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    From the Agenda
    From the Agenda
    From the Agenda
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    From the Agenda

    By W. Blake Heitzman

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    The full title is: From the Agenda of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Treaty Between the Sentient Species of Nirvania.

    Terrestrial beings from a distant planet have established commerce throughout the galaxy but still haven’t given dolphs their rights. Then one night the children of a national hero are threatened by a deep water monster and a team of dolphs sets out to save them. Anastasia tells her story two hundred years later.

    From the Agenda was published in the anthology 2012: ETA and is republished here in stand-alone form for those who prefer a more compact version.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. Blake Heitzman
    Release dateMar 27, 2012
    ISBN9781476393131
    From the Agenda
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    W. Blake Heitzman

    Blake grew up just south of Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he spent his spare time exploring the desert in his World War Two surplus jeep. Sometimes he listened to old timers’ tales of Geronimo, Pancho Villa, and Billy the Kid.Today he weaves his love and respect for the desert along with bits of what he’s heard and seen into his stories.A retired Professional Engineer in the State of California with Masters Degrees in Energy Conversion and Urban Planning as well as experience as a college math instructor, Blake's interests range from science and history to aliens and the Kaballah.Heitzman is influenced by his favorite writers: Stephen King, H.G. Wells, Bradbury, Vonnegut, Michael Crichton and Tony Hillerman.He is currently writing The Shaman Gene series, the story of Earth’s rise to join galactic society. "The Robot's Daughter", is the second in the series, although it has been designed to be read as a stand alone novel as well. Two more novels: Seekers of the Scroll and The Forceps of Sharon are in draft.You can read more and comment at Blake’s website: www.shamangene.com/BLOGBlake no longer makes his writing available at Amazon because of their treatment of authors.

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      From the Agenda - W. Blake Heitzman

      From the Agenda

      W. Blake Heitzman

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 W. Blake Heitzman

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. If you would like to share this book with another person, please have them download their own copy. If you’re reading this book and did not download it, then please download an official copy.

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      More about W. Blake Heitzman and stories in progress or published can be obtained at his official website: http://www.shamangene.com/BLOG

      Other books by W. Blake Heitzman

      are:

      A Far Traveler

      2012: ETA

      The Bartender’s Tale

      Panther Watches (drafted)

      Seekers of the Scroll (drafted)

      The Forceps of Sandra (in planning)

      Dedications: This book is dedicated to all who seek to have their stories told and their art seen, heard, tasted, understood, and hopefully praised.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One: Ana’s Story

      Chapter Two: The Children are Missing

      Chapter Three: Going to the Fair

      Chapter Four: Communication Begins

      Author’s Bio & Comments

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      Author’s Note:

      From the Agenda has been rewritten since it was published in 2012: ETA. The full title of the novelette is From the Agenda of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Treaty between the Sentient Species of Nirvania.

      Chapter One: Ana Tells Her Story

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      Professora Anastasia Gimish, a walker, sat among dolphs of the aquatic realm, readying herself to speak about an event that occurred two hundred years earlier. Those in the water bent their heads toward her in anticipation although they had all heard it before, some even from her.

      In the stands above the pool, representatives of the terrestrial realm, walkers, sat stiff in black and white formal attire. They gazed down, wondering if she had started, and even knowing that she wouldn’t speak, they strained against the silence, hoping they might have the gift to see her thoughts.

      Anastasia’s head rocked back against the cushion. Her face radiating white like an iconic saint, she closed her eyes, letting the story flow up in her memory. She smiled, yet tears pooled at the edges of her eyelids and dripped onto her cheeks. Memories cued, for the telling had to be perfect so that those who swam nearby would clearly see the honored of the past as if they were still living.

      She paused. The dolphs settled, their flukes swaying just enough to hold them suspended in the turquoise water. Then she began as if she had seen it all herself…

      **

      The dolph, Jolly, stretched up, his eyes and ears fixed on the dark shapes that slithered among the boulders on the shadowed ocean bottom. Even in the dim of evening, their tall dorsal fins declared that they were spotted haifs, common and vicious predators.

      Dumb spotters, he thought, five, I’m sure, two pretty big.

      Good, Cragged Face thought. Just bring ’em in.

      Jolly’s tail flicked once, propelling him high and into the open water. A solitary figure against the purple dusk, he sent a forlorn wail toward the spotted

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