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    Union
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    Union

    By Darnell "Saki" Dickerson

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    The Union. A highly controversial new procedure that bonds two people into one body. When a couple makes the Union no thoughts are kept secret, every moment is shared, intimacy reaches a level never before imagined, and the couples' lifespan is effectively doubled. For some it's the ultimate "I do", the highest affirmation of love. To others it's unnatural, abominable and an affront to the institution of marriage. But, no matter how you feel about the ethics, once the Union is made it's irreversible.

    Frank is content living with his fiancé with no set date, but plans to get married and start a family one day, the traditional way. However, as Rose grows more interested in the benefits the Union can offer the couple must make a tough decision.
    The stakes are high in this Sci-fi Thriller where “till death do us part” takes on a whole new meaning.

    A Saki Short Story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarnell "Saki" Dickerson
    Release dateOct 13, 2013
    ISBN9781311578822
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    Darnell "Saki" Dickerson

    Darnell "Saki" Dickerson has been writing fiction since he learned how to hold a pencil and hasn't stopped since. He goes by the Pen Name "Saki" which was the name revealed to him by his muse in eighth grade. Darnell will usually be found working through his backlog of "to read" books, planning a "next" book or story before even finishing the current one, spending time with his lovely girlfriend or doing what most people his age are good at - wasting time on Youtube. Darnell has had some of his fiction and poetry published in high school and at his local library and has even won a few scholarships for it. He has a strong love of reading and writing Fantasy and Sci-fi fiction as well as a deep, morbid fascination with the darker side of the Horror/Thriller genre. He is currently publishing short fiction and going through final revisions of his first novel.

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      Book preview

      Union - Darnell "Saki" Dickerson

      Copyright

      Version 1.0

      Copyright © 2013 Darnell Saki Dickerson

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 978-1-300-05884-7

      Cover art by Fiona Jayde

      This book is a work of fiction. All characters in this novel are fictitious. Any

      resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely

      coincidental.

      Union

      It was a cool, crisp July afternoon. A record low actually, my Smart Watch had told me. It hadn’t been this mild in July in over a decade, yet I felt sweat bead up under my arms, sliding down my side as the minutes ticked by. A breeze was blowing from the ocean and even though we were miles from the shore it carried with it the slight scent of sea salt. I always loved the beach, it was my happy place when work stressed me out, but now it did nothing for me. I was tense. So tense the menu I held absently in front of me wrinkled in my hands.

      Of course Rose didn’t notice how on edge I was, she was busy combing through the menu for the sixth time since we were seated. The waiter caught my eye and started to approach but I shook my head and watched him change course, headed for a different table. We were early, and for a good reason. Rose is a great girl, if she wasn’t I wouldn’t have spent the last seven years with her and I definitely wouldn’t have proposed to her two years ago. But if I had to name one quality of hers I liked the least it would be her indecisiveness. No contest. I made sure we got here early enough for her to explore all the menu had to offer, and make up her mind,

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