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    By Michael D. Britton

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    The past is written in stone . . . the future only penciled in.

    If you could see the future, would you change it?

    When Mateo Lopez, a west Texas farmer, discovers a mysterious stone artifact on his property, his life - and the fate of the world - changes forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntelligent Life Books
    Release dateSep 8, 2011
    ISBN9781465975294
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    Michael D. Britton

    Michael D. Britton has been writing professionally for 25 years, including heading up marketing departments, working in huge private corporations, writing for government entities, supporting non-profit healthcare systems, sprinting with tiny tech start-ups, freelancing, and a producing TV news broadcasts in the 90s. His short fiction has received ten honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future contest, among other recognition; and his novels have advanced through multiple rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in various years. His list of indie-published fiction titles exceeds 65 and keeps increasing. Learn more at www.michaeldbritton.com.

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      Mateo Lopez smoothed his thin black moustache with his forefinger and thumb, then switched out the light and laid his head down beside his already sleeping wife. As he closed his eyes, he thought he saw a flash of lightning brighten their room for an instant. Two seconds later a crashing, thunderous boom rocked the whole farmhouse and brought Mateo to his feet, heart pounding.

      Maria moved quickly out of the room to comfort the crying children, while Mateo fumbled into his worn boots, threw on a shirt and headed out of the house, grabbing his shotgun on the way.

      The sky over their west Texas farm was perfectly clear, and millions of stars twinkled in the cool night breeze. Mateo smelled something burning, and turned upwind toward the barn.

      He passed his brand new 1947 Nash pickup truck, sliding his free hand along the smooth fender as he moved toward a faint crackling sound emanating from the back of the barn. He picked up his pace, hoping that the lightning had not started a big fire.

      As he rounded the back end of the barn, he saw that a medium-sized sycamore tree had been ploughed into the ground and was smoldering. He looked up again, wondering what kind of thunderstorm came with no clouds at all.

      Considering the damage to the tree, there were surprisingly few flames – just a crater with a small ring of fire about two feet across in the center – and it seemed to be burning itself out, rather than spreading. Mateo stepped into the crater and cautiously poked at the embers with the barrel of his shotgun. A few tiny sparks jumped upward and disappeared into the darkness.

      Satisfied that he had found the source of the unusually loud boom that had shaken his house and family, he stepped to the barn, leaned his gun against the door, and went inside to get some water from the horse trough. He carried a bucket to the impact site and poured it on what was left of the embers, causing a loud hissing sound, some pops, and a big puff of steam. As the foul-smelling gas cleared, Mateo had to rub his eyes to make sure he was seeing straight in the moonlight.

      At the base of the hole in the ground, a rocky ring glowed with a faint blue hue. It was about a foot across, and three or four inches thick. It looked like a fluorescent automobile tire.

      Mateo reached toward it, then drew back. Whatever it was, it must be hot, having just been at

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