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    Buried Treasure
    Buried Treasure
    Buried Treasure
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    Buried Treasure

    By Top Writers Block

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    What lies buried? Treasure? Secrets? Yearning? Each person's treasure is different - find your gem in the newest collection from Top Writers Block. A diverse selection of short stories and poetry are found within. Download it now and travel with independent authors Melissa A. Szydlek, Suzy Stewart Dubot, Alan Naylor, Tracey Howard, Elizabeth Rowan Keith, and Antoine Randolph Watts to find your treasure.

    Your purchase of this ebook not only helps independent authors, but it supports charity as well. Top Writers Block is an international group of writers who continue to donate all of their author proceeds to Sea Shepherd in France, an organization that devotes itself to preserving our seas and oceans and the life within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateApr 2, 2017
    ISBN9781370473069
    Buried Treasure
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    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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      Book preview

      Buried Treasure - Top Writers Block

      A Collection of Short Stories

      by

      TOP WRITERS BLOCK

      Written on the theme of:

      BURIED TREASURE

      Copyright ©March 2017 by each individual author as noted

      Published on Smashwords

      Cover Graphic from Adobe Stock

      ISBN: 9781370473069

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Smashwords License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Product Testing by Melissa A. Szydlek

      Buried Treasure by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      The Woods of My Life by Antoine Randolph Watts

      Dann by Alan Naylor

      Journey by Tracey Howard

      Inheritance by Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      PRODUCT TESTING

      by

      Melissa A. Szydlek

      Copyright ©March 2017 Melissa A. Szydlek

      Melissa Szydlek lives in the United States. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she survived Detroit for many years and has settled into a quieter life in North Carolina. She is an avid animal rights activist and dedicated vegetarian. With her dog, Artie (a certified Therapy Dog and AKC Canine Good Citizen) she visits nursing facilities and soldiers to bring cheer and happiness to all people through the joy of animal-assisted therapy. She excels in the horror genre and her work tends to take a darker tone. Her e-books can be found on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/mszydlek

      You can also connect with her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MSzydlekWriter?ref=hl

      Alan and Fred fed so much through the machines that Alan felt like he was mining for gold.

      Gold that isn’t there, Alan thought to himself as he fed another round of clothing, dirt, fabric, and debris into the machine. The piles of material sat in the corner of the otherwise sterile-looking room, that dropped occasionally from a large chute that hung from the ceiling and landed in large metal bins sitting on the floor. Material like this, some of it 20 or 30 years old, was hard to come by. The world was a much cleaner place now, the junkyards and landfills cleaned up, waste practically a thing of the past.

      The company Alan was assigned to, Alturning Labs, was

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