Kalfona

The Kingdom of Kalfona knows it survives upon the ruins of an ancient, high-tech civilization. Official interpretation declares nuclear war was the harbinger of the Breeds Disease, the sinking landscape, and the fall of ‘Ancient Merka’, but historians who study the evidence don’t buy the party line.In Kalfona: Escape the Aviary, Charlie Banta has thirsted for a career in history all her life, yet when she comes of age to work, the kingdom decides her fertility is more important to the dwindling human race than her book smarts. Charlie’s journey begins inside a privileged commune where she must learn how to think ‘outside the cage’ in order to secure her right to study Merkan history. With the help of the four men on the History Team, Charlie struggles for balance on the fine wire between behaving and breaking the law so she can also earn the right *not* to have children.Meanwhile, peculiar Merkan artifacts are trickling into town, and these objects should be a lot more decayed than they are. It was hard enough to get the government to allow a woman on the History Team, now she must convince them to let a woman risk her ovaries on an archaeological expedition into the wilds of Kalfona. The Kingdom of Kalfona is a fully-developed world, rich in culture, that represents a well-blended mixture of that which currently exists on its original Northern California landscape.

1.    Journal Entry of Charlie Banta  2.    Quiz Me  
3.    History Exam   
4.    Governor Jim   
5.    The Pub   
6.    The Wall   
7.    The Wild   
8.    A Real Grown-Up   
9.    Peaking Brown Eyeball   
10.    The Doctor and the Matchmaker   
11.    Colony Duty   
12.    Wildcat and Tweety Bird   
13.    Sex   
14.    Fresh Meat   
15.    Swap Meet   
16.    Shackle   
17.    Saffron's Wisdom   
18.    Jim's Proposition   
19.    Hector's Advice   
20.    Every Word He Didn't Say   
21.    Journal Entry of Charlie Banta   
22.    A Bird in Cage   
23.    Recess!   
24.    Palo and his Paraphernalia   
25.    Unlocking the Shackle   
26.    The First Key   
27.    Standing Clocks   
28.    Play Ball   
29.    Fist Fight   
30.    Burglary   
31.    Jail   
32.    The Whole Thing Happened in the Hallway   
33.    Chicken Little   
34.    No Whining   
35.    Merkan Birth Control   
36.    Non-Toxic Rubber   
37.    For One Day   
38.    The Boat Whistle   
39.    Bang   
40.    Never Again   
41.    Journal Entry of Charlie Banta   
42.    The Road-Kill Protest   
43.    The Real Punishment   
44.    Decisions of Old Men   
45.    Fired   
46.    Mother and Father   
47.    Thug   
48.    Wildcat and Tweety Bird   
49.    A Working Lunch   
50.    Silk   
51.    Secret Spy Mission   
52.    Male Delivery   
53.    Twisted Hormones   
54.    Jim's Offer   
55.    Matt's Proposal  
56.    Secret Pow-wow   
57.    The Vote   
58.    Quid Pro Quo 
59.    Planning the Jailbreak  
60.    True Freedom  
61.    Escape the Aviary