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    A Skip in Time
    A Skip in Time
    A Skip in Time
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    A Skip in Time

    By Adam Drake

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    "Look out at the river. It is the future. Starting from tomorrow and stretching until... Well, further than you can throw. Drop that rock where the water kisses the shore and you can glimpse tomorrow. Throw it with all your might and you will see things you've never dreamed of..." If it had been any other day I probably would have just walked away, but according to him it was the 74th most boring day in history. I always loved a good loophole and he never said what kind of throw so I decided to skip the stone. If I had only known...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdam Drake
    Release dateJan 17, 2014
    ISBN9781311063960
    A Skip in Time
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    Adam Drake

    Adam Drake's short stories have been called "refreshing", "delightfully funny", and "thought provoking", though mostly by his mom. He is currently preparing to begin his first full length novel.

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      A Skip in Time - Adam Drake

      A Skip in Time

      Adam Drake

      Published by Adam Drake at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Adam Drake

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express written consent of the author.

      This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      For more information about the author visit www.byAdamDrake.com

      For My Mom,

      You are my greatest fan. Honestly, my only fan. Thank you.

      Table of Contents

      Time and Again

      The Auction

      Ratings Inc.

      The Hallway

      Gifts

      About the Author

      Special Thanks

      Time & Again

      His voice split my quiet afternoon like a firecracker. I flinched and gripped the rock I was about to throw tighter. He had only said, Wait, but the word still reverberated through my head like rolling thunder.

      I turned to find the source of the slowly fading echo in my mind. There was only one person in view, but I continued to scan the trees in disbelief. The booming voice that had shaken me could not have come from the frail old man I saw standing there. His white hair was just long enough to be called shaggy, but never fell in front the steady blue eyes that seemed locked onto me. The white of his beard had streaks of silver running through it and reached the coffee-colored buttons of his beige sport coat. He stood perfectly still, leaning slightly on the wooden cane in his right hand.

      Our mutual silence quickly became awkward. The soft slap of the river against the shore and chorus of birdcalls from within the trees only seemed to make our silence louder. It wasn't as if I had something better to do (I had just lost my job and my girlfriend had lost me over a year ago), but having a staring contest with a strange old man was not high on my list of things to try when bored.

      Can I help you?

      A smile parted his beard like a curtain being drawn aside.

      Yes, you may. Did you know that today is the 74th most boring day in all of history?

      Social etiquette required a courtesy laugh as

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