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    The Voice In My Head
    The Voice In My Head
    The Voice In My Head
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    The Voice In My Head

    By Top Writers Block

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    Are you sure that the voice in your head is your own?
    This collection of 6 short stories by Top Writers Block will get you wondering...
    All the authors' proceeds go directly to Sea Shepherd, a charity dedicated to protecting our seas and oceans and the life within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateFeb 27, 2015
    ISBN9781310706172
    The Voice In My Head
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    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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      The Voice In My Head - Top Writers Block

      Collection of Short Stories

      by

      Top Writers Block

      The Voice in my Head

      Copyright©Feb. 2015 Top Writers Block

      Published on Smashwords

      ISBN: 9781310706172

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      http://suzystewartdubotbooks.weebly.com

      Smashwords License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook 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 and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of these authors.

      Credits Cover Design : Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Table of Contents

      A-B-C Delicious by Melissa A. Szydlek

      Shank Beach by Bill Rayburn

      Time for Thought by Barnaby Wilde

      Private Darkness by Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      When Inmates Run The Asylum by Tracey Howard

      ‘Oh, for a little silence!’ by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      A-B-C Delicious

      by

      Melissa A. Szydlek

      Copyright © 2015 Melissa A. Szydlek

      Melissa Szydlek lives in the United States. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she survived Detroit for many years and has settled into a quieter life in North Carolina.

      The bakery opened at 6:30 every morning except Sunday’s, the only day the business was closed. At 6:00 the line was already down the block and about to turn the corner from England Street onto Dalton Avenue. The morning was cold but the people kept coming, joining the line dressed in big coats and winter hats. A young man joined the back of the line and nodded a hello to the woman in front of him.

      What is it today? he asked her.

      Don’t know yet, she said pleasantly. No sign yet.

      Several customers at the front of the line leaned in toward the large display window. A small streak of yellow light could be seen in the back, but the main retail area was still dark. Wonderful smells wafted out, sweet and full of cinnamon.

      Bagels? You think? a man, third in line, asked out loud.

      The first man in line sniffed the air. Smells sweet.

      Could still be bagels, the third man said hopefully. Sometimes they make cinnamon raisin and cherry.

      God but those are good, the cherry, said the woman standing second in line.

      Scones, maybe, offered a woman further down the line.

      Could be, could be, the first man agreed.

      The line grew quiet in anticipation, many people checking watches and moving about from foot to foot to keep warm.

      Inside, a door opened and the yellow light from the

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