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    Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town
    Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town
    Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town
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    Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town

    By John Decarteret

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    Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town is a collection of short stories by John Decarteret, set in a strange town where nothing, and no one, is ever quite what it seems. This collection features three titles that range from spooky to uplifting, Teddy, Was That You?; Creepy Town and Mr Nobody.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBLKDOG Publishing
    Release dateAug 8, 2020
    ISBN9781393314035
    Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town

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      Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town - John Decarteret

      DARK AND LIGHT TALES OF RIPTON TOWN

      John Decarteret

      COPYRIGHT © 2019 JOHN Decarteret.

      This edition published in 2019 by BLKDOG Publishing.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      www.blkdogpublishing.com

      TEDDY, WAS THAT YOU?

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      ate had just moved in to his new flat in a small town called Ripton after breaking up with his wife of two years. He was only 23, and he had a son who was just 18 months old. Nate had lost everything along with his wife, his addiction to alcohol had cost him his job and his home. He and his wife had been together since high school and it felt odd to be single and in an empty house alone, but he was picking his son Jack up the next day since it would be the weekend, and he had not had a drink in three months. He was in the middle of painting his extremely small kitchen wall when his phone began to ring in his pocket.

      Hello. He said putting the paintbrush down and sitting on the ladder he was previously standing. It was his soon to be ex wife who had called him to tell him what time to come by the house and pick up Jack.

      Yeah, alright, sounds good. He replied to her in a sad voice. She was having lunch with her friends and Nate had to pick up his son at eleven in the morning, across the other side of town. His wife kept the car since she still worked and had less time to waist with public transport, meaning he either had to call a cab, which he could not really, afford or take a bus, which he hated.

      I need a break. He said to himself throwing his phone on the tiny Breakfast bar that hardly looked big enough to place a mug never mind a plate. He washed his hands in the sink with cold water since he did not have any hot water or even electricity yet, before changing out of his paint speckled overalls and into jeans and a sweatshirt, that had not been ironed and smelled a bit, since once again, he could not afford a washing machine or a dry cleaners, he did have an iron, but no means to work it, with no power in his flat. He grimaced at himself as he looked in the mirror on his bathroom wall, which was already there when he moved in, all smudged with a huge crack through it.

      You look and smell like crap Nathaniel, sort your life out.

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