These short works are the result of looking back on the experiences of a lifetime. Regrets? I've had a few. Would I change anything? Of course, that's why these stories are fiction."A Steppe Beyond," resulted from my experience hiking across Lapland at age twenty. A na ve, inexperienced hiker, I was entirely dependent on a Scotsman I had met at the Hammerfest, Norway, Youth Hostel. He had the maps, compass and experience. What began as a melding of...