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    Jones and the Mammoths
    Jones and the Mammoths
    Jones and the Mammoths
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    Jones and the Mammoths

    By Simon Poore

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    Jones is usually a loner, a part-time, space faring freelance hit man. Finding himself marooned on a hostile beach he needs to use his ingenuity to survive in an environment inhabited by mammoths. Katie is a bright young archaeologist who has made a startling discovery in an English forest. These two disparate characters are thrown together, and find that their different worlds are inextricably linked by the past, the future and by the majestic mammoths.

    A short science fiction story. Look out for more stories featuring Jones.
    NEW VERSION - 2013 Edit...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Poore
    Release dateMay 13, 2011
    ISBN9781458057754
    Jones and the Mammoths
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      Jones and the Mammoths - Simon Poore

      Jones and the Mammoths

      By Simon Poore

      Copyright 2011 Simon Poore

      (2013 Edit)

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      Jones and the Mammoths

      There was a clicking noise near his ear; sharp and very loud. Grinding metal on metal; almost so loud it hurt. The sound pierced into his head. His dulled mind absently wondered about the pain inducing qualities that sound could have.

      As the sound slowly forced his mind to become more self aware, Jones could feel himself breathing, fast and deep; the physical rise and fall of his chest against the ground was proof of his continuing existence.

      He tried to open his eyes but he found them to be gummed shut. He found he could move his arm; a groaningly physical effort. Dragging his limp hand up to his eyes; sharp grit scratched his eyelids as he rubbed them with his fingers. He tried to blink hard, and, as his eyelids jerked and slowly pulled open, dirty tears began tracking down his cheeks. His hand moved in an attempt to wipe the grit from his fingertips onto the material of his suit and then he struggled to wipe at his eyes again.

      At first his vision was just a hazy blur of whiteness; dots and swimming balls of light. He blinked his dry eyes quicker in an agitated fashion. More grit scratching the sore surface of his eyeballs as he blinked and rubbed. He thought about how his eyes could feel so dry and sore and yet produce tears.

      His face was lying on white sand; the glassy granules plastering his face and hair. Sand in his mouth. It covered his dry tongue; hard grit crunching uncomfortably against his teeth. He tried to spit but to no avail.

      A bright sun was low in the sky, shining directly at his eye line, dazzling in its intensity; making him squint and screw his face, which in turn made more particles of sand

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