M/C inherits/acquires rundown property (in UK?). Finds secret room in/under gatehouse or bridge abutment. Many ancient goods hidden there. Sells some, returns others to home country, donates others (to British Museum?) Is given wife/concubine from foreign potentate. Story at least 10-15 years old.
It's gone Premier only so I can't be sure but I don't think so. The only one that looks anywhere close would be the Mists of Time story but that doesn't have a foreign ruler, a concubine, ancient goods, and the only old buildings were two manors. Thanks for trying though.
I think that the story you are looking for is Unusual treasure by ka hmnd.
See PM for info.
Thanks! That was the one. Unfortunately, it hasn't been put on SOL yet. It's only available through archival sites.
That was the one. Unfortunately, it hasn't been put on SOL yet. It's only available through archival sites.
I got my copy – and many more – through Wayback Machine.
After reading all I sorted them into two groups:
• Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Contemporary stories
I put Unusual Treasure into "Contemporary".
Since I retrieved all those stories, some were put up here on SoL, but all of them were SF&F, none of them from the Contemporaries (as I classified them).
BTW, some of the retrieved stories violate the age restriction on SOL.
HM.
Yeah, my favorite of his stories is incomplete, even through the machine. I've been told that City Guardsman was originally 14-16 chapters but now only 6 or 7 are retrievable and there are 1 or 2 gaps in those.
Chapter 1-6 +8, of City Guardsman is available on the Wayback Machine, chapter 7 appears to be missing.
Chapter 1-6 has been reposted by OnceForgotten on the site.
Unusual treasure by ka hmnd
could you point to a site where I can find it? it is not in the wayback archive, or else I am searching wrong
Please PM me with the info, thanks!
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Please, PM me directly when you can.
That is how to go home, not to the past. Try singing "Lets do the Time Warp Again" while smoking banana peels.
Sorry I could not resist. PM sent.
edited for phrasing and spelling
Bananas peel. bells peal. bananas don't peal very well.
(sorry. I'm not really that pedantic, it just struck me.)
No problems, I do it to other people all the time. I try to do it "funny" but tone of voice gets lost in black and white and sometimes it blows up in my face. :shrug:
You mean https://scifistories.com/s/81/little-fuzzy ? It's been a while since I read that story.
Thank you to all who responded to my request to find the story. Iw was in the Wayback, I was using the wrong query.