Chinook by George M Hosier II - Get Rich Quick

I have always wanted to start a business. To do so should be a no-brainer. After all, this is America, right? America is famous for being a land of equality and opportunity! I’ve been told that any buck-toothed, freckle-faced kid who puts his mind to it can become President of the United States. In addition, at a very young and impressionable age, I was imbued with a sense of awe for the financial windfall pleading with absolutely anybody at all to pluck it. It was called the “American Dream”.

One of the earliest stories I remember hearing at my mother’s knee was about some guy named Ellis Sylen and his encounter with the friendly giantess, Nukah Lossus. It’s been a long time since I heard the story, and no doubt age and cynicism have blunted the details as well as the fascination it held for me as an itty bitty little munchkin, but it went something like this:

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