[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for August 23rd

[Michael Cone <mkcone@yahoo.com>]

NEAR TUCSON, ARIZONA- The town of Near Tucson is
logging a plea for aid in the most urgent way
possible. Three days ago, a large convoy of modified
cars, pick-ups and motorcycles roared out of the night
and began to siege the village. This unnamed gang is
sporting heavy machine guns, and more than a few
grenade launchers. The locals are seriously outgunned
and are looking for any help to try and lift the
siege. Dalton Barker, a Law Dog based out of the Yuma
Village, is rounding up a posse to try and see where
this new bunch of cutthroats got a hold of such heavy
weaponry.

HOUMA BAYOU, LOUISIANA- Hunters in the lower bayou
reaches are reporting the discovery of an old
petroleum plant just west of Port Sulphur. Once a
subsidiary of Black River Industries, the installation
has definitely been hammered by the weather. The
hurricane of ’90 seems to have reduced almost half of
the grounds to a haphazard mess. But there does look
to be some reasonable chances for salvage in the
ruins.

PISTOL RIVER, OREGON- The mutie gunslinger called
Nevada Karl is logging a report of a Loyalist
Doomsayer attack on the small coastal village. Karl
arrived with a shipment of electronics for a local
junker but discovered that better than half of the
town was wrecked and many of the locals had either
been killed or sported multiple new mutations. When he
asked around, the survivors spun the story that three
Doomsayers led an army of mutants and Grundies into
town and started demanding to be told the whereabouts
of someone named Marshal Law. Nobody opened their
mouths, so the Green Glow Priests went to work. Pistol
River residents are willing to trade quite heavily for
medical attention.

Submitted by the extraordinary pen of Of Brother
Dominic

FAR HOUSTON, TEXAS- Scavengers just returned from the
Elron oil fields south of the Houston ruins are
holding a very unusual auction. Up on the block is a
curious spherical sandstone rock formation encrusted
with worked garnets and rubies. Mark Rawlins, the head
miner/scavenger is claiming that the find is a
priceless pre-War artifact. Two local shamans, Monox
and Lung Dart, are claiming that the sphere is
emitting a field of energy with as of yet unknown
effects. Several Librarians are en-route to Far
Houston to examine the artifact.

HOLYROOD, KANSAS- Combine scouts are reporting several
buildings in the small Kansas town are covered in
fresh burn marks. Out of the dozen residents only two
were discovered alive. The survivors will only repeat
the phrase "that a Storm is coming."

ICY BLUFF, GREAT MAZE- The scout duo of Preston and
Childs has logged a report of a strange formation on
the southwest face of Icy Bluff Mesa. Thirty feet down
the cliff face is a cave containing a strange altar
made of worked rock. Along the surrounding walls are a
number of odd sigils and erratic spiral carvings.
Anyone with occult or liguistic talent should inquire
with the Librarian in Lynchburg.


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