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    Second Sight
    Second Sight
    Second Sight
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    Second Sight

    By Basil Wells

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    Then his hand caught an arm and he exerted his full strength. The entire arm tore away from its shoulder . . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Publishing LLC
    Release dateOct 20, 2016
    ISBN9781682994979
    Second Sight
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    Basil Wells

    Basil Eugene Wells (June 11, 1912 – December 23, 2003) was an American writer. His first published story, "Rebirth of Man" appeared in the magazine Super Science Stories in 1940. He wrote science fiction, fantasy western and detective stories for various magazines sometimes under the name Gene Ellerman. Two collections of his stories, Planets of Adventure and Doorways to Space were published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.

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      Second Sight - Basil Wells

      Second Sight

      by Basil Wells

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2015 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015

      Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      ISBN 13:978-1-68299-497-9

      Second Sight

      by Basil Wells

      Basil Wells, who lives in Pennsylvania, writes that he has been doing research concerning the keelboat age prior to and following the War of 1812 on the locally famous section of portage-keelboat-rafting stream from Waterford down to Pittsburgh, turning from this to this grimmer future.

      Then his hand caught an arm and he exerted his full strength. The entire arm tore away from its shoulder . . . .

      HIS FINGERS

       moved over the modest packet of bills the invisible rockhound had handed to him. He smiled through the eternal night that was his own personal hell. Duggan’s Hades.

      Thanks, Pete, he said gratefully. Here, have a box of Conmos.

      His sensitized fingers found the cigars, handed over a box, and he heard the nervous scuff of the other’s shoes.

      "This

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