Science Fiction and Fantasy tales are often set thousands or hundreds of years in the past or future. The timespan slips the reader comfortably into what may have been or could be. Who knows what the far future holds, while ages passed, with withered evidence of their day, can be easily accepted as a dream….

Rocks, a cave with a bear, or a gorgeous fairy that grants extra strength. There’s always something good behind a waterfall. The sound of the raging water in the solitude of a cave, safe from the elements outside. Even a bear behind a waterfall is a good thing. Maybe it’s a momma bear, and it’s…