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    Lucid Dreaming: October 2014
    Lucid Dreaming: October 2014
    Lucid Dreaming: October 2014
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    Lucid Dreaming: October 2014

    By Darryl Wood

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    Enter our dreams and ask afterwards if it was just a dream. We include selected short stories and vignettes in various genres from writers across the country. Quality is the only criteria for inclusion. The October issue includes, "The Circle,” where a movie guides the end of life actions and “Secret Weapon,” where a visitor to Earth has an interesting offer for a man.

    This issue also includes a bonus short, "Natural Attraction," as well as previews of two stories, "The Meal" and "Cold Hard Cash," in the November-December issue.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarryl Wood
    Release dateOct 31, 2014
    ISBN9781310960499
    Lucid Dreaming: October 2014
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    Darryl Wood

    I enjoy journeys, both physical and mental. As a child and young adult, libraries took me places. Later, bookstores opened more doors for me. Whether into the past with histories and novels, across the country or the planet with culture and society books, exploring deep space and BEM’s (Bug-Eyed-Monsters) with science fiction, understanding individuals with biographies or learning about the world around us with non-fiction science and political science, books allowed me to travel to the most wonderful place – my imagination. Those journeys have molded me, made me the person I am and affected how I interact with others during my trip through life.I want to share my imaginative ramblings with you and hope you will reflect upon those trips and tell me about your own flights into that place of deep thought or fancy. I hope you enjoy my trips enough you’ll want to savor them again and again by owning complete versions. And telling your friends about the places we go to on these pages.I was born and raised in Tampa, Florida having attended five different elementary schools, Memorial Junior High and Hillsborough High School. My first real journey was to Ogden, Utah where I attended Weber State College (now Weber State University) and completed a Bachelor of Science with a major in History and Secondary Education. The last postcard on a bulletin board – was it chance or fate that made me glance there – moved me again, this time to Binghamton, New York where I completed an MBA/MA in History (American) at the State University of New York at Binghamton (now calling itself Binghamton University although it went through a number of iterations before it reached that title).It was at Binghamton that I began my most important journey, meeting and marrying the most important person in my life, Toby. Together, we brought three children to adulthood, raised goats, sheep, chickens and bees, grew bountiful crops (especially zucchini – I still have some if you’re interested) and made a home for ourselves.I worked over thirty years at Binghamton University as a middle level administrator (I used to think of myself as a ‘petty bureaucrat’) first in one of the schools and then at the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts before retiring and then embarking on a new career as a labor relations specialist advising union members and leaders at four State University of New York (SUNY) campuses in upstate New York.Although I came to writing later in my life, I have always read voraciously and written some. My first novel, still untitled and unedited, was written in the mid-80’s. Bitten by that bug, I wrote my second novel, Good Man, Bad Man in 2009 and a third in 2010. These last two were written as part of NaNoWriMo Nation Novel Writing Month). I also have participated in a writing group, Triple Cities Writing Group locally where we do ‘prompts’ every Saturday.

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      Book preview

      Lucid Dreaming - Darryl Wood

      LUCID DREAMING:

      Dreaming and knowing you’re dreaming.

      Enter our dreams and ask yourself afterwards if it was just a dream. We include selected short stories and vignettes in various genres from writers across the country. Quality is the only criterion for inclusion.

      Published exclusively as an e-book in all formats, Lucid Dreaming will be published ten times a year. Check your e-book sites for both upcoming and old issues.

      Editing and proofreading by John Wojcio

      Cover art by John Nickle, http://www.johnnickle.net/

      Cover design by Jorge Naranjo, http://heyjorge.com/

      © 2014 by Darryl M. Wood

      Individual authors retain all subsequent publication rights.

      http://www.dwoodwords.com

      Smashwords Edition

      This e-book is a work of fiction and is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It 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 these authors.

      Contents – October 2014

      Contributors

      The Circle

      Bonus Short: Natural Attraction

      Secret Weapon

      November-December Issue:

      The Meal

      Cold Hard Cash

      January 2014 Lucid Dreaming

      February 2014 Lucid Dreaming

      March 2014 Lucid Dreaming

      September 2014 Lucid Dreaming

      Good Man Bad Man

      Contributors

      Darryl M. Wood is on a journey. It began during childhood in libraries and in books and continued as his interests in various genres and other cultures expanded. He explores ideas in his writing, blending his own experiences with his imagination. His word travels focus mainly on contemporary fiction/family sagas.

      Mike Timonin is a professional historian – professional in that, sometimes, he gets paid to do history. And he’s cool with that. He lives in Elmira, New York – which is a surprisingly long way from anywhere anyone not from around Elmira has ever heard of – with his wife, two daughters, two cats, and three fishes. Mike’s favorite meal of the day is lunch.

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      The Circle

      Darryl M. Wood

      He’s a stubborn old cuss.

      Beth didn’t want to agree with her husband’s analysis of his father. Especially now that Robert was in his eighties, he could be difficult to deal with. She could only smile. He’s just getting old and set in his ways.

      John responded, He still needs to change. If he doesn’t… He didn’t finish

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