Karl, Jean

Nine short stories reveal various aspects of future life on Earth and other planets.

After an alien power wipes out most of life on Earth, a small band of humans must struggle to survive.

Traces the history of the United States from the first settlers to the early 1990s.

Four students from Meniscus F on a mission to the far-away Sector 22 delight in the habitable but uninhabited planet they discover until they realize their pod nentor has no intention of allowing them to leave.

A young apprentice toymaker's search for a fantastical creature leads him on an unusual journey of adventure and self-discovery.

Hounded by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearance leaves her on her own, Lucinda hides in the abandoned caretaker's house in the local cemetery where she makes contact with intelligent beings from another galaxy.