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    A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1
    A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1
    A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1
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    A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1

    By Thomas M. Willett

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    When Max returns to California after a semester at college, he is met with all sorts of problems including a disaffected father, an aimless theater geek sister and a bipolar racist aunt. Despite all of this, he is frustrated to learn that somebody made money off of his book idea. This section focuses on the struggles of coming home and trying to get into the spirit of the holidays despite having a preoccupied mind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. Willett
    Release dateDec 4, 2014
    ISBN9781311749918
    A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1
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    Thomas M. Willett

    I'm a writer based out of Long Beach, CA who enjoys movies, TV, and getting inside your head.

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      A Plagiarized Christmas - Thomas M. Willett

      A Plagiarized Christmas

      Part 1 -

      By

      Thomas M. Willett

      A PLAGIARIZED CHRISTMAS: PART 1

      © Thomas M. Willett, 2014

      Smashwords Edition

      Photo: Thanksgiving – Taking home turkies from raffle from George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) – Public Domain

      Art Design by Thomas M. Willett

      Notice to the Reader:

      By purchasing this ebook you are stating that you are fully aware that you will be sent the ebook or download link via email and that this purchase is NOT refundable. Legally, you can save one copy of the purchased ebook to disk for your own personal use. However, it is illegal to distribute your copy to those who did not pay for it. You may not distribute the ebook to other individuals by using email, floppy discs, zip files, burning them to CD/DVD, selling them on any type of auction website, making them available for free public viewing or download on any website, offering them to the general public offline in any way, or any other method currently known or yet to be invented. You may not print copies of your downloaded book and distribute those copies to other persons. Doing any of these things is a violation of international copyright law and would subject you to possible fines or imprisonment. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information or retrieval system, is forbidden without the prior written permission of both the publisher and copyright owner of this book.

      Dedication:

      This story is dedicated to everyone who has made my first few months as a self-published author a rather great experience. Thank you for being supportive and giving me the motivation to keep at it between the good and bad days. I hope that you have enjoyed my work and shared it with whoever you share things with. Spend some time this month with the ones you love and be grateful for what you have. I will do my best to do just that along with you.

      Also, find some hokey novelty Christmas music. In the compiled edition (due December 25, 2014), I will have a list of great lesser known favorites that I enjoy putting on during the holiday season, including The Youngsters’ doo-wop classic Christmas in Jail. As much as it’s a holiday for Bing Crosby, it’s also a time for the aloof to remind you of your vulnerabilities.

      *Author’s Note:

      The people and events depicted in A Plagiarized Christmas: Part 1 are fictitious. Any resemblance to reality is coincidental.

      Praise for Thomas M. Willett

      But Dad Never Listened to Danny Brown

      What a fantastic creation this book is. A young man who is starting to realize that his earlier years that were spent as a some times troubled some times care youth are over. It is time to make more mature decisions. A great example of today's social urban life styles. I did not want this short story to end. I wanted it to continue to explore this youth's new realizations and life in his new future.

      4/5 stars - rucrazy

      A very interesting read, well written. It sounds like a teaser for a novel; I would have liked it to continue through life...he gets a job, marries, lives his life, etc. Maybe there is more to come?

      4/5 stars - Sue Gross

      Also available from Thomas M. Willett:

      Blue Matters

      With Purgatory modeled after an undisclosed DMV location, this story follows the lives of two coworkers (Veronica the Clock Puncher and Gary the New Guy) and one recently deceased (Judith the Beach Girl) as they explore the business side of death while questioning ethics and past decisions. For some, it is just another miserable day at work while others wait in line for their fates to be processed.

      THE TURKEY TROTTERS*

      With Thanksgiving a few hours away, Sam must find a way to get his holiday food home after his car won't start. With the help of a Black Friday shopper, the two discover just how much is different between the two.

      You can purchase these for $1.99 each on Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble and many other eBook-carrying websites. (*The Turkey Trotters is available for free until January 1, 2015)

      Chapter One

      He was attracted to a plastic Santa Claus attached to the roof of a two story house. With strings of multi-colored lights almost too bright to see anything else, he watched the plastic Santa sit in his sleigh and wave to the crowd below. It didn’t have any reindeer nor did it feature any redeemable features. It was a bland Santa in a field of undecorated houses. On the ground was a series of presents the size of beach balls. He considered kicking one until he became distracted by the neighbor’s dog running into the yard and unleashing his hold on this hypnotic trance. It was all immaterial and the thought of

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