A young man in his tweens is working his way up to pilot of a Starship by flying a space copter taxi between ground and orbiting spacecraft.
His terror of being helpless, makes him a control freak and determined independent from higher authority also makes him reluctant to accept responsibility for others and possible public censure. A misconstrued non-verbal solicitation of gifts, setting up a gift table, results in little gifts he can never forget.
So, what happened to hated Bjarni Herjólfsson? Dropped below the horizon of history after seeing Canada and refusing to land. His ship was taken from him and given to Leif Erikson to become the discoverer of North America. This is a speculative fictional account of Bjarni Herjólfsson's history after his shaming.
An expat American with a self sufficient, self sustaining yacht, is escaping from beneath the microscope of the over-reaching, intrusive government. Destination, Atlantis, the real authentic ancient location of historical Atlantis. He has an ancient map and certitude! In the end, leads to the creation of International luxury backrooms for making secret deals and political plots.
Discontent, disgust, desperation, can trigger violent reactions. Desperate people do desperate things. Sometimes, their desperation leads to scorched earth tactics. Hopefully a lovely phoenix will arise from the ashes.
Philosopher Phil's magnanimous gifts to the world,. immortality and freedom from disease and addictions. It only took one week from initial introduction of these Gifts, for the world to cave and crumble. It's legs kicked out from under it.
Turns out, death is necessary to life!
Tis is my lowest scoring worst story.
Some memories, experiences, attitudes, and fantasies from my early teens, with some present day wishful thinking and regrets about those years, tagged on.. You figure out what's what. LOL.
A colony left on a remote island on an otherwise uncomfortable world, seeks to call the starship MOM back to rescue them. An intermission tale in A Second Helping story..
When the rare unique life saving object of your obsession slips through your fingers, can you exceed your normal, natural limitations to win it? Desperate people do desperate things! Chapter One. The Addict. Short but anxious! Story as an episode, concluded. More stories, episodes planned.
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