From the author of the Gor Series, two science fiction short stories exploring human relationships with verbal flair and philosophical complexity. “The Calpa” attempts to describe the indescribable and paints an image of a thing unseen and ancient along the beach of a tiny village. “Notes Pertaining to a Panel in Salon D” presents a lively Science Fiction convention panel exploring what life would be like if prehistory and evolution had skipped a beat.  Available for the first time as an e-book pairing, these stories were previously published in the collection Norman Invasions.