Jim Baen's Universe

War Stories Full Story

by Elizabeth Bear

No shit, there I am.

A Stranger in Paradise Full Story

by Edward M. Lerner

Row upon row of blue-and-green-and-white globes mock me.

The world below reflects from tumblers and goblets and snifters and flutes, from more types of antique glassware than I can name.

Demonstration Day Full Story

by Ian Creasey

"Roll up, roll up! Get your antimatter here! Gravitons, superstrings, Higgs bosons—all going cheap. Every proton has a lifetime guarantee! Buy caloric, aether, and nebulium while theories last. Special offer on orgone and vril! Dried ghosts, astrographs, universal meters. Superconductors and Bose-Einstein condensates. Athanors and alembics. Test tubes and Bunsen burners, if anyone still uses them."

I Could've Done Better Full Story

by Gregory Benford and David Brin

They didn't have to do this to me. Dump me in this place, with no chance of going home.

Marklord Pete Full Story

by Wil McCarthy

Take away their freedom? Gawd, man, when have people ever been free? We're not even taking their money, because ultimately that comes from the trademark holders anyway. But people go to work every day, right? And somebody's got to own the result. Administrative law is just a fancy word for not letting it all go to waste.

—Chief Justice Billy Grab Cashford III®, LLP