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Here’s the first paragraph of my novella, Frost 2 Bloom:

Jake slouched in the stiff hospital chair, one hand resting on his sister Lily’s bed rail, the other loosely holding a dog-eared copy of The Great Gatsby. The rhythmic beep of monitors filled the sterile room, blending with the faint antiseptic smell of alcohol wipes and clean linens—a sensory backdrop that had become as familiar as his own heartbeat over the past year.

🔗 Full Chapter + Playable Audiobook Version:

https://causticorphan67.substack.com/p/frost-2-bloom-chapter-1-a-gentle

I liked what I read of "The Orphaned Earth: The Flight Engineer." The way the world is at this moment is very believable, considering how easy it is to forget these days. The sudden apperance of a strange intelligent man in this town and the knowledge that he has and shares would natualy draw any curious kid close to learn something interesting.

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