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    The Fear of E
    The Fear of E
    The Fear of E
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    The Fear of E

    By Steven D. Bennett

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    A psychiatrist is asked to help a man overcome a very odd fear--the fear of the letter 'e'. When the letter is encountered by the man, visually or audibly, it causes him physical pain, which has left him a virtual recluse. Enticed by the man's trust fund and his hope that the odd affliction may lead to a publishing deal and subsequent fame and fortune, the psychiatrist determines to find a solution, or a book deal, no matter the alphabetical mine field he must traverse to attain his goals.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven D. Bennett
    Release dateNov 12, 2010
    ISBN9781458081896
    The Fear of E
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    Steven D. Bennett

    I was born in Boston and grew up in Connecticut and San Diego, which gave me a good background in both history and tanning. I have four children and six grand-children, remarkable in that I am only 35. The fact that I have been married for almost 36 years is the result of an in-utero wedding and honeymoon.I have published many short stories, poems, songs, and recently wrote and directed a musical melodrama that was performed in the San Diego area. With six books under my belt (THE PATH OF DAYS, TRACE THE DEAD EYE, HUMOR OF THE GOSPELS, HUMOR OF THE GOSPELS Daily Study, THRONE and THE CHUCK-IT LIST) I am looking for a bigger belt to stuff the seventh, which hopefully will be completed in time for the Christmas season. It is about a writer who finds to his horror that a mistake he made on page 47 completely invalidates the plot, forcing him to thus track down and kill anyone who has bought the book lest they spread the truth about his miniscule talent. It is titled DON'T READ THIS! and looks to be a best-seller, unless people take the title literally. Fortunately, nothing I write can be taken literally. It is also fortunate I did not stay with the working title: DON'T BUY THIS! Personally, I don't buy a word of it.I also have a blog, I Wandered Off the Tour: A Journey In Self-Publishing, which contains my thoughts and experiences through the tormenting process of creation.Other than writing, I like listening to the same dozen albums and re-runs of the same dozen TV shows I've heard and seen hundreds of times, to the endless delight of my wife.

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      The Fear of E - Steven D. Bennett

      THE FEAR OF E

      by

      Steven D. Bennett

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      Smashwords Edition

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      Copyright © 2010 by Steven D. Bennett

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      If you enjoy my free writings on Smashwords, consider purchasing Thadeus Cochran Comes to Town, my new novel which presents a new genre in fiction, the Spiritual Mystery. Thadeus Cochran, led by faith and futures, comes to the small Connecticut town of Newbury to solve a murder, one that has yet to occur. As he meanders the maze, faces fall into his path as if puzzle pieces. When the inevitable murder does occur, he finds his own frailties and failings as big a stumbling block to finding the killer as the varied townspeople who stand in his way. Thadeus Cochran Comes to Town will be the quickest 100,000 words you will ever read and a book you will come back to time and again.

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      The psychiatrist sensed he was being observed but determined to ignore the idea. His next appointment wasn’t for an hour, his secretary hadn’t warned him of unscheduled visitors and he was alone in the office. He had never suffered from Scopophobia, the fear of being stared at, or any other recognized fears (though Medomalacuphobia did pop up

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