Field Station Delta

Image courtesy of Paul Leone. Artwork by Jackson Tjota.

Senior Airman Emily Metzger wants payback.

She’s the lone survivor of an Air Force special operations squad that was attacked by a paranormal entity in the mountainous frontier of Afghanistan. Now she’s been recruited by a mysterious government scientist for an ultra top-secret assignment. But instead of fighting to avenge her fallen comrades, Airman Metzger finds herself posted to a stateside research facility in the remote badlands of Wyoming.

But Field Station Delta hides a deadly secret—a classified experiment that places the unwitting residents of a nearby town in mortal danger. When casualties begin to mount, Metzger must learn to trust her instincts—and tap into her own burgeoning paranormal abilities—to counter ruthless enemies both seen and unseen. Can she unravel the mystery of Field Station Delta before it’s too late?


Field Station Delta is a military sci-fi novella by author Thomas Salerno inspired by Paul Leone’s gripping paranormal short story “Operation White Phantom”, which can be found in The Third Crown and Other Weird Tales.

Field Station Delta was originally released as a serial on Thomas’s Substack newsletter Pageturning, but will be self-published in print and on Kindle in 2026. This new and improved edition of the novella will include:

  • A completely updated and revised text.

  • A special forward by Paul Leone.

  • A new introduction Thomas Salerno.

  • Two exclusive bonus stories.

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Table of Contents

Author’s Note

Chapter 1: Arrival

Chapter 2: Anomalies

Chapter 3: Rumors

Chapter 4: Shadows

Chapter 5: Witness

Chapter 6: Secrets

Chapter 7: Missing

Chapter 8: Entities

Chapter 9: Appeasement

Chapter 10: Classified

Chapter 11: Escalation

Chapter 12: Culmination

Chapter 13: Small Victories

Epilogue: Blowback


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