The Reading Room - The Newcastle Coals Affair by C. Dethlefson

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In a follow up to the Iowa Scuba Affair, this story takes us on a trip with some romance, some intrigue and definitely a starry eyed girl who hopes Napoleon is as wonderful as her dreams of him have become.  The author says it is an R rated Gen story, but I think we can take it ;)
The Newcastle Coals Affair on File40.

The Congo Affair

[mlaw]

 Summary: Napoleon and Illya are trapped in the Belgian Congo after a bloody coup begins and must escape before they are captured and executed.

Rated: PG some images of violence but nothing graphic
Based on a chapter from my "Snapshot' series on Fanfiction.net under Mlaw


An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn, mud from a muddy spring,
Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling,
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,
A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field,
An army which liberticide and prey
Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield,
Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
Religion Christless, Godless, a book sealed,
A Senate—Time's worst statute unrepealed,
Are graves from which a glorious Phantom may
Burst to illumine our tempestuous day.

~ English In 1819~Percy Bysshe Shelley

          

                                                                "The Congo Affair"

 

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin hurried along the streets of Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo, only stopping quickly at a small general store that typically carried anything from household needs, dry goods to freeze-dried foods, guns and supplies for safaris.

Though at this point, due to the panic in the city, the shelves were nearly empty. The agents grabbed two backpacks, stuffing them with what rations they could find, binoculars, a compass, matches, knives...anything basic that would suit their purposes. The last thing Illya grabbed was a map, indicating the roads and trails they would need to get them through Kasaï province to Kantanga and across the border to safety.

The city was in an uproar with fires erupting everywhere the populace running in near terror to escape, as rebel forces had portions of it cut off, with the way to the airport was gone.

To the two agents, making the dangerous journey through the rainforest was now their only choice. The anti-government forces were taking prisoners of any white people, herding them to the center of the city where rumors of arbitrary executions taking place.

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The Congo Affair

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Summary: Napoleon and Illya are trapped in the Belgian Congo after a bloody coup begins and must escape before they are captured and executed.

Rated: PG some images of violence but nothing graphic
Based on a chapter from my "Snapshot' series on Fanfiction.net under Mlaw
and inspired by the following poem by Shelley.


An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn, mud from a muddy spring,
Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling,
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,
A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field,
An army which liberticide and prey
Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield,
Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
Religion Christless, Godless, a book sealed,
A Senate—Time's worst statute unrepealed,
Are graves from which a glorious Phantom may
Burst to illumine our tempestuous day.

~ English In 1819~Percy Bysshe Shelley

    

                                                           "The Congo Affair"

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin hurried along the streets of Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo, only stopping quickly at a small general store that typically carried anything from household needs, dry goods to freeze-dried foods, guns and supplies for safaris.

Though at this point, due to the panic in the city, the shelves were nearly empty. The agents grabbed two backpacks, stuffing them with what rations they could find, binoculars, a compass, matches, knives...anything basic that would suit their purposes. The last thing Illya snatched was a map, indicating the roads and trails they would need to get them through Kasaï province to Kantanga and across the border to safety.

The city was in an uproar with fires erupting everywhere and the populace running in near terror to escape as rebel forces had portions of it cut off, with the way to the airport now gone.

To the two agents, making the dangerous journey through the rainforest was now their only choice. The anti-government forces were taking prisoners of many white people, herding them to the center of the city where rumors of arbitrary executions were taking place.

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