CONTENTS

ONE - WINTER FAIR.. 4

TWO - FOULNESS AT THE FAIR.. 13

THREE - THE FAIR AGAIN.. 21

FOUR - THE LADY AND THE DRAGON.. 25

FIVE - A QUESTION OF COMPANY.. 34

SIX - DUNGEON REDUX.. 37

SEVEN - TROUBLE IN THE TUNNELS. 48

EIGHT - UNDER SIEGE. 54

NINE - KILLER VEES. 60

TEN - ENTER THE LOBSTER.. 63

ELEVEN - LATERAL TO THE REAL WORLD.. 67

PART II QUEEN OF THE STRIP. 74

TWELVE - ANOTHER QUEST.. 75

THIRTEEN - MAKING A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. 102

FOURTEEN - FUDWARE, FANTASY AND AREA 51. 109

FIFTEEN - BIPLANE BYE-BYE. 116

SIXTEEN - LORD OF THE FLIES AND THE LORD OF THE FLIERS. 120

SEVENTEEN - HOMECOMING.. 130

PART III: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT.. 134

EIGHTEEN - LIFE AS WE WISH WE DIDN'T KNOW IT.. 135

NINETEEN - OPERATIONAL PLAN.. 153

TWENTY - SKY ZOMBIES. 157

TWENTY-ONE - STAND TO YOUR GLASSES. 160

TWENTY-TWO - FINDING A PLACE. 163

TWENTY-THREE - ENTER THE DWARVES. 167

TWENTY-FOUR - OPERATION WINTER STORM... 169

TWENTY-FIVE - THE FLIGHT OF THE OLD CROW... 177

TWENTY-SIX - THE EXECUTIONER.. 180

TWENTY-SEVEN - SNEAK ATTACK.. 185

TWENTY-EIGHT - THE END OF THE BEGINNING.. 194