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    The Final Chapter
    The Final Chapter
    The Final Chapter
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    The Final Chapter

    By Stephen James Price

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    A collection of 3 short stories from an exciting new talent.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeneration Next
    Release dateJan 9, 2011
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      The Final Chapter - Stephen James Price

      THE FINAL CHAPTER

      by Stephen James Price

      This eBook edition published 2010 by Ghostwriter Publications, Dorchester, Dorset, England.

      Smashwords Edition

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      © Stephen James Price 2010

      Cover Design by Neil Jackson

      Ebook Creation by Stephen James Price

      Stephen James Price is a new addition to the world of genre fiction and here is a trio of unsettling delights that introduces his work.

      The Final Chapter - A successful artist discusses his forthcoming book with his editor, unaware that life and art are often uncomfortable bedfellows.

      72 Ounce Challenge - A family make a stop at a diner that caters for the ‘senior citizen’ and has a reputation for some of the most delicious dishes in the county and a famous eating contest. Dad loves a challenge.

      Damn, I Hate Stephen King - A writer with a love/hate fascination for Stephen King finds that the best-selling author’s books may have had more of an effect than first thought.

      THE FINAL CHAPTER

      CONTENTS

      THE 72 OUNCE CHALLENGE

      DAMN, I HATE STEPHEN KING

      THE FINAL CHAPTER

      THE 72 OUNCE CHALLENGE

      Bruce Watson jumped a little as someone kicked the back of his seat again. He glanced at his children in the rearview mirror. After seven hours in the car, they were becoming understandably restless.

      We’re starving, the two children cried out from the back seat of the car. Their voices were so in sync with each other that it almost seemed rehearsed … and it probably was.

      I’m hungry, too, honey, Crystal said. We haven’t eaten since you sped through the Drive-Thru at Mickey-D’s this morning. It’s almost three-thirty. Can’t we find someplace where we can sit down and eat?

      I’m just trying to stick to the schedule you printed out, Bruce told his wife. It’s your sister’s wedding, not mine. I’d love to get out of this car for a little while and stretch a bit. They don’t make these cars for people my size. And someone keeps kicking the back of my seat. He eyed the rearview mirror accusingly.

      Crystal looked over her shoulder into the rear of the car. Kids, stop kicking the back of your father’s seat.

      Kyle keeps looking at me, Sherry complained. And I’m starving to death.

      Kyle, stop looking at your sister, Bruce said. Even though she must look pretty funny as the world’s first four-year old anorexic. Bruce glanced into the rearview mirror again and smiled.

      "I’m not axorexis, Daddy.

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