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    Cosmic Tales 11: Star Child
    Cosmic Tales 11: Star Child
    Cosmic Tales 11: Star Child
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    Cosmic Tales 11: Star Child

    By Richard C. Parr

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    On a beautiful summer's day, Elwood and Wingclipper search a planet for valuable coins scattered by a crashed ship, while Rodeena makes a sinister discovery on board the Chromium Bullet.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard C. Parr
    Release dateApr 17, 2015
    ISBN9781310500220
    Cosmic Tales 11: Star Child
    Author

    Richard C. Parr

    Frequent traveller, artist, fitness enthusiast, musician, cook and writer. Lover of science-fiction and RPG games.

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      Cosmic Tales 11 - Richard C. Parr

      COSMIC TALES 11: STAR CHILD

      By

      Richard C. Parr

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Richard C. Parr on Smashwords

      Cosmic Tales 11: Star Child

      Copyright (C) 2015 by Richard C. Parr

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

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      This particular copy of the eBook series Cosmic Tales is licensed for the enjoyment of everyone. It may be freely distributed to others without conditions. Thank you for supporting the author by downloading and reading this story.

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      Star Child

      Thin lime green reeds swayed in the temperate warm breeze of the summer afternoon. As beetles, flying ants and segments of petal flew apart in random directions and moved in waves with the leaning shoots, a hand carrying a scanning device hovered in a semi-circle over the top of the grass. The human legs lifted and rose high as they trudged in a non-specific pattern over the dense terrain, treading down shoots and flattening their way through the seemingly infinite growth. The scanner bleeped, then a free hand dug down and immersed itself into the thick grass, emerging with a palm full of dried, crumbling soil and no discovery. In the distance, a man lay on a towel wearing shades with a full mop

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