Stories

"Humans never learn. You can’t buy fate!”

Aliens from a nearby star system crash onto Mars fifty years before Earth’s climate reaches the crisis point. Time passes, then a group of five trillionaires decide to move ahead with a plot to colonize the red planet but their arrival is dotted with disasters until only Jesmyn Ward and Angela Koutouki remain. Bitter competitors, they agree on nothing, which leads to the splitting up of the wealth from the other three trillionaires. Angela returns to Earth to found Trans Genetic Infusion as the nation states of the world collapse and rampant greed still rules the day. Jesmyn remains on Mars and marches ahead with Artificial Intelligence Guaranteed Solutions. 

In the meantime, the alien ship  has been covered by decades of blowing dust and humans on Mars are clueless to their presence. However, the survivors from the crash become aware of the humans on the Martian surface and launch a plan to resurrect their civilization. The aliens consider themselves superior to humanity, but they too have their own defective behaviors. A clash of civilizations is inevitable and the emergence of hybrid humans that share DNA with dolphins introduces hilarious and unintended upsets

Splurge first, ask questions later…

Random Tendencies continues the story of former billionaire, Liz Cleaver, whose life has been uprooted. She is now working demeaning odd jobs for a tiny monthly stipend at a free dental clinic.

At the same time, FBI Special Agent Jade Miller recruits newly minted millionaire, Sally Dinklestern, to entice the corrupt investor Martin Crosswaithe into a restart of the failed firm, Pearly Whites, now known as PhoenixGen.

The resumption of genetic fiddling winds up drawing Liz and some of her former cohorts back into the very world she had lost as experimental biotech creates new and unpredictable side effects. Combined with shady financial transactions and an unsolved murder, these events launch an unexpected new adventure.

"With a layered storyline and a hot mess of a cast of dentists, investors, white collar criminals, and FBI agents, Random Tendencies is a laugh-out-loud winner of a sequel that's equal parts Cohen Brothers and Gary Shteyngart."- BookLife Prize

“Never be afraid to lie about a product.”

Liz Cleaver, the heiress to a marijuana empire, is on a mission to cover her freewheeling spending while seemingly looking for a budget-friendly dental solution for her foundation's clinics. Meanwhile, Werner Brandt, TeeGentics beleaguered CEO, is struggling to keep his company afloat as the company’s genetically created teeth keep dying in the lab. He is forced to navigate around hazards; a bossy misanthropic investor; an inept project manager; two Klingon culture fans; and last, but not least, Werner’s attractive administrative assistant. As tensions rise and investors grow increasingly impatient, there is plenty of distraction—from love affairs, political maneuvering, FBI investigations and side effects ranging from bizarre to disastrous, the story takes you on a riotous journey through the unpredictable world of experimenting with genetics for profit.

"Goldstein’s riotous novel about a wacky biotech startup runs the gamut from plausible to outlandish, with all the action happening at a frenetic pace." — Kirkus Reviews

"a rollicking read centered on entrepreneurship and genetic engineering, as an heiress to a cannabis empire sets her sights on the struggling TeeGentics, a biotech company creating genetically engineered teeth." - The Booklife Prize