I was sent off in one of mankind's first starships, tasked with exploration and biological seeding of terraforming bacteria. Against all odds I made it back home to an empty planet.
I tried so many times to get a family. Fate conspired again and again go deny me. I had nothing else to do but persevere bitterly for the rest of my life. Eventually...
I'm an old crippled-up retiree who likes to bid on government auctions. Due to budget cuts Wisconsin auctioned off an old sawmill property. I won, and things snowballed from there.
Magic is not natural. Magic has to be taught. When it is taught certain responsibilities accompany the powers. What rules would the masters of magic respect, and why?
A General's chief-of-staff uncovers a plot to steal nuclear weapons and is grievously injured in the denouement. He manage to secure an inactive air base used as a junk yard for over fifty years. The old cold war base hides secrets which repay him many fold. This has been a simple one-pass write as a gift for the holiday season. I have no doubts that errors will sprout like dandelions in the spring, but please accept it as it is--a hand-made gift with all of its flaws.
In another world where there is no posse commitatus, a small group finds themselves the victims of a possibly accidental military experiment. Covered in green scales, these 'supersoldiers' want nothing more than to escape the military vivisectionist that's killing them one by one. Once free, where do they go? Where can a "lizard man" hide out?
A young Scottish 'laird' fosters and fathers a wild tribe of the native hundred nations.This tale contains crude humor, early American terms for our dark skinned brethren and hopefully an eye into the conditions, behavior and reasoning of our revolutionary war era forefathers. PS Napoleon was here. Watch for quotes. latter chapters rely on generational progression, then shamanism.