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    Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
    Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
    Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology
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    Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology

    By Claude P Perry II

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    Surf through my mind and let your mind wander through the pathways of my thoughts in poetry and prose. Gain insight into a budding fiction writing career with the short story The New Brother. Get a glimpse of an unfinished writing project that promises to be an epic tale. Feel the passion rising from the heart. Feel stronger for the experience as you go surfing through my mind.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateSep 11, 2019
    ISBN9780359913640
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      Surfing Through the Mind - Claude P Perry II

      Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology

      Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology

      Other works by Claude P Perry II

      The Parker Chronicles series (with Ann Franchi):

      The Trials of Destiny: A Parker Chronicles Novel

      Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology

      Claude P Perry II

      Copyright

      Text Copyright © 2016, 2019 by Claude P Perry II

      Cover art copyright © 2016 Claude P. Perry II

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

      First Printing: September 2019

      ISBN 978-0-359-91364-0

      Second eBook Edition

      Clan-Per Publishing

      2802 Sandwell Dr.

      Winter Park, FL 32792

      Dedication

      Dedicated to:

      My parents, Pete and Liz

      My sister, Rianna

      My nephews, Sean and Daniel

      Caldwell Davis, Jr and Bill Thrasher, the two most influential teachers of my Junior and Senior years of high school who helped me realize my potential

      Mrs. Geneva McDonald

      My extended family within the SCA

      My tabletop RPG friends whose creativity helped inspire me to think out of the box in regards to my own writing, especially Rich and Ann

      To all of you who took the time to pick up a copy of this book and peruse these pages.

      Contents

      Surfing Through the Mind: An Anthology

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Preface

      Surfing Through the Mind

      A Cousin is a Cousin. Or are They?

      I Dreamed a Dream Tonight

      A Genealogical Connection to the Magna Carta

      We Shall Not Forget

      I Hereby Declare

      Umox, Anyone?

      Spectre of the Arcanus (WIP)

      A Simple Wish

      For Honor and Glory

      My Response to the 2014 Coca-Cola Super Bowl Commercial Uproar

      My Review of the Pilot Episode of The After

      How Do You Top a Mole on the Front Walk?

      The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway

      An Invitation

      Happy 239th Birthday, USA!!!!!!!!!

      The New Brother

      Letter From the Author

      About the Author

      Preface

      My writing experience began with the many essays I had to write while I was in school. One such essay I wrote, if memory serves, was about what it meant to be adopted. To my surprise, said essay was submitted for a Tennessee state-wide competition by Mrs. Geneva McDonald and came in third place for the region; I only found out about the competition and results when I was shown a newspaper article about it in the Wayne County newspaper. I wish I had a copy of the essay still.

      Regardless, the contents of this book contain various writings of mine over the past. The oldest, Surfing Through the Mind, is a poem I wrote sometime around 1990 while I was sitting in a small bar in Chattahoochee, FL while nursing a beer as a rock band was playing live; I never did drink that beer. The newest piece, Happy 239th Birthday, was written July 4, 2015, as a timeline post on Facebook.

      I chose to name this book after the aforementioned poem as a way for readers to have a gander at what goes on in my head when I write. A couple of the poems are song lyrics; I’ll let readers guess which ones those are. A majority of the articles within this book are short essays I had originally posted on a website called Bubblews that is no longer on the web. Readers will find a short story I wrote that has never been published as well as a chapter of an unfinished sci-fi/fantasy manuscript I’ve been working off and on since 1997.

      The cover art is of my own design. I left the quite obvious imperfections as a way to reflect that my mind is not as neat and tidy as those who know me might believe. To be honest, I truly do not believe there really is a perfect mind; I am sure, however, there are several psychologists out there who would argue that I am quite wrong in my thinking. My cover art is a reminder that we all have our own imperfections; as a whole,

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