Howard Faxon: Stories

Gasoline prices were driving the economy to its knees. How would I survive with no job and food costing six to twelve times what it did a year ago? Read me and find out.
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Our author finds a delightful little house in the Catskills. Sprinkle generously with the spirit of H.P.Lovecraft and stir cautiously. One never knows what might awaken.
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an ancient reaver of the times before the mongols becomes an agent for the great lady. He learns and gains many powers through his times spent fostering the dwarven folk. Eventually he comes upon his limits and is terrified by what he may become.
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A woodsman foresaw the rise of the German WWII war machine and fled. This is his story.
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A story of a home re-found, a clan rebuilt and a tragedy averted amidst a time when the earth itself is shocked into a coma.
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Ever wonder about those little silvery alien guys with big eyes? What the hell are they doing slumming around here?
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It's not the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's the slow decline of a proud man as his health takes away his choices.
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A young punk finds the yacht of a drug lord abandoned off the coast of Florida--with said drug lord dead aboard her! I asked myself, "How could a drug cartel actually do good?" This story is my answer.
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A hiker stumbles onto a heavy iron door set into the side of a river cut. After figuring out how to open it he is tested, then enlightened with a technology predating the Egyptian Pharos. From there it gets strange.
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This belongs to the Asteroid Apocalypse genre. A retired Seabee captain keeps a large crowd alive during a 10-year vigil waiting for the earth to recover. I've modified it to reflect a more readable ending and correct many grammar/punctuation errors 2/7/09. I thank you all for paying attention to my little children.
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