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    Balance (A Short Horror Story)
    Balance (A Short Horror Story)
    Balance (A Short Horror Story)
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    Balance (A Short Horror Story)

    By Lewis Sellers

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    This is the world that Stanislov knows. A world of men who fear. A world of slaves. What do men in chains do when a free man walks by, heading to their masters’ house, with death in his eyes?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLewis Sellers
    Release dateJun 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301823970
    Balance (A Short Horror Story)
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    Lewis Sellers

    Lewis A. Sellers is a new author in the science fiction and horror fields. He has several short stories and at least one novel that will be released this year. When he is not writing, he works as a programmer in Asheville, North Carolina. He blames his wife, a horror addict and budding author, for contaminating his high-minded science fiction with icky, sticky horror. Interesting Author Trivia: "Now, this has been years ago, but one of my favorite authors when I was younger was Fred Saberhagen. His Berserker books and original Empire of the East had influences on my day-dreams for years to come. So when I got the chance to help do the book cover scans for their website, I was "Well, [bleep], Yes." To myself, not out-loud. That would have been impolite. And people would have stared at me. More so than they do already. But anyway, *cough*, all of which, of course, goes to explain why I come to have a box-worth of Mr. Saberhagen's books sitting on a shelf, many of them signed by the man himself."

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      Balance (A Short Horror Story) - Lewis Sellers

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Short Story

      About the Author

      Balance (A Short Horror Story)

      Published by Lewis. A. Sellers

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright ©2013 by Lewis A. Sellers

      ISBN: 9781301823970

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locations, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      For current information on upcoming stories and novels, visit

      http://lewisasellers.com

      BALANCE

      Stanislov had not eaten in weeks and was ravenous. He was barely conscious of the traffic lights as he passed through intersections, or of people yelling at him to get out of their way. Sometimes -- as the others' road-rage flared and they closed, to pour upon him the anger that had been building within them for days on end -- they would see the sticky red dog-tag dangling around his neck. They would stumble to a stop and then back away. Apologizing. Or with a tremble rolling about in their throat give a faint Go bro, go. Kill'em all.

      And that would be the last he'd see of them as they broke into a hurried walk, trying to put the

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