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    Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction
    Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction
    Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction
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    Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction

    By Robert Gannon

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    Take Out & Other Stories: A Collection of Weird Fiction explores what happens to the human mind when one thing enters a life that cannot be explained away with logic or reason. From a young boy's obsession with horror stories to a kitchen with a mind of its own, these five stories put the weird back in weird fiction.

    Robert Gannon is a professional media critic and arts educator. His specialty is genre fiction: horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. This is his debut collection of weird fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Gannon
    Release dateDec 3, 2013
    ISBN9781310393204

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      Take Out & Other Stories - Robert Gannon

      Take Out & Other Stories:

      A Collection of Weird Fiction

      Robert Gannon

      Copyright 2013 by Robert Gannon/Sketchy Details

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

      Copyright © 2013 by Robert Gannon

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a review.

      Sketchy Details

      http://thesketchydetails.net

      First edition: December 3, 2013

      Table of Contents

      Once Upon a Time

      Black Dirt Country

      Take Out

      Physics

      Stone Cold

      About the Author & Thank You

      Once Upon a Time

      Jamie-Boy loved horror stories. Words like Prometheus and perambulating made him smile, even if he didn't exactly understand what they meant. Just knowing they were in a scary book kept him reading.

      Unfortunately, Jamie-Boy's parents didn't share his love for horror stories. They were afraid he would have nightmares. No matter how many times he expressed his bravery, Jamie-Boy would always have to return his latest discovery.

      Even the local librarians weren't sure what to do with Jamie-Boy. They loved to help young readers. Some even considered it their life's work. But Jamie-Boy pushed the limits of their generosity and enthusiasm. They wanted to encourage readers; just not that kind of reader.

      As soon as he was old enough to ride his bike alone, Jamie-Boy would tell his parents he was going to play with his friends. He always rode past the pick-up game of baseball and said hi, though he never stayed. His friends just weren't interested in the horror stories. What could possibly be fun about books? If his friends had to be forced to do their reading for school,

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