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    The Impulse to Punish (a John Dee tale)
    The Impulse to Punish (a John Dee tale)
    The Impulse to Punish (a John Dee tale)
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    The Impulse to Punish (a John Dee tale)

    By Ty Johnston

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    The year is 2169 and Mars has been transformed into a world not unlike rural America. Small towns. Farms. Churches.

    Dr. John Simon arrives from Earth, ready to take on the job of administering to the citizens of Milton Colony. Only the doctor soon discovers those who break the laws and morals of the colony are branded, quite literally, as their punishment.

    This the doctor cannot abide.

    But to change Milton Colony means not only adjusting the attitudes of the local minds and the government, but also a revelation of all the colonists' nasty little secrets.

    "The Impulse to Punish" is a short story of approximately 10,000 words. This and 15 other dark fantasy and horror tales involving the John Dee character are available in the collection, Sands of Time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTy Johnston
    Release dateJun 19, 2011
    ISBN9781458185396
    The Impulse to Punish (a John Dee tale)
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    Ty Johnston

    Originally from Kentucky, Ty Johnston is a former newspaper journalist. He lives in North Carolina with loving memories of his late wife.Blog: tyjohnston.blogspot.com

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      The Impulse to Punish (a John Dee tale) - Ty Johnston

      The Impulse to Punish

      (a short story of Mars)

      a John Dee tale

      by Ty Johnston

      Copyright 2011 by L. M. Press

      for CW

      thanks for all your help

      Acknowledgment

      The Impulse to Punish

      originally appeared online at Abandoned Towers Magazine

      abandonedtowers.com

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      Milton Colony, Mars

      2169 A.D.

      The helicopter came in low over the red dunes, spitting up scarlet dust and spraying Beadle Jedediah Prine’s goggles. Buffeting from the whirling blades rocked the tall man back on his feet as he stooped and waved the pilot to the landing beacon glowing nearby.

      The helicopter came to a slow hover then twirled to one side like a gigantic insect circling to devour its prey. Winds from the blades continued to stir up a storm of the red sand, blinding Jedediah as the craft came to rest on open ground next to the flashing light.

      The hum of the rotors were fading as the beadle shuffled forward with a ducked head.

      A door on one side of the copter flipped open and a single figure dropped to the ground. He too kept his head down, but it was obvious he was as tall as Jedediah, though his long, dark hair was a stark contrast to the beadle’s red locks sticking out the edges of his helmet.

      Once the engines died away, Jedediah brushed the scarlet dust from his gray jumpsuit and removed his goggles. Dr. Simon?

      You must be Beadle Prine, the newcomer said, stepping away from the helicopter.

      Now that he was nearer, Jedediah had a better view of the man. Dr. Simon’s hair was not completely black, but bore a white scratch down one side. The man wore the traditional pale garb of a medic, but his suit appeared exceptionally white on the carmine surface of Mars. A traditional, black leather satchel of some size hung from the doctor’s left hand, and the pocket of his suit was stuffed with what appeared to be surgical instruments wrapped in a plastic bag. He walked with a slight limp, which made the beadle wonder if the man had been a military medic at one time.

      Beadle Prine? the fellow repeated the name.

      Jedediah shook his head as if to knock away more of the red grit, then introduced a hand.

      They shook.

      Jedediah waved back the way he had come, toward a flatbed truck. "If you’ll come with me, doctor, I’ll get you to the colony proper where you can meet with the mayor.

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