THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter IV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter IV

The Galaxy was headed for Travis Air Force Base, which meant, since Travis was about sixty-five miles northeast of the airport in San Francisco, that Dave and I would have to make that trip and then fly commercial home, he to Scottsdale and me to Albuquerque.  There...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter III

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter III

The Fletcher coasted to a complete stop in the middle of the estuary pond. Dave got hold of the poles and set them so they’d protrude out over the water, both on the hull facing away from the estate. I unlimbered the rifle from its leather case below the edge of the...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter II

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter II

David White stared at me, his expression one of initial shock wearing toward unwilling acceptance.  Watching him make up his mind was an exercise in patience, but also a participation in entertainment.  I waited for him to move.  Movement meant life.  Movement meant...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter I

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter I

Prologue The mission on the island of Mallorca, located just off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, was concluded.  A lot of nothing had happened, at least from a perceived observational conclusion by both Dave White, my assigned partner, and I.  I’d killed a...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XXX

My partner, David, was likely fast asleep in the room we shared, a hundred and fifty feet up from where I played with and inside my ocean. I could not use the lobby, the elevators, or even the stairs to reach that room as the body lying on the far shore would bring an...

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