My book EndEarthers

 It gets many responses. Most have been favorable. I got one DNF (did not finish) and one three stars on Amazon. But this one response makes every second I've spent writing worth it. 

Hi Charles! I just wanted to reach out and share that I just had a mental breakdown that caused me to be in the psych ward for the past 6 days (just got out yesterday). While I was in there, I finally had time to read again, so I read your book EndEarthers as a means of distraction from my thoughts and it really helped a lot. It also helps that it's so far a really great read and I wish more people with your perspective wrote as well. So I just want to thank you for writing it because it helped me stay sane.

Musk's 13th Child.

 This is evocative of the process Teapot used on his roaches in EndEarthers (Teapot's Empire).

Spacer: The Last of the Species

This morning I wrote the last sentence of a first draft. This one is a tale of a man five years alone after the final world war. The ETs waiting to inherit the planet are stymied because Spacer won't die. Their creed forbids taking over until he is gone. Another catch: They are not allowed to kill him. An ET representative comes down to see what he can do about it. Spacer is roughly modeled after Charles Bukowski with notable exceptions at the beginning. He and a dog that he fears live in partnership scavenging the city. Ten and a half thousand words at this point. Editing will likely be rough, not because of mistakes but because quite a few passages need restructuring.