INDULGENT SPIRIT by Tom Leonard: FIRST SEVEN CHAPTERS

 

                                                    INDULGENT SPIRIT

                                         A Saga in Space and Time

                                                  Tom Leonard

                                  Copyright: Tom Leonard, Edinburgh Scotland

                                                  October 2022

That truth is that monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win. Stephen King. Introduction to The Shining, 2001.

                                      Art by Seer and Sage

      THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DRAFT, WHICH WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY REVISED                                                                ON LINE

  Words like 'she' and 'her' are, for the moment, intended to represent all genders.

   It is difficult to find alternatives that sensibly represent the genders of all the 

   species involved. For the moment 'she' and 'her' can, for example, refer to very

   masculine /alpha-male people or creatures.

                      

                             1: FLEEING FROM CRAZINESS 

                            2. THE ZAZINS RULE THE ROOST 

                            3. HALF A STRONTIAN YEAR IN 2.16 KEPLER SECONDS

                            4. THE SACRED CHAPEL

                            5. POWER STRUGGLE IN SPACE

                            6. RENEWAL AND DISASTER

                            7. TO FRESH PASTURES  (incomplete)

                                  Named Characters (23)

                                 

1. Admiral Nim Nimisch, Captain Karoly Korchov, Lieutenant Iota Iyola

   Kyle, Drew, and Jordan Rainbow.

    Rick Stent, Kim Catworthy (puminid), Admiral Nam Nimisch.

2. Pontiff Sunny Z1, Rev. Dr. Jip Z2, Rev. Dr. Splat Z3, Professor Mileza Erdosa Z4

    Professor Thermus Z5 

3. Lox Rainbow, Max and Min Kap, Pal and Pat Piper, President Puntus (Gentoo)

4. Dr. Chi Kit

6. Sall Sallius, Crisp Crispus