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    Microcosm
    Microcosm
    Microcosm
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    Microcosm

    By Robert Zimmerman

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    In a short story that stretches back through pre-colonial America through modern day and beyond, a construction worker, a soldier, and a young boy all discover the same strange object. Each one sees the artifact through the lens of his own life and time, but can any of them discover its hidden power?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Zimmerman
    Release dateOct 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301037391
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      Microcosm - Robert Zimmerman

      Microcosm

      By

      Robert Zimmerman

      Copyright 2013 by Robert Zimmerman

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Cover Art Copyright 2007 by Gregory R. Todd

      Used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

      Brad Hauser

      Brad pulled into the empty lot a few minutes before eight. He parked his pickup on the hard dirt that would soon be cement and asphalt into a parking lot, leaving the windows cracked open. It was still cold, but he’d checked his phone before he left and knew it would get hot and humid later in the day. He scooped a cigarette from the half-empty pack in his pocket and a lit the end casually as he had tens of thousands of times before.

      The warm smoke mixed with the cool air in his mouth and the smell of tobacco calmed him. Brad had bought a whole carton of Marlboros last weekend, hoping to sell a few at his next job in the city. Packs were ten dollars each in New York now and it was easy to make a couple bucks that way when you were coming from New Jersey.

      Brad wasn’t the first one at the site. He saw a couple of Hispanic guys, most likely Guatemalan, already drinking coffee and getting ready to shovel dirt around. Most of them were probably illegals, but that was pretty standard on small jobs like this one. Dave, the lead contractor was leaning against his own truck, grabbing his own morning smoke and coffee.

      Morning, Dave said, sipping his coffee. "You actually laying wire today, or just here

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