Looking for LIfe

Strap in, turn down the lights, and enter worlds that will stretch your imagination to the full…

From a stranded alien comedian to the darkest depths of the human psyche; from a mind-blowing galactic adventure to clandestine extraterrestrial behavior on Earth. They're all here in this spell-binding collection of short stories to keep you guessing at every turn.

Readers' Favorite Finalist 2021:   Literary Titan Book Award:   

Top Shelf First Place 2021:   Authors Shout Top Pick 2021:

Global Book Awards Gold winner 2022:   Independent Author Network 2022:

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Strap in, turn down the lights, and enter worlds that will stretch your imagination to the full…

From a stranded alien comedian to the darkest depths of the human psyche; from a mind-blowing galactic adventure to clandestine extraterrestrial behavior on Earth. They're all here in this spell-binding collection of short stories to keep you guessing at every turn. With tales of alien invasion, deep space mystery, time travel, and dystopian future Earths, this is a collection which takes inspiration from the much respected 'old masters' of Science Fiction. Here be new realms to explore—can you cross the void and challenge your dreams?

Explore Looking for Life and escape to strange and wonderful new worlds. From the author of Milijun, Amidst Alien Stars, Alien Whispers: Conflict and Communion, Saving Paludis, and Silently in the Night.

As a youngster Clayton Graham read a lot of science fiction. He loved the 'old-school' masters such as HG Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, and John Wyndham. As he left those formative years behind, he penned short stories when he could find a rare quiet moment amidst life's usual distractions. A retired aerospace engineer who worked in structural design and research, Clayton has always had an interest in science fiction and where it places humankind within a universe we are only just starting to understand.

Clayton loves animals, including well-behaved pets, and all the natural world, and is a member of Australian Geographic. He has won many book awards including Author's Show '50 great writers you should be reading', Readers' Favorite International Award finalist, and Book Excellence Awards finalist. Combining future science with the paranormal is his passion.

Milijun, his first novel, was published in 2016 and is the exciting prequel to Amidst Alien Stars and Alien Whispers: Conflict and Communion. Space Opera novel, Saving Paludis, was published in 2018 and won a Readers' Favorite International Book Award. His books may be light years from each other but share the future exploits of mankind in an expansive universe as a common theme.

In between novels, Clayton has also published highly rated short story collections Silently in the Night and Looking for Life, where, among many other adventures, you can sympathize with a doomed husband, connect with an altruistic robot, explore an isolated Scottish isle and touch down on a far-flung asteroid.

He hopes you can share the journeys.