The Short Stories of Phil Wallace Payne

About the Book

Long have we watched the moils of mankind. In man’s past, the human soul was aboriginal! Wholesale death was for enemies, any enemies—from wolves and bears to other races and other tribes. Inimical attitudes grew naturally in isolated valleys of a host of human cultures, languages, attitudes, and values, habitats of fragments of humanities, each and all. In our newer centuries, the wild propagation of learning—but also of confusion—across the world, as new transportation and communication abilities make it faster, easier, for cultures and ideas to encounter one another. We watch globalization of Agriculture and Industry, Cultures, Beliefs, and Ethics chaffing under contacts, exposure to contrary codes and ethics. Some are docile, civil and comforting; others in strictures sometimes savagely devoid of kindness, stark in demand of conformation, however absent of, or given to, strict obedience.

About the Author

As a rocket scientist, Phil Wallace Payne directed 105 space launches, where he gleaned an extensive knowledge of different fuels. He has been a trans-oceanic navigator, sailor, and sea diver for many years. He currently lives on the coast of California.