Back in the 1980s, my friends and I liked to write stories featuring ourselves in science fiction adventures. As we went our separate ways to college, writing these silly stories was one way for us to keep in touch and continue the madness. There are a billion in-jokes and "you had to be there" moments in these but I’m not changing a thing – this is how we were. Every character in this story is based upon a high school friend. Some names have been changed so I don’t get yelled at.

New Genesis by Robert Gillis (1986)
Paralleling a certain Star Trek film as our heroes attempt to save two friends -- one alive, one not, yet both in pain, and also features JB's accidental destruction of New Hampshire

Chapters from "Star Trek: Beyond the Warp Barrier" (1992-1996)

Star Trek: Corel by Robert Gillis (1996)
After decades of adventures and saving the universe on a regular basis, time-traveling Starfleet captains Robert Gillis and David McEntire are in command of the constitution class starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A, its decommissioning temporarily delayed for warp drive tests, on one last joyride before retiring their Starfleet commissions and returning for good to their homes and wives in the 20th century… In this, the final two chapters, our heroes have been led to the planet Corel, a diplomatic hotspot, a planet petitioning for Federation membership but on the brink of civil war, where their final adventure is about to begin.

Excerpts from one of my earliest stories, "The Abucs Scenario." (1986)

The Valinor and Ted Koppel
So if John Matthews really was, as he claimed, a member of an advanced extraterrestrial race bent on conquering Earth, what would he do? Well, go on "Nightline," of course!

The robot and the lighsabre
Tripp meets JB's robot. Dave gets a working Star Wars toy.