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The IWADASN Translation, an Amazon Short
by Harold Mills (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Price:  $0.49
Length:  5,497 words, 19 pages
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Retired USAF Master Sergeant with service in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. Author of The Legionnaire, a novel about the ... Read more
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Back in the 1960’s I was boondocking around the edge of a dry lake in the Nevada desert when I found a beautiful arrowhead. It was white quartz with a faint diagonal rose–colored streak. The strange thing is that the wind had blown the sand out from around the arrowhead so that it stood elevated about a quarter of an inch above the ground on a sand plinth and it pointed directly toward some nearby hills where there were evidences of ancient habitation. The arrowhead is in a frame on a shelf above my computer and it was while staring at it one day, daydreaming, that I had the idea for “The IWADASN Translation”

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About the Author

Retired USAF Master Sergeant with service in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. Author of The Legionnaire, a novel about the Americans who flew in the Lafayette Escadrille. I’ve spent a large part of my life hanging around airports, wiping grease, sweeping hangars and enjoying the company of men who fly. I earned a commercial license, flew on an amateur formation team, did a spot of crop dusting but after I married the beautiful, eighteen year old Marticia and we started a family I settled down to the only thing I knew which was the military. We had five kids while living in seven states and three foreign countries. It has been a blast!

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Mills-eye view of history, March 5, 2006
By Susan O'Neill (Andover, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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One of the reasons I like Harold Mills' stories is that--in addition to being funny--they don't pretend to be politically correct. Ulga is a man's woman, and she does what she must to survive on her own terms while answering the pre-historic question, Is it true Skandas have more fun? Mills translates the records of the IWADASN (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night) tribe with tongue firmly planted in cheek, and gives us a fresh take on the Survival of the Fittest, as well as a plausible scenario for the persistance of the gene for red hair.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The real lowdown on our prehistoric ancestors, February 15, 2006
By Karl Kunkel (High Point, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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Grab a hefty carafe of high-octane bolo, find a seat in the cave by a fire and start reading Harold Mills' version of life in prehistoric times that no paleontologist worth his tenure would ever dare admit existed. But the author, with this fiery saga of lust, feral conflicts with nature and undisciplined kids, blows the lid off prehistoric life in the caves. Fred Flintstone could learn a thing or two on the ways of the world from Og, the randy caveman that has an eye for the ladies. And these fetching hide-clad vixens, having an eye for older, experienced men, are all eager to reciprocate. The hilarious vocabulary of the author and the strange rituals this ancient tribe practice are worth the price of admission. If today's pampered baby boomers had known about the riotous, ancient Happy Fest, so richly described by the author, they would have ditched Woodstock and the Summer of Love festivities in San Francisco in a minute and and held their own Fest-in, demanding to get a piece of this bacchanalian celebration. This short story is a real howler, and the author showcases a great sense of humor, as well as a knowledge of culture, mores and social interaction that would make any sociologist proud. So, when you are done with this tale, how about giving me a refill of that mighty fine bolo? We'll both wait for a sequel.
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