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    Fathers and Sons
    Fathers and Sons
    Fathers and Sons
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    Fathers and Sons

    By Ted Stetson

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    A man comes to terms with his father and his son. It was raining and his car stopped working in traffic, then someone from the past offers him a helping hand and something really strange happens.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTed Stetson
    Release dateDec 21, 2011
    ISBN9781452443232
    Fathers and Sons
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    Ted Stetson

    Ted Stetson is a member of SFWA. He was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island and went to Seton Hall and Hofstra. He graduated from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. He was awarded First Place by the Florida Literary Arts Council and First Place in the Lucy B. McIntire contest of the Poetry Society of Georgia. His short fiction has appeared in Twisted Tongue, MysteryAuthors.com, Future Orbits, State Street Review, and the anthologies; One Evening a Year, Mota: Truth, Ruins Extraterrestrial Terra, Ruins Terra and Barren Worlds. His books include: Night Beasts, The Computer Song Book.

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      Fathers and Sons - Ted Stetson

      Fathers and Sons

      By Ted Stetson

      Published by Three Door Publishing

      Copyright © 2011 Ted Stetson

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Cover art by Ryan Cameron and Richard Dows

      *****

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      Fathers and Sons

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      Mike Oldham walked out of the Hemming Paint Store carrying two gallons of exterior white. He was so upset he couldn't think straight. He turned toward the store, wanted to throw the paint cans through the large windows. Suddenly the store lights went off and he was in darkness. Big wet rain drops started falling.

      Dammit. Dammit to hell.

      In his pocket he felt his cellphone ringing.

      He opened the trunk of his sedan and wanted to throw the gallon cans inside, but he could only shove them in the little space available. The old Crown Vic groaned under the added weight. Rain splashed the trunk.

      The paint company had told him they would buy

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