Lew Dabb's Untold Stories

By Lew Dabb

Lew Dabb always wanted to see his stories in print in the public domain, but passed away before that could become a reality.
Space Age Blacksmith
Bill Hades made notes on his clipboard. Unlike most clipboards, this one had a digital display in the upper right corner, and its electronic clock was ticking off decimal hours. The crew he watched was bolting precision machined, segmented handling rings onto the skirt of a Space Shuttle Booster Motor.
Bill watched intently as he lifted the yellow hot iron from the forge. The metal reacted like putty under his hammer as he formed it into a ring on the beak of the anvil.
What?... You're right, there are two different stories going on here. What you are seeing is the Jekyll and Hyde of Bill Hades.
While Lew Dabb never wrote a story about Bill Hades, his stories usually came from Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde, and as an amateur blacksmith who worked at a rocket factory, he lived the life of Bill Hades. He didn’t survive long enough for technology to make all his publication fantasies possible, but now that it is possible here are the rest of the fictional adventures that were Lew Dabb’s “Untold Stories”.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Neil Dabb
• Release date: Mar 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301746989

Lew Dabb

Lewis Dabb grew up in Northern Utah on various farms owned by his father. At an early age he learned to play Spanish and steel guitar and had a love of music most of his life. After marrying he moved to Cache Valley (in Northern Utah) and raised four sons. He was an amateur blacksmith, and a freelance writer. He passed away without seeing any of the stories he wrote in the public domain, but with the advent of E-books his stories can now be shared with the world.

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Lew Dabb's Untold Stories

by

Lew Dabb

Published by Neil Dabb at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Neil Dabb

Table of Contents

Preface

Robbers at Red Dog

Pa's Revenge

Dan and the Cuckoo

Plateau Magic

My Father's Mansion

About the Author

Lew Dabb's Untold Stories

Preface

Lew Dabb always wanted to see his stories in print in the public domain, but passed away before that could become a reality. The only changes I've made to these stories is the occasional grammatical and punctuation repairs that were needed. The adventures told here were his own.

Most of these stories are taken from a collection of stories Lew compiled as ‘Untold Stories.’ The final story was found among the rest of the writings Lew left in his computer (If he wrote more fiction it is lost in the world of ones and zeros). The collection here even contains the transition from his stories of the past to his stories in the present (see Plateau Magic). He lived in both worlds as the following character sketch indicates.

Space Age Blacksmith

Bill Hades made notes on his clipboard. Unlike most clipboards, this one had a digital display in the upper right corner, and its electronic clock was ticking off decimal hours. The crew he watched was bolting precision machined, segmented handling rings onto the skirt of a Space Shuttle Booster Motor.

Bill watched intently as he lifted the yellow hot iron from the forge. The metal reacted like putty under his hammer as he formed it into a ring on the beak of the anvil.

What?... You're right, there are two different stories going on here. What you are seeing is the Jekyll and Hyde of Bill Hades.

While Lew Dabb never wrote a story about Bill Hades, his stories usually came from Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde, and as an amateur blacksmith who worked at a rocket factory, he lived the life of Bill Hades. He didn’t survive long enough for technology to make all his publication fantasies possible, but now that it is possible here are the rest of the fictional adventures that were Lew Dabb’s Untold Stories.

Neil Dabb

Robbers at Red Dog

There are only a half dozen buildings in the town of Red Dog Texas and half of them are saloons. Of the other half, the Stage Station is also the General Store, the Post Office, and the Telegraph office. Mack's Livery Stable is across the street, and next door to the Stage Station is the town's pride, the Grand Hotel. It's the only two story building for a hundred miles in any direction. Actually, Red Dog is the only town for a hundred miles in any direction. The hotel has a lobby, a dining room, and a small saloon on the ground floor. There are six rooms on the second floor to be rented to travelers. The rate is $.50 per night. You can get a hot bath anytime of the day or night, right in your own room.

Jack Masters has been a guest at the Grand for five days now. On every one of those days he has come to the spot where he now stood to watch the stage unload. It had become such a routine that he had little hope of today being different from any of the others. The noon stage was an event that not too many of the town's population missed. Jack recognized almost everyone he saw, though he didn't know their names.

Finally, Jack whispered to himself, as the door to the coach swung open.

A silence came over the crowd. These people greeted the daily stage coach faithfully, but nothing could have prepared them for