THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XII

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“Look at the night, and it don’t seem so lonely. We fill it up with only two…” by Neal Diamond interrupted the Christmas music I’d put on, as Pat walked through the door to my office. “We got tired of Christmas music,” Pat announced, and then looked at the expression...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter XI

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I suddenly realized it was time to return to the base and continue the training. Deerhunter was a long movie, at just over three hours, but there was organizational work to be done to continue building a lesson plan and then maximizing the use of Nguyen and Kingsley....
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter VII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter VII

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I had to get away from the office, people, and everything that might allow me to continue to communicate with the outside world. I was not ready for any of it and whatever I said to anyone would be a mistake. The side entrance to the short hall that allowed me to come...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter VI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter VI

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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 Five, Chapter III

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Five, Chapter III

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I continued to stare at the man, wanting to ask how he’d come to be in my room through a locked door. As I prepared to recover myself from the shock and get back into the real world again, the bathroom door opened, and a rough looking man stepped out. “Oh, sorry, had...