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    Breakthrough: A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story: Joyce's Short Stories
    Breakthrough: A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story: Joyce's Short Stories
    Breakthrough: A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story: Joyce's Short Stories
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    Breakthrough: A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story: Joyce's Short Stories

    By Joyce Reynolds-Ward

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    A fight between Trina and her boyfriend Jeb reveals the secret shapeshifting hold that his alleged friend Rick holds over him…and now Rick's done the same to Trina. Can Trina and Jeb break free from Rick's spell and thwart his dreams of political and supernatural power?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoyce Reynolds-Ward
    Release dateOct 1, 2017
    ISBN9781386141433
    Breakthrough: A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story: Joyce's Short Stories
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    Joyce Reynolds-Ward

    Joyce Reynolds-Ward splits her time between Portland and Enterprise, Oregon. A former special education teacher, Joyce also enjoys horses, skiing, and other outdoor activities. She's had short stories and essays published in First Contact Café, Tales from an Alien Campfire, River, How Beer Saved the World 1 and 2, Fantasy Scroll Magazine, and Trust and Treachery. Her novels Netwalk: Expanded Edition, Netwalker Uprising, Life in the Shadows: Diana and Will, Netwalk’s Children, and Alien Savvy as well as other works are available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, and other sources. Alien Savvy is also available in audiobook through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Follow Joyce's adventures through her blog, Peak Amygdala, at www.joycereynoldsward.com, or through her LiveJournal at joycemocha. Joyce’s Amazon Central page is located at http://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Reynolds-Ward/e/B00HIP821Y.

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      Breakthrough - Joyce Reynolds-Ward

      BREAKTHROUGH

      A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story

      By

      Joyce Reynolds-Ward

      This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental.

      Breakthrough: A Transformational Urban Fantasy Short Story © 2017 by Joyce Reynolds-Ward.

      Another version previously published in Nightbird Singing in the Dead of Night: Fiction Beyond the Everyday Experience, edited by Jeff Dennis, © 2009, Nightbird Publishing

      Cover image © Victoria Dubova (dubvika), through Depositphotos Inc.

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Distribution is handled by the author, and all requests for redistribution should be pointed to the author.

      BREAKTHROUGH

      The prehistoric-sounding squawk of a blue heron roused from its rest echoed over the river as the summer sunset reflected yellow and orange in the currents. Trina leaned on the wooden handrail of the bike bridge over the Willamette, watching the heron as she tapped her fingers to the rhythm of LA Woman.

      A bike screeched to a stop behind her.

      I've been looking for you. Patty leaned her bike against the bridge's concrete wall.

      Trina exhaled. I'm not wanting to be found.

      Jeb's a jerk. Patty fumbled in her pocket, bringing out a palm-sized leather pouch.

      It's not Jeb, Trina sighed. It's Rick.

      Patty produced a small metal pipe and

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