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    Threefold
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    Threefold
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    Threefold

    By Graham Storrs

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    Threefold is a collection of three unusual short stories by Graham Storrs. In Honkie, a young girl struggles to understand her dying grandmother's life. Seven Keys tells how a young man deals with the terrible aftermath of his brother's death. And The Last Dragon is a rare excursion into fantasy by this author, a bittersweet tale of love and loss and the end of magic.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGraham Storrs
    Release dateJan 25, 2013
    ISBN9780987186768
    Threefold
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    Graham Storrs

    Graham Storrs is a science fiction writer who lives miles from anywhere in rural Australia with his wife and a Tonkinese cat. He has published many short stories in magazines and anthologies as well as three children's science books and a large number of academic and technical pieces in the fields of psychology, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.He has published a number of sci-fi novels, in four series; Timesplash (three books), the Rik Sylver sci-fi thriller series (three books), the Canta Libre space opera trilogy. and the Deep Fracture trilogy. He has also published an augmented reality thriller, "Heaven is a Place on Earth", a sci-fi comedy novel, "Cargo Cult", a dark comedy time travel novel, "Time and Tyde", and an urban sci-fi thriller, "Mindrider."

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      Threefold - Graham Storrs

      Threefold

      three short stories

      by Graham Storrs

      Copyright 2013 by Graham Storrs

      ISBN: 978-0-9871867-6-8 

      Book design by Graham Storrs

      Cover design by Graham Storrs

      Published by Canta Libre at Smashwords

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorised, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

      Dedication

      For my sister, Jacqueline Johnson.

      Threefold

      Three short stories

      by

      Graham Storrs

      Table of Contents

      Cover

      Honkie

      Seven Keys

      The Last Dragon

      About the Author

      Honkie

      Aunt Effie's house was a small, white cottage on the side of a valley. They stopped their car on the road above it and regarded it for some time.

      Is this it Mummy? Is this the house?

      We're not sure, Jessica darling, said her father. They don't seem very keen on signposts around here.

      Come on, Phil, said Sue, Jessica's mother. We can't sit here debating it all day.

      Phil put the car in gear and drove carefully down the long, bumpy track that led to the cottage. It's pretty remote out here, he said, glancing at the hills that rolled away into the far distance.

      Oh look! Jessica burst out, leaning forward between the front seats and pointing down the valley. As they neared the house, they could see beyond it several large fields filled with big white birds.

      Those are Aunt Effie's geese darling, said Sue, exchanging a glance with Phil that said what an eccentric old idiot they thought Effie was to hide herself away in the North of Scotland like this and struggle to survive by farming geese of all things.

      Can I go and play with them? Jessica wanted to know.

      No you can't, her mother told her. Geese are nasty vicious things - they break your legs with their wings or something don't they Phil.

      They parked beside a large barn at the rear of the house and climbed out. Hundreds and hundreds of geese filled the valley bottom.

      What are those? Jessica asked, tugging her mother's sleeve and pointing.

      More geese, Jessica, Sue said.

      But why are they in a bit all on their own? Why is it just those four on their own, Mummy?

      Sue looked to where Jessica had pointed. There, in a pen, four birds were wandering about. One, she noticed was bigger than the others. In fact, a splendid, giant of a bird with dazzling white plumage. I expect they're being fattened for eating or something, she said. Come on.

      They started towards the house but

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