One of the readers of the Epilogue of Reaper Security Consulting commented that the Coast Guard was not a member of the Department of Defense, and thus Riley could not become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a case of art imitating life, the August 2020 issue of Proceedings, 'The Independent Forum of the Sea Services', had an article in it titled, "Time for the Coast Guard to Join the Joint Chiefs." Who knows what might happen in the future?
A couple of interesting comments on the story: 1) "Now you're showing your age." & 2) "I have heard about I Dream of Jeannie, but I don't know much about it." Damned if you do or damned if you don't. I'm 64; I figured I'd publish this before senility did me in.
A recent purchaser of the story on Bookapy discovered a problem with the published version. The Table of Contents was messed up, so the last story, I (Wet) Dream of Jeannie, was not shown. The story was present, just not listed properly. That's been fixed, but if you email me your bad copy, I will send you the good copy; my email address is rlfj1234@gmail.com. The published version has been fixed.
I will finish uploading the story next Tuesday. At that time, I will turn voting on. By then the haters will have given up on it.
One of the interesting things about voting is how early votes influence later votes. This is seen in a wide variety of areas. Take the same story and give it to three groups of ten readers each. The first group is asked to grade the story and they rate the story an 8. The second group is given the same instructions but is told that the cumulative voting is already at 6.5; they vote that the same story is only worth 7.2. Something similar happens with the third group, who are told the story has already been rated at 9.1; they vote the story is actually worth 8.6. This sort of thing is studied all the time by grad students looking for their PhD. It affects fields such as political voting, economics, and television/movie rating.