Jack and the Magic Software

A Future Fairy Tale by Robert Plamondon

Jack & the Magic Software: a Future Fairy Tale by Robert Plamondon
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Norton Creek Press, October 2016. 12 pages.
Suggested retail price, Kindle: $0.99.

ONCE UPON A TIME there was a lad named Jack. Jack lived with his mother on Sinclair. They were very poor, for Jack’s father had been killed in a Morversarn raid. His mother had to work very hard to keep them both fed.

One day his mother said, “Jack, I want you to take your father’s space suit to the market and sell it, or we will have no money to buy food.”

“But Mother,” said Jack, “if I sell Father’s space suit, what will I wear when I’m old enough to join the High Militia? How will I become a citizen?”

“If you don’t sell the suit we will starve,” she replied, “and then you’ll never join the High Militia either.”

So Jack bundled up the space suit and walked to the market, where goods from many worlds were bought and sold. There were fish from Myckhaven, brandy from Barigost, machines from Goa, fierce Great Belt mercenaries ready for hire, even (if you knew where to ask, and were very rich) Terran aphrodisiacs and maps to fabled Grenaduve.… Read more ...

Success With Baby Chicks

A Complete Guide to Hatchery Selection, Mail-Order Chicks, Day-Old Chick Care, Brooding, Brooder Plans, Feeding, and Housing

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by Robert Plamondon
Norton Creek Press ISBN 0972177000. 155 pages.
Available in paperback and Kindle formats.

Your Baby Chicks are Helpless—But You Aren’t!

For any creature, the first few days and weeks of life are crucial. Give your chicks the care they deserve by reading the only book devoted solely to baby chicks. Other books cover the brooding period in just a few pages, but it is too important for that. Both your enjoyment and the welfare of your baby chicks depend on brooding them successfully, every time.

In Success With Baby Chicks, I cover everything you need to know about nurturing your baby chicks through the all-important brooding period, which starts when they hatch and ends, weeks later, when they no longer need supplemental heat. You will learn how to select a hatchery, choose a breed, set up the brooder area, and care for your adorable, helpless, fluffy little baby chicks. All this and more are covered in this easy-to-follow book.

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Since I got your book “Success with Baby Chicks” my mortality rate in brooding has improved dramatically.

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A Complete Guide to Hatchery Selection, Mail-Order Chicks, Day-Old Chick Care, Brooding, Brooder Plans, Feeding, and Housing

Buy Now.

by Robert Plamondon
Norton Creek Press ISBN 0972177000. 155 pages.
Available in paperback and Kindle formats.

Your Baby Chicks are Helpless—But You Aren’t!

For any creature, the first few days and weeks of life are crucial. Give your chicks the care they deserve by reading the only book devoted solely to baby chicks. Other books cover the brooding period in just a few pages, but it is too important for that. Both your enjoyment and the welfare of your baby chicks depend on brooding them successfully, every time.

In Success With Baby Chicks, I cover everything you need to know about nurturing your baby chicks through the all-important brooding period, which starts when they hatch and ends, weeks later, when they no longer need supplemental heat. You will learn how to select a hatchery, choose a breed, set up the brooder area, and care for your adorable, helpless, fluffy little baby chicks. All this and more are covered in this easy-to-follow book.

A Testimonial


Since I got your book “Success with Baby Chicks” my mortality rate in brooding has improved dramatically.

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One Survivor

by Robert Plamondon
Norton Creek Press, 258 pages, ISBN 0981928447.

This is Robert’s first novel, a fast-paced space adventure. Buy it or find out more on Robert’s fiction site.

by Robert Plamondon
Norton Creek Press, 258 pages, ISBN 0981928447.

This is Robert’s first novel, a fast-paced space adventure. Buy it or find out more on Robert’s fiction site.

Through Dungeons Deep

A Fantasy Gamers’ Handbook by Robert Plamondon

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Reissued by Norton Creek Press. 340 pages. ISBN 9780972177078

  • Learn how to play D&D and other fantasy role-playing games
  • Learn how to be a Dungeon Master
  • Learn how to design your own fantasy campaigns
  • Tips and tricks for every occasion
  • Great companion for anyone interested in role-playing’s old-school revival

From the Author: I spent a good fraction of my college days playing Dungeons & Dragons when I should have been studying. In the process, I discovered a wealth of ideas and techniques in how to play well and be a good Dungeon Master. I wrote these up in Dragon Magazine and others. One day I discovered that my list of topics looked more like a table of contents than a list of future magazine articles, so I began writing Through Dungeons Deep.

The book went out of print when Reston Publishing went out of business. But demand for the book has never died. The original edition is being reissued by Norton Creek Press for far less than the going rate for the original Reston edition, which often sells for over $50.

The Book That Would Not Die. I still get fan mail like this:

Robert,
Just a note to wish you and yours a happy holiday, and to tell you how much I enjoy “Through Dungeons Deep” (the reprinted edition).

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