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    Powerballed
    Powerballed
    Powerballed
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    Powerballed

    By Mike Bozart

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    Do you play the Powerball or Mega-Millions lottery? If so, read this almost-completely-real-life short story, and hopefully you won't make the same multi-million-dollar blunder that Agents 32 and 33 did.

    While driving to a bar in uptown Charlotte to watch the Aston Villa - Liverpool football/soccer match, Agents 32 and 33 get some extremely deflating news concerning their lottery ticket.

    Approx. 1600 words

    Real-life accuracy: 98%

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Bozart
    Release dateFeb 15, 2016
    ISBN9781310094040
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    Mike Bozart

    Mike Bozart was born in the tidewater area of Virginia (US Navy kid) on a hot afternoon in 1964. He attended a mix of public and Catholic grade schools. After graduating with an Earth Science degree from UNC-Charlotte in 1986, he started doing safety technical writing.Former residences in North Carolina include Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Etowah and Asheville. Charlotte is his current residence. He has also lived in downtown San Francisco (early '90s).Mike has written numerous surreal poem-stories and over a dozen 1500-word quasi-real short stories under the psecret psociety heading. Gold, his first novel, was rough-drafted in just 27 days during a seven-week period (May 23 – July 11, 2013).Mike's first novella was To Morrow Tomorrow (2014); his second was Mysterieau of San Francisco (2015).Mike does artwork under the nom de brosse of m. van tryke.The author is happily remarried (Sharon) with a son (Kirk).

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