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2024 James LaFond
A Crackpot Book
Lynn Lockhart Publisher
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Dust Cover
At Dawn, Sam Pate, chose to wake.
The act, or rather the realization that he had just awakened, earlier than was his wont, according to a decision he made in a dream, frosted his bald head with an unaccustomed chill. Wondering at his condition, considering even that he might have fallen prey to a malevolent precognition, Sam looked frantically about for his, his…
The notion, the feeling, the nagging suspicion that he had misplaced something crucial to this coming day’s work, haunted him like a ghost.
Fortunately for Sam Pate, as a Life Science Associate, the possession of immediate medical assistance resided in the Safe Space between the bedroom and bathroom door; there in the hall awaited his personal physician, blue lit, upon the egg shell white wall.
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Dedication
For the Brickmouse
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Inspired by Snow White, Metamorphoses by Ovid, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert H. Heinlein.
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Inspirational Quote
“What was still missing was a more spiritual being… he gave man a face that could look up…”
-Ovid, Book 1
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Conceived while stick sparring with the Brickmouse, on the sprung wood floor, in the room of indicting mirrors, on a Planet branded ‘Fitness,’ where nubile young beauties came in tights seeking self inspection, with the assistance of those vertical walls of harsh reflection.
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The Tale
In Seven Vignettes
-1. Sam, Good Morning!
-2. How Are You Feeling?
-3. Associate Pate
-4. Do Not Be Late
-5. Before You Go
-6. Sam, Did You Know?
-7. Oh, About Your Design…
