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
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 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
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 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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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