"A charming valentine to friendship"
Wild Guesses and Dreams
Join the adventures of Zehranadilla, a colorful cabin cruiser built by two teens who explored how far their local canal went and discovered more about themselves, friendship, and their world than they ever imagined.
New Release 14 January 2023
Mindbug - Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Mindbug – Twilight’s Last Gleaming debuts the center of a forthcoming SF thriller trilogy, dramatizing a speculative yet believable danger to humanity and the world. A free preview, plus paperback, hardcover, and Kindle download are available for purchase at Amazon.
Coming Spring 2025
First K9
First K9 is a SF thriller for any dog lover who ever wondered, “What if my furry friend could talk?”
In the near future, Max is the first healthy GSSD—German Shepherd Super Dog— a new line of genetically enhanced canines. Gifted as a puppy to the First Family, he bonds with the widowed President’s lonely daughter…
About the Author
Short stories, opinion pieces, and novels—take your pick. Living on the edge in the grandeur of Alaska for many years informs my worldview, but the stories range far beyond our almost endless boundaries. From growing up in England to otherworldly tales, the genre is literary, the subgenre, a mix of mystery, adventure, and astonishing futures you may live to see.
If you yearn for an uplifting alternative to the torturous drizzle of cynicism, corruption, and monetizing apocalypse, I’m your new and brighter mythmaker. Let me light your way on the bumpy road less taken toward the brilliant, courageous, and humane.
You are now at the junction where it’s just a step to the rest of this website for a taste of my varied and ever-growing offerings
Rick Hoegberg
lAstest Posts
Johnny Wagon Wheel
My brother John was always a bundle of troublesome energy in a hurry. Born two months early and six years after I came along, I
Losing Faith
Our Boeing 997 is a slim white arrow shooting over the top of the world, destination, Spitzbergen International. Behind us trails a long hydrogen flame,
Stealing History
The question “Ow eez your late Americain?” popped in a thick French accent by my shoulder like a champagne cork on New Year’s Eve. Being
What Readers Are Saying
Wild Guesses and Dreams is full of emotional connections, humor, mishaps, sadness, and joy.
T. Smeraldi, NJ
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Other Books by Rick Hoegberg
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If you yearn for an uplifting alternative to the torturous drizzle of cynicism, corruption, and monetizing apocalypse, I’m your new and brighter mythmaker. Let me light your way on the bumpy road less taken toward the brilliant, courageous, and humane.
You are now at the junction where it’s just a step to the rest of this website for a taste of my varied and ever-growing offerings.