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The Geas
Brian Egan
language (, March 18, 2018)Captain John Grierson returns from the Napoleonic Wars with firm ideas of how his life was to continue, that he would marry his old girlfriend, and start producing children. It does not happen that way, as an Old God becomes annoyed with him and imposes a 'geas', a burden that must be satisfied before his life returns to normal. A short story
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The Survey
Brian Egan
(, Jan. 15, 2018)William Tarleton returns from the Napoleonic conflict in Europe, to find his wife dead, leaving him with one child. He decided to try to qualify for a real job instead of wasting his time at the usual noble pastimes, and decided on the cold field of Mathematics and Surveying to avoid the heartache of his thoughts, but gradually he has to realize that he cannot avoid the messiness of human contacts. A short story.