Since I had to copy the story into a text editor (LibreOffice Writer) in order to do the editing and formatting, I also created a PDF file of it while I was in there. Here is the PDF:
FirstChristmas-SciFiStyle.pdf (Size: 106.64 KB / Downloads: 1)
I really think the PDF could benefit immensely from some cover art and perhaps a couple of illustrations from our illustrious BIAD. It would, at the very least, keep him off the streets and out of trouble for a while... but I don't know how Mrs. Miggins' gin supply would fare throughout the ordeal....
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I really think the PDF could benefit immensely from some cover art and perhaps a couple of illustrations from our illustrious BIAD. It would, at the very least, keep him off the streets and out of trouble for a while... but I don't know how Mrs. Miggins' gin supply would fare throughout the ordeal....
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake