The shuttle was dissected for all salvageable materials.
“The Caves”
A mission to the stars goes horribly wrong.
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“A Ghostly Morning”
“You overslept!”
The aroma of frying bacon roused him.
Stumbling onto the landing, he spied his sister pretending to be a ghost.
She’d cut holes into a new bedsheet.
“All Manner of Books”
A decision was reached on that first night.
The library had all manner of books.
Geography.
History.
Philosophy.
Sociology.
Theology.
“Outbreak Along the Railroad”
Zombies of the Gilded Age!
The express arrived at a deserted depot.
“Lunar Lockdown”
A mysterious menace terrorizes the first major foray of mankind into space.
After two others disappeared into the basalt expanse beyond the habitation, the colony changed the previously established curfew into a lockdown.
“When a Chainsaw Starts”
You roll the dice to escape.
Several planks were missing from the uneven and aged floor, but, when he heard the chainsaw start at the bottom of the attic ladder, he decided to take his chances.
“Cowcatchers”
First contact.
Cleaning locomotive cowcatchers after runs through farm country paid the bills.
He was familiar with the usual remnants.
