Lew Dabb always wanted to see his stories in print in the public domain, but passed away before that could become a reality.
Space Age Blacksmith
Bill Hades made notes on his clipboard. Unlike most clipboards, this one had a digital display in the upper right corner, and its electronic clock was ticking off decimal hours. The crew he watched was bolting precision machined, segmented handling rings onto the skirt of a Space Shuttle Booster Motor.
Bill watched intently as he lifted the yellow hot iron from the forge. The metal reacted like putty under his hammer as he formed it into a ring on the beak of the anvil.
What?... You're right, there are two different stories going on here. What you are seeing is the Jekyll and Hyde of Bill Hades.
While Lew Dabb never wrote a story about Bill Hades, his stories usually came from Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde, and as an amateur blacksmith who worked at a rocket factory, he lived the life of Bill Hades. He didn't survive long enough for technology to make all his publication fantasies possible, but now that it is possible here are the rest of the fictional adventures that were Lew Dabb's "Untold Stories".