Forum: Lost Stories

Ernest Bywater - Finding Home

Suggest you might take a look at the Ernest Bywater two story series Survivor. It is a much better fit than Finding Home by the same author.

https://storiesonline.net/series/1331/survivor

In Survivor there is no code used. That is the big difference, the first we see or directly hear from the Grandfather is in Texas

The Doctor asks, "Pat, what do you know about other family members. The Family Services people are searching, but they can't find any others."

. . .

On Mum's side I know her brothers, sister, and her mother are dead, but I think her father is still alive and living somewhere in Texas. That's based on the last time Mum called him on the phone.

In Finding Home, after he identifies the bodies and hears his grandparents have heart attacks, he calls his Special Forces father

My emotions are starting to overwhelm me when a familiar voice says, "Excuse me, Sir, can I help you?"

The emotional shock is swelling up, and I'm losing control. I'm quick to blurt out, "Powder, Archie. Urgent for Centre Two. Blue fire, boomer, bang, goner, rushmore."

. . .

Colonel Phillips says, " . . . The code words are old ones from a few years back. Essentially, they mean extreme urgency, mission aborted, abort all other operations, unit not effective, need major assistance for retrieval as we're unable to move, casualties total. I take it to mean there's an extreme family emergency involving multiple serious injuries.

Having said all this Survivor IS an excellent story, It just doesn't quite fit.

You are right. Hand signs & codes are bigger in Finding Home.

Has he vanished? I have not noticed any postings from him recently and that behaviour is . . . atypical for him.

Has who vanished? Ernest? He posted just yesterday in this thread.