Tales of the 21st Century

by The Plaid Adder

* Introduction

* Trees Do Not Grow To The Sky (2002)

The wrath of the market had been gathering for some time. If the faithful did their work well there would be no crash. But correction was what the market wanted, and the market had to be free.

* Credible Threat (2006)

The test results are in. Michael is dying, Hibbard High is failing again, and the moles are back.

* Heartbreaker (2006)

“All this vengeance laying around, and she won't lift a hand to pick it up. That's why you hate her. Cause she could, and she won't. Where you would, and you can't. Cause what you hate isn't cooped up in this dump."

* The Big Leap (2007)

So fighting crime, it didn’t work out. But like Gladys says, it doesn’t take a telepath to fight crime; any jerk can do that who has two brain cells and an assault rifle. The service you provide, she says, is unique, and it’s heroic in its own way.