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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…