Free eBooks by Burnett, Barry

The aliens have gone, after their offer of an immortality among the stars proved too good for anyone to refuse. Except Casey, who now finds herself crossing an abandoned landscape, looking for a reason to keep on living. Just someone, anyone to talk to would be a start. Anyone, that is, except the Farmer. more...

For a solid century, the Arkitect has been overseeing the construction of the Ark, humanity's escape from a techno-ravaged world. She's too old to accompany the billion-fold survivors, of course, but she doesn't seem to mind. Is she an unreformed Earth-hugger? A Gaia-worshiper? Find out for yourself, in a not-too-short story that's dark, bitter, dry... and evil fun. more...

Dr. Lucky's not so lucky anymore. You still can't kill him, but in the eventful hours since his first unselfish act, life has turned rather... painful. Was it falling for Barbie? Selling out to the Big Man? Paddling his little raft out to sea? A rough ride, but things don't turn out all that bad... in the end... considering. more...

Meet David Black, a young family doc whose solo practice has spectacularly tanked. So has his marriage; the two are not unrelated. His best friend, Oz, wants him to reinvent himself, offering their fellow Boulderites everything they need to live forever (or at least long enough for Oz to profit and retire). David balks. At first. What follows is a romp of a read, a comedy with heart... more...