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Tales of the E4 Mafia by Barb Caffrey et al. #SciFi #MilSF #Military

As a former E4 myself, I'm proud to share a military sci-fi anthology featuring one of my favorite editors and an altogether awesome person - Barb Caffrey.

Tales of the E4 Mafia

Edited by Keith Hedger. Authors: Andrew Heymann, Barb Caffrey, Charles R Scott, Chris Sommercorn, Dan Kemp, Gaige Mosher, Gail Sanders, Joshua Hill, Keith Hedger, Michael LaVoice, Ray Daley, Scott Rieche, and Jacqui Venturini (Illustrator).

They are specialists, corporals, and petty officers. They are the military personnel who have learned some leadership and gained expertise in their specialty. "Work smarter, not harder" is their watch phrase, followed by "If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying."

They are masters of avoiding work, getting up to shenanigans, and, when a mission needs to be completed or job done, it's an E-4 that others turn to. They are the near mythical E-4 Mafia, and their ability to avoid work, solve problems, and create trouble is the stuff of legend.

Here are eleven stories of the E-4 Mafia in a variety of settings and situations that are sure to thrill and entertain anyone with an interest in military fiction, science fiction, a sense of humor and the curiosity to peek under the rug to see what got swept there when something needed done.

Read Tales of the E4 Mafia

Any of my characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.


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Read the fabulous fantasy #Anthology Jewels of Darkover by Barb Caffrey et al. @BarbCaffrey edited by Deborah J Ross #SciFi #Fantasy

This fantasy series is from the long-running Darkover Universe created by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and was sanctioned by the Literary Works Trust founded in her name. It will be the final installment.

My book editor, Barb Caffrey, has stories in three of the anthologies, Jewels of Darkover being the latest.

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Jewels of Darkover (Darkover Anthology #20)

Genre Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG

For more than six decades, readers have fallen in love with Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover, a "Lost Colony" world of telepaths, swordsmen, intelligent alien races, and long-buried mysteries. From the glacier-shrouded Hellers Mountains to the arid Dry Towns, the ancient realms of the Ages of Chaos, and the star-faring Terran Federation, Darkover is brimming with adventure, intrigue, and romance. Editor Deborah J Ross proudly presents this all-original collection in the finest spirit of Darkovan tales for your reading delight.

Authors include

Evey Brett, Barb Caffrey, Margaret L Carter and Leslie Roy Carter, Lillian Csernica, India and Rosemary Edghill, Leslie Fish, Shariann Lewitt, Marella Sands, Deborah Millitello, Diana L Paxson, Rhondi Salsitz

Where to buy Jewels of Darkover

Publisher Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
Universal Buy Link https://amzn.to/4cy51th

Changing Faces: a Transgender SciFi by Barb Caffrey @BarbCaffrey #writeLGBT #SciFi

Allen and Elaine are graduate students in Nebraska, and love each other very much. Their life should be idyllic, but Elaine's past includes rape, neglect, and abuse from those who should've loved her--but didn't, because from childhood, Elaine identified as transgender.

When Elaine tells Allen right before Christmas, he doesn't know what to do. He loves Elaine, loves her soul, has heard about transgender people before, but didn't think Elaine was one of them--she looks and acts like anyone else. Now, she wants to become a man and is going to leave.

He prays for divine intervention, and says he'll do anything, just please don't separate him from Elaine...and gets it.

Now, he's in Elaine's body. And she's in his. They'll get a second chance at love.

Why? Because once you find your soulmate, the universe will do almost anything to keep you together--even change your faces.