Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 6

By Christopher D. Carter

Crush and Pound embark on a new adventure to locate an elderly man who has been kidnapped under mysterious circumstances. Their journey takes them to another dimension where giants and creatures battle for ultimate control of a mysterious dragon from Scalus Mountain.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher D. Carter
• Release date: Jun 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781940451121

Christopher D. Carter

Christopher D. Carter is an engineer by trade. After spending many hours of free time drawing, painting, and writing, he decided to unleash a unique universe of characters upon the worlds of science fiction and comic book fandom.

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Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 6

by Christopher D. Carter, © 2013

Text and Illustration Copyright © 2013 Christopher D. Carter

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Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound Annual 1

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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About the Author

Chapter 1

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Following the Green Man

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Millborotownville City, NC.

The elderly fellow sat next to the window and watched the world pass by. He had lived a long, hard life and now that he was retired with an oxygen tank and a tiny monthly check, Calvin felt trapped in an ever-shrinking world.

Are you ready for lunch? came the voice from behind the door, and his daughter, Shelley, peaked in to check on him.

Yeah. Biscuits and gravy? he asked.

That’s what you ordered, she replied as she brought in a hot plate of food with a steaming cup of coffee to wash it down. Can I get anything else for you before I go to work?

My pills, Calvin replied as he rested his chin on his hands and his elbows on the card table that sat next to the window in his large bedroom. Staring out the window, he seemed lost to the world.

They’re right here on the table, she said as she pointed to the bottle by his elbow.

Oh, yeah, he said as he continued to stare out the window. I didn’t see them laying there. Shelley kissed him on the head and then stepped out the door. She had some work to do, but she would be back for the usual check in after 5:00 p.m. As Calvin continued to stare out the window at the squirrels fighting for pecans in the front yard, Shelley backed her car out of the driveway and drove toward town.

The biscuits were tasty and filled his appetite, and Calvin began to feel drowsy as he watched a groundhog waddle down the slope of the front yard to its hole. Calvin’s eyes closed and his head nodded forward as drowsiness took over his afternoon. With a snort, Calvin came awake again in the chair, and he rubbed his eyelids before opening them again to look out the window. To his surprise, a strange man with green skin was standing on the other side of the window, looking back at him. Calvin fell backward in amazement and landed back-first onto the floor. Getting to his hands and knees, he looked up again to find that the man had disappeared as quickly as he had appeared. Using the table as a crutch, Calvin pulled himself back onto his feet and fixed his chair back into place.

I must be dreaming, he thought as he rubbed his eyelids. However, once he looked down the hill through the window pane, he realized that he was not in a dream when he caught sight of the green-skinned fellow walking away from the house. Then the stranger disappeared into the woods leading down into the creek that ran adjacent to the front yard. Determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, Calvin grabbed the handle of his mobile oxygen tank, put on his hiking shoes, and ventured out into the front yard for a breath of fresh air. This was also the beginning of a long journey.

The front yard of their home sloped sharply downhill to the edge of a shallow creek. The water then flowed through an eight-foot tall concrete tunnel that snaked below the highway which ran parallel to the front yard. Calvin, dressed in overalls and packing a small handgun in his front pocket, took his time and carefully walked downhill toward the creek. He made sure to keep his eyes focused ahead of himself where the mysterious green man had disappeared into the tall