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    Room for One More
    Room for One More
    Room for One More
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    Room for One More

    By Jack Kardiac

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    A midnight carjacking victim comes up with a permanent solution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJack Kardiac
    Release dateAug 16, 2017
    ISBN9781370204403
    Room for One More
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    Jack Kardiac

    Jack Kardiac was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was fed a steady diet of Marvel comic books, Twilight Zone episodes and Alfred Hitchcock paperbacks. He watches Die Hard every Christmas and Peter Jackson’s King Kong every summer.Jack currently lives in the remote jungles of Indonesia where he teaches Creative Writing to young, impressionable minds. He writes short stories about creepy creatures, kids with superpowers and a handful of Biblical tales, all well worth your time and money.And yes, he has his very own clone.

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      Room for One More - Jack Kardiac

      Room For One More

      Jack Kardiac

      Room For One More

      Copyright © 2017 Jack Kardiac

      Published by Mills Creative Minds, LLC, Jefferson CO

      Visit www.JacKardiac.com to sign up for sporadic updates.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publication, except as provided by USA copyright law.

      This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.

      Disclaimer: The persons, places, things, and otherwise animate or inanimate objects mentioned in this novel are figments of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to anything or anyone living (or dead) is unintentional. The author humbly begs your pardon. This is a work of fiction, people.

      Cover design: Mills Creative Minds, LLC

      Published in the United States of America

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      I drop my duffle bag into the trunk and freeze when I notice a dark figure walking toward me up the sidewalk. My blood ices inside me as I watch his approach, a shadowy silhouette against the highlight of the harsh streetlight behind him.

      My mind starts to race. Who is this guy? How long has he been there, watching me?

      Glancing into the trunk and slowly lowering the lid, I urge it shut until I hear the lock snap. My eyes narrow as I watch him come closer. His gait has an odd limp, and immediately I don’t trust him. Something about him just isn’t right. Honestly, what kind of people are awake in this part of town, wandering these streets at two-thirty in the morning?

      Bad kind of people, that’s who.

      I glance over my shoulder and search the shadows to determine if this is some kind of ambush, but there’s no one else. A dull ache starts to burn across my lower back, and I feel myself grow increasingly nervous, palms starting to perspire in the frigid air. Come on, Dale. Ignore him. Get in the car and go.

      I walk around to the driver’s side of the car and open the door as he steps off the curb and approaches me. I check behind me once more. Still no one. We’re

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