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    The Hole Story
    The Hole Story
    The Hole Story
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    The Hole Story

    By Rik Hunik

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    This story first appeared in Tales Of The Talisman Volume 5 #2, Autumn 2009.
    Within an hour of the time Tal wakes up in a strange bed with no memory of who he is, where he is, or how he came to be here on this strange, unknown world,, he is being pursued as he climbs endless stairs through featureless fog with Neola, the local teenage girl who took him off the Net and nursed him back to health.He climbs to find answers. She climbs to prove the legends her father told her are true. They both fight to protect her people.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRik Hunik
    Release dateFeb 16, 2013
    ISBN9781301799442
    The Hole Story
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    Rik Hunik

    Rik Hunik was born in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, in 1957, and has lived his entire life in BC, except for a few summers in Alberta, and a few days in Washington State climbing rocks. He has lived in Ymir, Wells, Quesnel, Prince George, Quesnel, North Vancouver, Quesnel, Burnaby, North Delta, and Quesnel. I live with my wife Jo and a blue-eyed, white cat named Mister. I mostly build houses and shops to earn a living but I'm also a writer, poet, artist, photographer, role playing game designer and independent e-book publisher. I’ve written dozens of stories, including fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, mystery, humor, erotica, and science fiction, frequently combining genres. Forty have been published in small press magazines and e-zines, from the 200-word "The Hole" in Ascent Aspirations, to the 10,000-word novelette "Levels" in Buzzy Mag, published in May, 2012. Some of them are available now as ebooks at Smashwords. Contact me at: rikhunik@hotmail.com

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      The Hole Story - Rik Hunik

      The Hole Story

      By Rik Hunik

      Published by Rik Hunik at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 by Rik Hunik

      A slightly shorter version of this story appeared in Tales Of The Talisman, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2009.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied or distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Chapter One

      I woke up in a gray room. White noise surrounded me, a susurration that diminished when I put my hands over my ears, so it wasn't in my head, it was background noise. Gray light entered through a square window that was a lighter, brighter gray than the stone the room was carved from.

      The volume of the sound jumped to a gentle roar as a door beside the window slid open for half a second, letting in a blast of cold, wet air, and a teenaged girl. Her brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she was clad in a dark green jumpsuit that showed off her thin figure and small, but fully formed breasts.

      Her lips moved. Her words came out gibberish to me but a split second later a voice behind my ear, similar to hers, overlapping it, said, Oh good, you're awake again. Is your translator working yet? I talked to you a lot while you were out of it with your brain fever.

      I held up my hand and said, Stop. My voice was thick and sounded strange even to me. Awake again? Did I know this girl? Translator? I raised my hand to my ear, felt a little something tucked securely behind it. Yes, I said, recognizing that much. It's working.

      She sat down at the foot of the bed, avoiding my feet. Good. Now you can tell me who you are and where you came from.

      Sure, I said, intending to do just that, but I couldn't. I wanted to tell her, I felt like I should be able to remember, but the information was not available to me. The girl gazed at me expectantly but I was drawing a blank. I recalled fleeting images from my childhood; faces of people, rooms, buildings, landscapes, but I didn't know who or what or where they were. Far away, I said, mostly to myself. Then louder, Where am I?

      She sighed and leaned back on her arms, rolling her eyes to the ceiling. You don't remember anything, do you.

      I sighed and shook my head. Just a few brief images of people, my family I guess, from my childhood, but that doesn't help me now.

      I was afraid of that but it doesn't matter. She smiled and said, Apparently I know more about where you came from than you do.

      I couldn't help myself. Tell me.

      Her blue eyes sparkled as she laughed. You were caught in the Net, so it's obvious you didn't come from below.

      I was having trouble with my memory, but I wasn't stupid. It seemed to me that she was implying that there was

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