Click here for MP3 of this chapter In which Niall finds out there is such a thing as a free meal and Tony tells something of his past. As they shuffled out of the apartment, the kids pulling Niall between them, he noticed that they didn’t lock the door. “Are […]
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In which Clark's joke works: too well, or not well enough? ——- About 5:00 pm Saturday, August 7, 2010 ——- “So you see, Prescott, it’s like everything you do that helps someone else you get paid for it. And the people who do the paying get the power and respect […]
In which we discover Niall's relationship with Brianna is not what it might be. Brianna ended the call and glanced momentarily at the screen as if there was something else she meant to say to her father. With a slight sniff, she turned away from the screen calling, “Johnny, Lora, […]
In which we meet Clark Minton and see the origins of his practical joke. Some joke. We also join a floundering political campaign and see it take a desperate gamble. ———- South Florida, Tuesday, August 3, 2010 ——– Since the election was only three months away, and since all the […]
In which our unlikely hero lands squarely in the middle of a culture he hasn’t seen in over a decade; we learn the reason why; he meets a cute lady and a not so cute computer, and among other things, learns that however much other things may have changed, he […]
From our perspective here in 2028, the time of troubles and its aftermath seems so unnecessary and even, in some ways, silly. But what is obvious in hindsight is often cloaked in mystery while one is living through it. The people who were responsible for the transition and its myriad […]