Mike ‘Bernie’ Bern is an accident prone, imperfect copy of a deceased war hero just trying to get through his shift as a custodian on Albatross Station. Granted the station is a bit of a backwater but that’s about to change.
When a visiting alien museum curator mistakes Bernie for a welcoming peer, he is thrown into the role of tour guide. Bernie reluctantly finds himself caught up in plots involving nefarious Earth Culture extremists, brawling gangs of physicists, greedy station officials and mysterious galactic powers. At the center of them all is the Curator’s prize; the World’s Largest Ball of String.
Bernie’s attempt at heroics lands him adrift in space desperately trying to harness his unwanted talent for the improbable so he can rescue the Curator, save himself and prevent the station’s destruction.
String Theory is a humorous Science Fiction romp appealing to lovers of Science Fiction looking for something fun and engaging. Readers of Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, or Barry Hutchinson will enjoy this first of the Albatross Station adventures.
STRING THEORY
Pan Gaia magazine: Exoshaman (2008)
Pandora's Nightmare Horror Unleashed, Anthology: Dark Vessel (2010)
Residential Aliens ezine (original): Far From Leaf and Stream (2010)
James Gunn’s Ad Astra, Vol I, ezine : Children of the Thousand Days (2012)
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Stupefying Stories, Anthology: Midsummer Verily (2013)
Night Terrors III, Anthology: The Stones of Bavdongarde (2014)
OnSpec magazine: Demonic Intervention (2015)
Current Projects
Novel
The last place Bernard ever thought to step foot in again was the city of Avignon. Now summoned by his guild’s Magister, he must defy a duke’s order of banishment to solve the bizarre and fiery death of his oldest friend, master alchemist Lorenzo.
Bernard, once a guild official stripped of his rank, expects a cold welcome and little support, so is accompanied by his journeywoman and goddaughter, Callista.
As Bernard, and Callista, unravel clue after clue, they are attacked and kidnapped, encounter more fiery deaths, and find that everyone—the Magister with his prophetic visions, status-seeking guild officials, the Alchemist Royal carrying a secret proposal, and even the woman Bernard once loved—seems to have a motive or agenda.
Forced to defend herself, Callista discovers her unique alchemical affinity with fire can be a weapon that, although it could consume her, may be Bernard’s best hope against a vast conspiracy intent on subjugating alchemists and destroying their guild.
Novel
NEW PROJECT: A Cozy Fantasy!
After a botched burglary for a dangerous employer, spy Astrea crashes, literally, into the life of Samuel “Sam” Nott, a modest bookbinder and sigil artisan drowning in his late father’s debts. Astrea agrees to help Sam find the money to save his ancestral house if he hides her while she retrieves a cache of compromising letters she stashed at Lady Maerhill’s estate. Their daring plan, involving Astrea playing a visiting relative, Sam as her unassuming escort, fails miserably. This forces them to improvise a kinder, cleverer con that relies on Sam’s sigils, and Astrea’s forgeries; with help from Sam’s demon valet Vishva and the underworld’s Masked Auction, they run a clever con to protect the real letters, save the house, free a held friend, and win a quieter kind of victory. Cozy cunning, and low on bloodshed, this is a fantasy about small magics, ginger cookies, Brother Gilroy mysteries, and two lonely people learning that home and honest craft can be the most dangerous, and most rewarding ambitions of all.
Published 05/04/2025
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This is an expansion on the Codex Alchemica alchemy system for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition.
Anticipated Sep-Oct 2025
A Call of Cthulhu scenario in the Bedford Haven setting.
Anticipated 2025 - early 2026
Novel
This is a full-length version of my short story of the same title. Set two centuries in the future, it follows Arina Beljatova Ducharm, orphaned daughter of a millennia-long line of Yakut shamans, as she searches for her missing father. Her journey takes her from Mars across star systems and the Realm of Spirits. Ultimately, she confronts a malevolent entity that has been plaguing her lineage for uncounted generations, all for an offense lost to the depths of time.
Peter Charron lives in Western New York with his wife and a few Maine Coon Cats. He is intrigued by the anomalous and enjoys rummaging through boxes in the dusty attic of Anthropology, History, Mythology and Technology for inspiration.
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He is a writer of novels, short fiction and RPG gaming supplements. Always a fan of the absurd, Peter’s work is filled with familiar tropes turned on their heads for the entertainment of the reader.
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