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    By Darren G. Burton

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    Brendan is driving through the night to an isolated beach, where he plans to try out his new surfboard at daybreak. Surprised by several mountain goats in the middle of the road, he loses control of his car and plunges down a cliff, coming to rest on a rocky beach. With a broken leg, no food or water and no chance of rescue, Brendan must draw on all his inner strength just to stay alive. Learn how he ultimately survives in this gripping novelette.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarren G. Burton
    Release dateSep 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301151462
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    Darren G. Burton

    I have been a writer for over 30 years. I've written numerous full length works of fiction and non-fiction, as well as many short stories and anthologies.darrenburton77@gmail.com

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      The road snaked gently left and right, the headlights illuminating the dotted white centre line. Apart from that, everything else around the car was pitch black. There wasn’t even a moon out.

      Brendan had the stereo going at a moderate volume, listening to a Foo Fighters’ track. He nodded his head to the beat of the music, really looking forward to getting some quality surfing in.

      It was about an hour before dawn and he was travelling a seldom-used stretch of coastal road, heading for a spot where no one else surfed. Or very rarely did, anyway. His plan was to arrive there just before daybreak and hit the waves at first light. Glancing in the rear view mirror, he saw his prized board resting in the back of the station wagon. He’d only bought it a few weeks ago to replace the dinged-up old one he’d previously been riding. Today would be the first time he’d ever used it and he was really keen to see what it was like.

      He reached for a pack of cigarettes on the passenger seat, pulled one out and lit it with a lighter from a pocket in his shirt. After winding down the window a crack to let the smoke escape, he took a long puff and idly watched it being sucked out of the car. The dark road veered to the left up ahead, so he slowed a little to negotiate the bend. The Foo Fighters’ track ended and an old Guns N’ Roses classic started pumping through the speakers.

      The rock world misses you guys, he said to himself and had another puff on his smoke.

      By now he’d been driving for well over an hour and not one other vehicle had been sighted. That was how little this stretch of road was used. Sure, the very early hour had something to do with it, but Brendan had cruised this road in the middle of the day and been lucky to be passed by a solitary car going in the opposite direction.

      Off to the left, although he couldn’t see it right now, was a cliff dropping down to the ocean below. For the most part there weren’t even any

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