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    The Wizards of O-Zone
    The Wizards of O-Zone
    The Wizards of O-Zone
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    The Wizards of O-Zone

    By Gary Kuyper

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    A humorous sf story about playing God.

    Lieutenants West and Poppyfield had gotten bored patroling the less technologically advanced planets spanning the area of space known as the O-Zone.
    Ignoring the Zone Authorities’ Non-Interference Policy regarding primitive societies, they had decided to take advantage of the 'inferior' humanoid life-forms; especially those of the female variety!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Kuyper
    Release dateDec 6, 2010
    ISBN9781458178596
    The Wizards of O-Zone
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    Gary Kuyper

    Gary Kuyper began his professional literary career writing self-help and general interest articles for Daan Retief Publishers who produced a monthly book for their woman’s club called Woman’s Forum. These articles would sometimes require research and had titles as diverse as The Human Brain and Body Painting! Being a professional photographer on a part-time basis Gary has also managed to have his articles on photography (With accompanying photographs) published in books and magazines. He has also done some free-lance photography and photojournalism projects for numerous local newspapers. Over the past four years he has constantly managed to be one of the top finalists in the Nova Short Story Competition (A competition for budding writers of science fiction and/or fantasy). Last year (2009) Gary had the pleasure of seeing The Devil's Little Tadpoles grace the pages of the local SF & Fantasy Fanzine Probe. He is an avid film buff and amateur film maker. A few years ago I managed to take first prize in the SA Ten Best Film Makers Competition with a short film entitled The Crimson Cobra - An action-packed martial arts / superhero movie using some of the very talented local artists. He is a qualified prosthetics make-up artist and has used this talent on both amateur and professional productions. He has also appeared on television in a youth program especially made for enlightening people in the art of special effects make-up. Gary has a rather excellent general knowledge being not only an avid writer but reader of any material that is able to stimulate him cerebrally. He taught himself Adobe Photoshop and has become adapt and proficient enough at utilizing the software to such a degree that he has managed to sell a number of creations to various institutes and organizations. He is particularly fond of a logo designed for the Krazy Mug Coffee Shop and several covers that have graced the front of Probe. Gary has a vast knowledge of music and has appeared on the local Television Music Quiz Show Note for Note where he was able to win a substantial amount of prize money. In 2008 he entered the SF / Fantasy Mini Radio Play Competition and took first prize with his The Adventures of Captain Max Power of the Intergalactic Police - an obvious homage to the early Flash Gordon radio series’. A number of skilled professionals are now planning to produce Max to CD and have it aired on a local radio station (SAfm). All his literary and photojournalistic accomplishments have been done on a part-time basis due to the fact that his full time career is lecturing mathematics as well as engineering science at a Technical College. Although this is a most fulfilling profession, it has long been Gary's ideal to become a full-time writer – especially of fantasy, science fiction and horror novels. He has recently published his first full-length fantasy novel - The Chronicles of Baltrath: The DARK WIZARDS. As a considerable amount of time and effort has been expended in building the world of Baltrath, Gary has begun work on a sequel to The Dark Wizards.

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      The Wizards of O-Zone - Gary Kuyper

      The Wizards of O-Zone

      A humorous short sf story about playing God by

      Gary Kuyper

      This is a first edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to amazon.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Copyright © Gary van Nikkelen Kuyper 2010

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales, is entirely coincidental

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN 1 45644 944 3

      DEDICATION

      For my very good friend, Steve Munnion

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      The Wizards of O-Zone

      The great god Zeus descended out of the clouds in a glorious display of smoke and fiery bolts.

      He, or at least his enormous shiny head, landed with a whoosh of dust and dried grass in front of the fervently cheering mass gathered in front of the steps of the crude temple. It was difficult to tell as to whether the temple was half finished or had been half demolished.

      "Kneel! commanded the booming voice from the gigantic snarling mouth. Kneel before the magnificent Zeus!"

      As one, the crowd dropped to their knees, faces pressed into the dust.

      "Insignificant dungworms! Have you done as Zeus commanded?"

      We have, oh mighty one, whispered the high priest Maddpoxx crawling closer towards Zeus.

      "Krollium pusbug! Stand and approach Zeus."

      The priest dusted his white robes and moved gingerly towards the terrifying entity.

      "Speak up!" Zeus’ eyes glowed. Smoke bellowed from large nostrils.

      "My lord, we have done exactly as you commanded!"

      "Excellent! How many?"

      Twelve! I am sure that…

      "Twelve? Do you wish to provoke the wrath of Zeus?" A ball of fire belched from the great mouth.

      The priest flinched. They are few, but they are the finest specimens! I am sure you will find them all most pleasing!

      "Pray your assumptions are correct or I shall grant you a fate worse than death! A concentrated beam of energy leapt from Zeus’ right eye, melting a large rock outcrop to glowing magma. Let The Choosing begin!"

      The priest clapped his hands.

      A dozen beautiful nubile maidens, dressed in robes similar to his own, paraded proudly down the steps in single file.

      Maddpoxx began

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