“What happened to you, Marty?”
Marty caught the concern in my voice. He blushed and looked at his feet.
“I went to the bar once I heard they would serve me. I passed out and they let me sleep it off in the corner. I had no idea what happened until about an hour ago. I am so sorry, man. I should have been there to help you out. Dude, I’m so sorry.”
“Hey, I am just glad you are all right. That was a mess down there. You were better off top side this time. No worries.”
Before Marty could say anything else, Mr. Buckley held up his right hand with his pointer finger extended. He had a look of concentration on his face and then produced a terrific fart. His face relaxed and then he blurted out, “it's too bad that Jim Nance died before he told me where he hid the vaccine. That would be something useful to have right about now.”
His arm fell limply at his side again and he snored loudly.
Everyone in the room just stared at the sleeping man with expressions of shock.
That is when Sharon and I looked at each other, “The briefcase!”
THE END
Author's Note
Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to read this book. I know it is no where near perfect but thank you for giving it a chance. I would love to get any feedback from you on the book. Suggestions, corrections, compliments and complaints area all welcome. I need all the help I can get. Just give me a shout at [email protected]. I really want to hear from you.
I really would not have been able to finish this without the help of my friends. First a huge thanks must go to The Sprinters. This is a small writing group that I belong to that has given me enormous encouragement and feedback on my writing. I have learned much from them as an author. Thanks guys.
I also would like to thank my beta readers. Without your input, this would be much weaker story. Thanks guys. I value all the input I can get. If you feel so led, please leave a review. I will be forever grateful.
About the Author
About the Author
Chris is an avid amateur historian and wargamer. He has penned several scenario books for miniature wargaming on a variety of topics. If you have enjoyed this book, please be sure to check out his other titles.
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The Home: A Zombie Survival Short Story
Three survivors are in desperate need of medication needed for one of their number to survive. Having tried and failed to locate it at pharmacies and medical facilities, they turn to the one place left to them, an assisted living facility. Knowing that before the rise of the undead, the facility took care of several patients with the same need; the survivors decide to risk everything on this one last chance. Will they find the medicine that they need? Will they find other survivors? What happened to the patients during the outbreak? For more information, click on the image below:
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CSS Appomattox: A Thomas Devareaux Alternative History Military Adventure
This is the first novel in the Thomas Devareaux series. The CSS Appomattox is a work of alternative history fiction, concentrating on the adventures of the naval airship commander Thomas Devareaux and his crew.
In October 1862, the Confederacy is recognized by both France and Great Britain. Lincoln opens peace negotiations that effectively ended the American Civil War. Decades later, the young Confederacy forges an alliance with Spain – a fading empire desperately clinging to its remaining Caribbean colonies.
The Confederate Military assigns the young crew of the airship CSS Appomattox to assist their country’s new ally. The Appomattox is dispatched with a token Naval force to defend Puerto Rico. Here they will stand against the coming threat of an expansionist German Empire and its ally, the United States.
The crew of the Appomattox not only has to fight against the German military, but forces from within their own navy as well. During their exploits, the Devareaux and his crew are recruited by the Signals Bureau (the Confederate Secret Service) to battle their enemies overtly as well as covertly.
The action takes place in the skies above the Caribbean and on land as Devareaux leads his landing party of marines to support the guerillas fighting in the hills of occupied eastern Puerto Rico.
This is the first book in the Thomas Devareaux series. This Alternate History novel employs elements of Steampunk without taking historical technology developments too far outside of their historical progression. For more information, click on the image below:
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Non-Fiction Titles
In the Name of Roma
In the Name of Roma is a wargame supplement that contains 30 company and platoon level scenarios covering the actions of the 80a Roma Regiment from August to December of 1941. You’ll follow the 80th from the open steppe to the Donetz industrial basin, including the amphibious attacks across the Dnieper, and the fateful decision of Column Chiarimonti to attempt to seize Nikitovka. For more information, please look to the website:
http://cstoesen.blogspot.com/2013/09/in-name-of-roma-is-released.html
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The Coming Thunder
This is a set of 17 American Civil War scenarios and a campaign that is designed to be used with the TooFatLardies rules Terrible Sharp Sword. All 17 scenarios take place in Northern Virginia from June to December of 1861. These are all skirmish scenarios that are easily adapted to other rule sets such as Brother Against Brother. For more information, please look to the website:
http://cstoesen.blogspot.com/2011/11/coming-thunder-scenarios-for-terrible.html
The Falcon and the Gladiator
This is a campaign generator and historical scenarios for the first year of the air war over North Africa. There are 38 historical scenarios covering a number of actions across the period from June 1940 to February 1941. The scenarios cover a number of different types of actions, including: level bombing, dive bombing, torpedo bombing and of course fighter actions. The book weighs in at about 120 pages. There are orders of battle present for the start of the war, Marshal Graziani's September Offensive and for Operation Compass. In addition, there is data on squadron changes and movements. The campaign system includes information, where available, for the pilots for each squadron including notations on pilot quality. A pilot progression system is present for both fighter and bomber pilots. Each of the three campaigns contains a brief potted history as well as information on the corresponding ground campaigns. For more information, please look at the website:
http://cstoesen.blogspot.com/2012/04/westerndesert-air-campaign-june-1940.html
With Fire and Sword
This is the second of my American War of Independence supplements for Sharp Practice. This one continues where This Land Divided leaves off, covering the activities in South Carolina between June and August 1780. It is a critical time for the American Revolution in the South after the fall of Charleston. There are twenty-four scenarios for Sharp Practice that will provide the gamer with a selection of scenarios, from a dozen or so men a side up to over 100 figures each covering militia, provincial and regular troops. For more information, please check out the TooFatLardies website:
http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?m
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