A wounded child learns his place in life as he grows and becomes a doctor, then finds his true niche in a native american village. Caution: this is a very dark story. (Note: the sentence structure reflects the age of the main character in the first section.)
The sun decimated our ecology. Man has expressed into distinct mutations. Despite being an eight foot tall ranger always on the move I gained the love of my life.
A young man is chosen to inherit a two section farm if he can put up with contract. He has to be self-reliant for three years without modern conveniences.
Are we butterflies dreaming that we are human or humans dreaming we are butterflies. Neither. We are SPIDERS dreaming we are human as we travel to colonize a planet.
Folks around the lakes in far southern Illinois are pretty insular--you'd no doubt call them rednecks. Our nameless hero inherits some land from a cannibal he met in the Joliet lockup. It turned into a retirement with a twist.
borrowning from CMSIX, a man is given a chance to move to a new world with a wheel-barrow full of goods. The bad news is the people transported before him are mostly brutal criminals.
An intelligent, creative man designs and builds a marvelous home out of the bones of a mountain. Against all odds, he manages to finally hook up with a woman that could be his wife. Her daughter, however, is a careless child of the times. The poor bastard's lesson is brutal beyond belief.