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    Give Us this Day
    Give Us this Day
    Give Us this Day
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    Give Us this Day

    By Mark R. Turner

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    This is a short story about the people of the small, mountain town of Arborview under the pressure of isolation and threats when the metropolis down the hill is attacked by terrorists. Martial law and news reports of bio-terrorist events in the city frighten the population normally used to a quiet, rural atmosphere. Some are inclined to take the law into their own hands instead of leaving it to the local sheriff. Others see an opportunity to cash in on selling supplies. Most are just worried about their friends and families in the city. But when a stranger hikes into town from the back road the threat moves them to take action. The stranger shows up all around town observing their nervous preparations to defend themselves and their property. One couple's daughter, impatient with the situation, leaves town down the same back road from which activists expect an invasion. Then their main source of food, the grocery store, catches fire. The church has called for an all town prayer meeting and the whole town is gathered unsuspecting that the stranger has been seen heading that direction. Will the volunteer militia catch him before he wipes out the population of Arborview in one sweep?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark R. Turner
    Release dateDec 17, 2011
    ISBN9781466089044
    Give Us this Day
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    Mark R. Turner

    Mark Turner is a visual artist, filmmaker, writer and artistic leader. He has produced and taught in five major regions of the globe as the director of Horizon Gate Productions, a non-profit arts organization which he co-founded with his wife in 1981. His emphasis has been in multi-media to tell stories and produce contemplative experiences using his visuals, poetry and soundtracks. He is currently creating tangible and digital art of inspirational and metaphorical images which he then re-purposes as motion graphics films with rich sound tracks of his poetry, sound effects and music. All this is exhibited together in a conversational atmosphere called the Film Gallery Cafe which can be booked in many venues.

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      Give Us this Day - Mark R. Turner

      Give Us this Day

      By Mark R. Turner

      Copyright 2003 Mark R. Turner

      Smashwords Edition

      Discover other titles by Mark R. Turner at

      http://bit.ly/MRTbooks

      The Future Seed a short story

      From Here to Kingdom Come a short story

      You After All a short story

      Beautify, Oh a volume of poetry

      Cover illustration by Mark R. Turner

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. Unless this book was a free offer to you personally from the publisher, if you’re reading it and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Opening Scene

      News from the City

      Stranger from the Back Road

      At the Gift Shop

      Self Government

      How People Prepare

      Worries

      Vigilante Meeting

      Showdown

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Give Us this Day

      by Mark R. Turner

      The midmorning sun shines upon the old style buildings of Arborview, a little town nestled on the rocky hillsides surrounded by oak and pine forests of the Pacific Southwest. One main thoroughfare converts from the mountain highway to the street which runs through the center of town.

      Fern, a strong looking woman in her sixties, stands on the corner with her small shopping cart next to the rural bus stop. She smiles, observing a young couple step up nearby and set their suitcase down. Ah, you’re not leaving, are you?

      The young man, Jeremy, bows slightly toward her, Oh, yeah. Better get back and, you know, be close.

      It’s better up here.

      Oh, it’s great. We love it up here. Just with the power outage and all ...

      "We get outages more often up here. It’s the old style hardware.

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