instead he finds sugar aliens and accidentally sparks an intergalactic crisis.
By Jack Sharkey
The Secret Martians
** An ad man with a keen eye is thrust into an intergalactic mystery to find fifteen missing boys on Mars, encountering danger and intrigue at every turn.
By Jack Sharkey
A Matter of Protocol
On a vibrant alien world, a zoologist's discoveries of intricate partnerships turn into a devastating realization of how easily a unique ecosystem can be destroyed.
By Jack Sharkey
Arcturus Times Three
A space explorer lives as three different alien creatures on a distant planet, confronting deadly predators and questioning humanity's right to colonize the galaxy.
By Jack Sharkey
The Flying Tuskers of K'niik-K'naak
A conceited hunter's quest for glory turns into a hilarious disaster when his guide outsmarts him, proving that pride really does come before a fall on a faraway planet.
By Jack Sharkey