Ten Stories Straight Up

Ten short stories on very different subjects, includingE Pluribus Unum - A multi-generational starship finally approaches its destination at Tau Ceti. The people have adapted well to their shipboard environment on the long voyage '¬ ; perhaps too well.The Case of the Red Herring - The Sherlock Holmes case Conan Doyle forgot to write '¬ ; the mysterious case of the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant.The House '¬ ; A man brings his family back to see the house he grew up in, and finds much changed '¬ ; but not all.The Luck of the Irish '¬ ; Three Irishmen, escaped convicts from Port Jackson, capture a schooner and try to slip past a Royal Navy frigate.The Classic '¬ ; a young actress of the verge of stardom meets a man who seems to know too much about her future career.The Old One '¬ ; the last mammoth fins release from loneliness.The Dreamer '¬ ; a man wanders through a strange and beautiful dream, but awakening brings an unexpected surprise.Eternal Flame '¬ ; a middle-aged man attends a college choral concert and discovers one of the singers is the perfect image of his lost love, still eighteen years old.Coyote '¬ ; A Navajo medicine man confronts his apprentice who was strayed.Eight East '¬ ; A young hippie, busted for drugs, spends a week in a mental ward and finds himself both teacher and student.