THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XVII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XVII

 I wondered about the small recorder that Doctor Harpending had given me, or rather gifted me, since no discussion had taken place about ownership.  The good doctor was known for being cheap, driving an older Volkswagen, and infamously buying used tires for it from...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXV

The training began immediately, but it wasn’t real training. There were no calisthenics or any of what was so common to Marine training, but there was running, not in the outside, racing through the wondrous areas of conditioned and well-managed tropical paradise. No,...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter VI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter VI

A sense of great power, seemingly not entirely rational, overcame me as I felt the bottom of the balloon basket leap upward, causing my knees to bend slightly. A simple brass lever being moved less than an inch had released tens of pounds of propane instantly, to be...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Four, Chapter XX

The seat in the Lear Jet was hypnotically comfortable and, as the pilot or pilots, since I could not see forward of the canvas between us, pushed the engine controls to maximum, I breathed deeply and went to sleep. The level of exhaustion I felt could not be held off...

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