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    The Stud Farm
    The Stud Farm
    The Stud Farm
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    The Stud Farm

    By Louis Shalako

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    'The Stud Farm' is a short science fiction story in the tradition of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.' In a world dominated by an alien technology, ignorance is policy. Whoever controls the flow of information controls your destiny. As for fourteen year-old Farley, he just likes to run. With repellent folks like Neashlia and Master Loid around, a bad day isn't hard to find, especially when anti-gravity chairs are hooked up to your shoulders, like a sulky on a pacer or trotting horse. The Jarnes Manor has its own unique pattern of life, and Master Jarnes knows what's best for everyone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLouis Shalako
    Release dateJun 1, 2011
    ISBN9781458049674
    The Stud Farm
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    Louis Shalako

    Louis Shalako is the founder of Long Cool One Books and the author of twenty-two novels, numerous novellas and other short stories. Louis studied Radio, Television and Journalism Arts at Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology, later going on to study fine art. He began writing for community newspapers and industrial magazines over thirty years ago. His stories appear in publications including Perihelion Science Fiction, Bewildering Stories, Aurora Wolf, Ennea, Wonderwaan, Algernon, Nova Fantasia, and Danse Macabre. He lives in southern Ontario and writes full time. Louis enjoys cycling, swimming and good books.

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      The Stud Farm - Louis Shalako

      The Stud Farm

      Louis Shalako

      This Smashwords edition copyright 2014 Louis Shalako and Long Cool One Books

      Design: J. Thornton

      ISBN 978-0-9866871-0-5

      Originally appeared in Jupiter Science Fiction. #30, (United Kingdom.)

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person living or deceased; or to any places or events, is purely coincidental. Names, places, settings, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination.

      Table of Contents

      King Rooster

      The Foreignness of the Masters

      A Small Mystery

      About Louis Shalako

      The Stud Farm

      Louis Shalako

      King Rooster

      The Jarnes Manor woke to the crowing of King Rooster, heralding the new day with a raucous burst of testosterone-induced screeching. Sunlight flooded into the barn as the doors at each end were thrown open and a refreshing blast of damp, yet clean morning air hit Farley’s nostrils. The smell of dead leaves, old hay, manure, and wet soil came into the fourteen year old mount’s airy stall. His head popped up and he listened intently, alert to the promise of the new day.

      Lately he was more proudly aware of his own strength and speed. The tall youngster, sturdily built, not even fully grown yet, never doubted that he would grow into a winner. Lately, catching a sight of himself in the tiny little mirror on the wall by his bench, above the water trough, always gave him a moment of pleasure.

      Enough thoughts while a-lying abed, luxurious as it was.

      Rising from his heaped-up bed of straw under the window, Farley peered out and over through the slats in the top of the stall door. Becoming aware of the stench coming from the bucket in the opposite corner, he could hear footsteps, and see shadows moving about in the daylight out there. It was early yet. The blanket’s familiar weight was a welcome burden, and

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