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    Brainstorm
    Brainstorm
    Brainstorm
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    Brainstorm

    By Matthew Drzymala

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    Clinical psychologist Michael Eriksson makes a living from helping others, but after a series of events, he is left fighting to pick up the pieces of his own shattered psyche.

    When he is called to an attempted suicide on a stormy summer's night, Michael has the chance to save a life, but will it be his own?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatthew Drzymala
    Release dateOct 23, 2016
    ISBN9781370013951
    Brainstorm
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    Matthew Drzymala

    Matthew Drzymała was born in Manchester in 1981 and started to write seriously in 2011 when he took part in NaNoWriMo. Since then he has relocated to Liverpool, where he lives with his fiancee, Elaine. Matthew attended creative writing classes in 2012 and 2013 and was nominated for an Adult Learner Award in 2014. Matthew released his first works in 2013, the majority being stories in the Bumpkinton Tales series. His first paperback was released in May 2016, a collection of short stories and novella's entitled The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One which is also available in eBook format. He also runs the Laid-back Writers Group, which meets once a month at Central Library in Liverpool. This group is aimed at writers of any skill or experience, whether they be beginners or experienced, all are welcome. This group is aimed at being a place where writers can come together and write at their own pace and to help kick-start those who want to write but can't get past a first draft. Matthew lives in a flat overlooking the River Mersey and, when the weather allows, sits outside and writes his stories in glorious sunshine, which isn't much, so mostly takes place at the kitchen table!

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      Brainstorm - Matthew Drzymala

      Brainstorm

      by Matthew Drzymala

      Copyright © Matthew Drzymala 2014

      All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photocopying or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book.

      This is a piece of fiction and any characters or names that relate to any persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

      http://www.matthewdrzymala.com

      Brainstorm

      Matthew Drzymala

      Copyright

      Attention Readers: This book uses US English.

      Dedicated to:

      Elaine

      Her encouragement never ends.

      Brainstorm

      I hear her screaming and turn over to see my wife clinging to the side of the bed. I reach out my hand, but the room stretches into the distance, taking her away from me. I call her name, but no sound comes. I turn as I hear our daughter, Casey, calling for me from another room, but my voice is broken and she cannot hear me shouting for her. I turn back to my wife and watch as her face is wrapped in a thin material, devouring her features.

      Let me go, she mouths, silently.

      Tears spring to my eyes as I lunge across the bed, but I cannot reach her. I grab at the sheet and try to drag myself across to her, but the cover turns to sand and slips between my fingers. I try to call out to her again, but she begins to fall as the bedroom floor cracks and opens into a burning pit. She lets go as the bedroom stops stretching away from me. I finally scramble to the edge of the mattress and look down.

      Goodbye, Michael, she calls as she disappears into the abyss.

      My name is still echoing in my ears as I jolt awake. My heart is beating as if I have just completed a marathon. I take a few breaths and compose myself. It's not the first time I've had a dream like that, and I doubt it'll be the last. I lie on my side for a few moments and that's when it hits me. I have an unerring feeling I've done something completely stupid. For starters, I can't remember the night before. This is usually how a murder mystery begins. Some poor guy wakes up with no memory and finds his palms covered in blood. There will be some broad with a bullet hole in her head slumped in a corner. Usually, there's a smoking gun nearby with only the lead character's fingerprints on it and he only has himself to blame.

      I pry open my sleep-encrusted eyes and glance down at my hands. They're clean, thank God, but there is something different. Something warm, something breathing.

      I turn my head to the left and groan at the sight of the naked body sleeping next to me. My gaze follows the bumps of her spine that poke out from beneath her dark red hair until they reach the top of her buttocks, half covered by the thin, summer sheet. The humidity in the room has stuck the fabric to her pale skin. I should feel good. It's been a while since I had a woman, but all I feel is shame. Have I become the kind of guy who goes out to bars and takes home the first gal that throws herself at him? That's not me at all.

      My friend Jack would give me a manly embrace if I told him about this. He'd buy me a whiskey and raise

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