Author: Loren K. Wiseman
Page Count: 5 pages
Thermopolia (singular: thermopolium) were bars serving hot drinks and snacks) were common in the Roman world. This floor plan is based on the thermopolium of Asellina, the best-preserved bar in Pompeii, and a larger establishment in the villa of Julia Felix. Both were preserved when they were covered in ash by the eruption of... [click here for more]
"'Good luck, you're on your own?'" the sergeant from the 173rd repeated incredulously."Yeah, that's the last order we got," I told him."Huh. Must be nice to actually get the order.” He shook his head. "What you got to understand is around here, we've been 'on our own' for four years. We may not have won, but we sure ain't lost yet. And the war's... [click here for more]
Internal strife wracks North America's last breadbasket. Soviet troops occupy Vancouver Island. Fascist New America holds power in Idaho. Disillusioned soldiers and long-frustrated separatists carve out their own pocket kingdoms. Cut off from the central military government strongholds, Seattle's Western Redoubt is on its own, critically low on fuel, ammo, parts – and hope.
The Pacific... [click here for more]