Short Stories and Sample Chapters
See where you can find short stories by T.A. Leederman, or read sample chapters from the novels.
Moonlight and Margaritas
Crimson Wake
Oizys Vantage is a war criminal, or so everyone says, and he's just used his last call to break up with Kana Honbashi. Throwing in her lot with him, and her career along with it, Kana rushes to join him... and prove they're stronger together than apart. Released on June 30th, 2025 in Moonlight and Margaritas from Tender and Tempting Tales.
From What Remains:
All Hands
Aboard the ERS Omacatl and the ERS Fomorian, on the eve of a portentous battle, two estranged friends have a chance meeting over the comms. A tragic, action-packed story of space battle and the costs of interstellar war, from the very personal perspectives of two young ensigns who have given up everything, including each other, for the job. Get it on the official Starship Valkyrie storefront, alongside a Fleet Battle scenario based on the story!
Mercs and Mayhem
Power Play
A high-octane, action-packed mercenary tale set during the Corporate Wars. The members of Gungnir Company, fighting with the earliest and best prototypes of true power armor, receive a mission from Maxicorp to retrieve a stolen prototype of a new drug: Regenifacient. But matters are never what they seem, and Gungnir Company is in for a nasty surprise.
Releasing in Mercs and Mayhem from Raconteur Press, October 31, 2025.
Bourbon and Lead
Prompt Critical
Kestrel Soltani is a PI out of Epsilon Eridani, distrustful of everyone, and on the hunt for a face from the past: the former mob liquidator Mirai Koskinen. Kes has followed Koskinen's trail onto the Ringrunner, a dilapidated Saturnian cruise... and there, a chance meeting with ERSN Lt. Geras Vantage and Shan Reis will prove a break in the case. Releasing in Bourbon and Lead from Raconteur Press, November 14, 2025.
Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe
Crimson Bride
After a season of changes, terror, and suffering during his war crimes tribunal, Zak Vantage and Kana Honbashi are finally getting their big December wedding. They’re still in the center of a cultural storm, however, and Zak continues to be a target for the radical terrorist movement that he’s condemned, while the stress of the past seven months has truly taken its toll on the couple. Will their wedding onboard Stormbreaker space station be allowed to move ahead, or will cultural and personal headwinds catch them up yet again? Releasing in Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe from Tender and Tempting Tales, November 3rd, 2025
Companion Piece to "Crimson Bride"!
Star Groomsman
Geras Vantage would do anything for his family, and in the leadup to his little brother's wedding, no one can say he hasn't. After a season of exhaustion, physical and emotional, during his brother's war crimes tribunal and exoneration, Geras is eager to make the wedding a gorgeous success... and then figure out what the rest of his life will look like. Then his ex, Shan Reis, marches by on Stormbreaker Station, and a riot of emotions---positive and negative---flood back. Releasing alongside Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe, free to subscribers here, on November 3rd, 2025.
Starship Valkyrie Flash Fiction
Captain Soren Kuromoto of the ERS Hydra is the first captain to encounter a new species... and first contact doesn't go well. Read the origins of the Praezorian War in this gripping piece of Valkyrie flash fiction!
Sergeant-Major Dr. Savin Kalgari is dreading his return from serving in the Praezorian War for the holidays. He's been away from his four kids for months, his husband doesn't understand what the war is like... and worst of all, Savin knows he's cheated while deployed. He's not about to get the hero's welcome he's hoped for, in this dramatic piece of Valkyrie flash fiction about grace, the trauma of war, and finding a way forward together.
This piece was deemed "too sci-fi" for a romance microfiction publication, so my readers are invited to enjoy it here.
