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    The Lazurai: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables
    The Lazurai: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables
    The Lazurai: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables
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    The Lazurai: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables

    By J. R. Kruze

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    An unintended result of a terrorist bombing a children's hospital, the Lazurai could kill a person without touching them. 

    The government made it worse by their experiments. All the children wanted was to feel love like any child. When they grew older, their powers increased. And they found they couldn't be stopped.

    Chuck hears a rumor of one coming his way, to his remote way station on the highway. But he can't leave his wife, who's dying. So he waits. And sees the hooded Lazurai walking the long miles on a hot desert day toward him. 

    All he can do is wait.

    What he doesn't know is that this one is different from all the rumors. And his life is going to change forever...

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    Late morning that day, he saw someone walking. Miles off yet. Coming toward him, along the edge of the road and staying off the pavement.  Chuck could tell because the highway was laser straight for miles in both directions.

    You could hear anything coming when there was traffic. And then hear it going.

    Walkers made no noise, and took a long time to get there. A long time to get gone.

    "Well Mr. Lazurai, take your time. I'm in no hurry." Chuck said out loud to no one in particular.

    He figured that this had to be a Lazurai as he was walking.

    People told stories about them: they wouldn't always kill you right off. If they liked you, then you had a few days. The people that lived were cursed anyway, as anyone they knew would leave them alone after that. As what the Lazurai gave a person could also affect the other people around them. Big or small community, it didn't matter. Viruses spread.

    Chuck didn't care. He would not leave Charlene and she would not leave her baby. So if this was the end, he was as ready as he would be.

    By the time the walker was nearly in earshot, Chuck had finished off the rest of his lemonade and was ready for a refill.  But he stayed on that bench in the shade and waited to meet this person.

    His only real hope is that the end would be swift and painless. For everyone concerned.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLive Sensical Press
    Release dateFeb 25, 2018
    ISBN9781387623532
    The Lazurai: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables
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    J. R. Kruze

    J. R. has always been interested in the strange, mysterious, and wonderful. Writing speculative fiction is perfect for him, as he's never fit into any mold. And always been working to find the loopholes in any "pat system." Writing parables for Living Sensical seemed a simpler way to help his stories come to life.

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      Book preview

      The Lazurai - J. R. Kruze

      The Lazurai

      by J. R. Kruze

      While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

      THE LAZURAI

      First edition. February 25, 2018.

      Copyright © 2018 J. R. Kruze.

      ISBN: 978-1387623532

      Written by J. R. Kruze.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      V

      Book Universes Notes

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      Further Reading: Tales of the Lazurai

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      About the Publisher

      To all our many dedicated and loyal readers: 

      These stories are written only for you.

      (Be sure to get your bonuses after the end of this story...)

      I

      AT THE OPEN DOOR TO the empty concrete dome, inside the long chain link fence, you can see those sheets of paper tacked to a bulletin board, each page protected by plastic against the weather.

      You can read it from where you stand, if you focus your binoculars just right:

      They call me Death.

      But I gave you only love as my gift.

      Blame it all on the terrorists. Or the scientists. Or the government.

      Doesn't matter. I'm alive because I'm a freak. And I was made in the image of you.

      Some say it was after they found viruses were sentient. And passed that Sentient Life Act. But people say a lot of things.

      I can't die, you see. And so the government scientists gave me more life to give away in return. That life can cause death.

      But I'm not a terrorist, I was a victim of

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