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    Bug-Eyed Monsters
    Bug-Eyed Monsters
    Bug-Eyed Monsters
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    Bug-Eyed Monsters

    By Rob Shelsky

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    Classic Space Opera! When Danny and Jennifer have a rooftop picnic, they've no idea the uninvited guests aren't ants, but rather a bug-eyed monster from outer space. The creature kidnaps and takes them far from Earth. Facing dissection, the two attempt escape, but this is no easy task! There are even more aliens. And not only Danny and Jennifer's lives hang in the balance, but all of Earth's!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRob Shelsky
    Release dateJun 23, 2010
    ISBN9781452357324
    Bug-Eyed Monsters
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    Rob Shelsky

    Rob Shelsky is an avid and eclectic writer, and averages about 4,000 words a day. He has several novels to his credit and two anthologies, with two romances out now, a Regency romance, Verity, along with the sequel, Faith, and soon to come, a time-travel romance.Rob has written science fiction articles for such magazines as The Internet Review of Science Fiction, numerous articles for AlienSkin Magazine, Neometropolis, Midnight Street (UK), Doorways, and other publications. Rob has had short stories published with Jim Baen’s Universe, Aberrant Dreams, AlienSkin, Gateway SF, Fifth Dimension, Continuum SF, Sonar4, Uncial Press, Planetary Stories, Pulp Spirit Magazine, Sex & Murder, and many more. He has a novella coming out in early 2010 with Aberrant Dreams Magazine’s first hardcover edition anthology, The Awakening. Rob’s novella, Avenger Of The People, will appear there alongside the works of such sci-fi greats as Alastair Reynolds, Ian Watson, Jana Oliver, Robert Madle, and just so many others. There is even an introduction by Jack McDevitt.Rob has a short story, Green Waters, now out with Sonar4’s Phase Shift anthology, and a paranormal story, Light On The Moor, coming out with Smashwords and Amazon.com.Now, Rob Shelsky is not only a writer, but a contributing editor for Currate.com travel articles, as well as being a reviewer for Novelspot. He is also a resident science fiction columnist for AlienSkin Magazine.Although widely traveled and continuing to travel, Rob now lives in North Carolina. He enjoys contemplating ideas for new stories while watching the sunsets over the mountains and sipping a glass of red wine, preferably a decent Merlot.Oh and check out this site for my Smashword books:Ebookswelove.com

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      Bug-Eyed Monsters - Rob Shelsky

      BIG-EYED MONSTERS

      by

      Rob Shelsky

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Rob Shelsky on Smashwords

      Smashwords ISBN: 978-1-4523-5732-4

      Bug-Eyed Monsters

      Copyright © 2009 by Rob Shelsky

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

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      There is one person I’d especially like to thank, because I owe him so much.

      George Kempland, I wish to acknowledge you for your loyalty, dedication, mountains of help, and always just being there for me. Again, thank you, so very much. Thank you for everything.

      This story was inspired by all those science fiction greats of the Golden Age of Science Fiction and that wonderful classic genre, Space Opera. I attempted here to do just what you all did and in the way that you did it--that is, to create an exciting story. I very much hope I succeeded.

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      BUG-EYED MONSTERS

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      Chapter 1

      New York, 1947--Danny And Jennifer Have A Bad Day

      Danny had just screwed up his courage to make a pass at Jennifer when the bug-eyed monster snatched her up from the rooftop and promptly ate her. She didn't even have time to scream. Everything had happened just too quickly for that.

      Now Danny stood rooted to the spot. He stared upward, his mouth hanging open. One second, Jennifer had been there, standing in front of him, and wearing her most dazzling smile, green eyes sparkling with good humor. The next moment, and only just beginning to form a startled expression on her exquisite features, Jennifer disappeared, whipped up and away into the cold blue of the midday sky.

      How typical--this was Danny's first, if somewhat illogical reaction. This sort of thing was just so darned typical for him of late. His consistent bad luck, or bad timing (he wasn't entirely sure which), always seemed to result in him never getting what he wanted, despite Danny's best efforts.

      In this case, what he had wanted, had dreamt of for weeks since acquiring his new job at the Aegis Insurance Company, was a chance to ask Jennifer out on a date. Well, that and to have her actually say yes to his question.

      Now it was too late. She was gone. The beautiful blonde Jennifer, stolen away, and just as Danny had been about to utter his much practiced words, the repeatedly polished ones designed to get her to go out with him.

      Even as Danny morosely thought this, with a hissing sound, like that of a storm-driven wind through a pine forest, a huge black tentacle again lashed down out of the sky. This time, Danny was the victim. Like some gargantuan bullwhip, the thing snaked toward him, wrapped itself tightly around him, and then lifted Danny in a strangely fluid motion. The speed of this

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