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    By John Walters

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    An old man, feeling useless, leaves his daughter's home to go live in a homeless shelter. Following up on a tip from a fellow vagrant, he finds an alien being preparing to leave Earth who invites him on a journey from which he can never return.

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    PublisherJohn Walters
    Release dateAug 7, 2015
    ISBN9781311099549
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    John Walters

    John Walters recently returned to the United States after thirty-five years abroad. He lives in Seattle, Washington. He attended the 1973 Clarion West science fiction writing workshop and is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America. He writes mainstream fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and memoirs of his wanderings around the world.

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      Opting In - John Walters

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      John Walters

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      Copyright 2014 by John Walters

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      Vagrant scraps of paper whipped about in the stiff breeze that blew past him in the narrow, rank-smelling alley.

      Just at the edge of light, at the end of the building on the left, was the door. It was metal and had a mesh-covered window at eye-height.

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