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    Red Death
    Red Death
    Red Death
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    Red Death

    By Michael D. Britton

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    A group of random strangers from around the world, including Dr. Jim O'Connell, reunite following an out-of-this-world alien experience. But something's changed...and now they must work together to protect the planet from a sinister and powerful threat decades in the making.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntelligent Life Books
    Release dateMar 24, 2012
    ISBN9781476150376
    Red Death
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    Michael D. Britton

    Michael D. Britton has been writing professionally for 25 years, including heading up marketing departments, working in huge private corporations, writing for government entities, supporting non-profit healthcare systems, sprinting with tiny tech start-ups, freelancing, and a producing TV news broadcasts in the 90s. His short fiction has received ten honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future contest, among other recognition; and his novels have advanced through multiple rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in various years. His list of indie-published fiction titles exceeds 65 and keeps increasing. Learn more at www.michaeldbritton.com.

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      Red Death - Michael D. Britton

      Red Death

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      Michael D. Britton

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      Copyright 2012 by Michael D. Britton / Intelligent Life Books

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      It was a dark and stormy night –

      What? What crap are you reading? Jim O’Connell flicked on his bright LED flashlight and unzipped his sleeping bag. When he sat up, his bristly blond crew cut brushed against the sloped side wall of the tent. I thought you were going to read a ghost story.

      I am, said Chuck Gaines, Jim’s oldest and best friend in the world. Chuck had been the only person in town to give Jim the time of day after Jim’s ugly divorce from Rita. Must’ve been all the stories she’d spread around. Lies, all of them. Well, mostly.

      That’s not a ghost story – it’s one of the worst stories ever written, said Jim. What happened to that book of ghost stories I got you for your birthday last year?

      Oh – um, I think Monica gave it to Goodwill. Sorry, Chuck said, turning off his own flashlight and laying down in his mummy bag with the synthetic rustling sound of nylon rubbing against nylon. How ‘bout we just forget about a story. Get some sleep.

      Fine, said Jim. He switched off his flashlight and took a sip of hot chocolate from his thermos. That stuff always tasted ten times better in the woods, under the stars.

      They lay in silence for about three minutes, nothing but the sound of crickets and the nearby Chetco River sliding by, splashing off the rocks, seeking its release to the great Pacific Ocean eight miles downstream.

      You know – Chuck started.

      The spotlights kicked in without a sound, blinding both men right through the tent fabric.

      What in the – yelled Jim, squinting and holding up a hand to shield his eyes.

      The lights were directly overhead – three intense orbs of whiteness, grouped in a tight triangular cluster.

      Jim could feel every hair on his body stand on end. It wasn’t the fear – it was some kind of electrical field. He looked over at Chuck.

      Wha-what’s happening, man? Chuck stammered. "Is it

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