A brother is tired of his overly smart but helpless sister. With their parents gone on a trip he discovers her new capabilities. He experiments on her to find out how her brain and body truly interact.
New Orleans decadent old city has many secrets, one is white incest with mulatto sisters. A father gives a young man his black sister to learn about; just a family love story.
Billy Harris signs on as the scout for a cattle drive headed to Abilene on the original Chisholm Trail in 1867. Along the way, he mostly makes use of his much more popular talent with the ladies, and his men friends learn a few things, too. This is a short story with a lot of shootings, but little of it is gunpowder.
A Swarm Cycle Story
John and Liz have to evacuate, Keren keeps a diary and the Confederacy gets sneaky about extractions with the new Earth First Government in change.