Timelines: Two Classic Sci Fi Short Stories, & a Short Novel

Empathy - A man with psychic and empathetic powers decides that the fragile and topsy-turvy state of the union is about to collapse, so he devises a plan to fix it. What he does is probably what we would all like to try at least once in our lives. Unfortunately, things usually don't turn out exactly as we wish PLUS The Right to Bear Arms - A physics professor is so distraught at his son's death by a mentally deranged man carrying an automatic weapon, that he devises an incredible plan that he hopes will change history forever PLUS Bodyguards To The New Empress - In a post apocalyptic future, earth has reverted to a low-tech system of kingdoms and female leadership, held together by an empress. One couple emerges, Darnel and his fierce wife Betty, who are called upon by the empress to escort her to the Mountain Of The Ancients to coronate a new empress who will take over the reins of power.