The Bastard of Brignogan: two beginnings to a historical novel -- Mac Ross: the beginning of a western novel -- Dam and timber: notes for an adventure story -- The quest for the bear: a complete adventure story -- Kills bear: the first three chapters of a frontier novel -- Ben Mallory: seventeen chapters of an adventure novel -- The death of Peter Talon: the beginning of a western novel -- The jade eaters: a treatment for a motion picture -- The freeze: the beginning of a science fiction story -- Ben Milo: the beginning of a crime story -- In the measure of time: a complete adventure story -- The Papago Kid: the beginning of a western novel -- Krak des Chevaliers: a treatment for an adventure story -- Ibn Batuta: a proposal for a nonfiction book -- Shanty: two beginnings to a western novel -- Krag Moran: the beginning of a boxing story -- Stan Duval: the beginning of a crime story -- Lowie: the beginning of a western story -- South of Panama: a treatment for an adventure story -- The rock man: notes for a television series -- Borden Chantry II: the first ten chapters of a western novel.