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    More Than A Dream
    More Than A Dream
    More Than A Dream
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    More Than A Dream

    By Rik Hunik

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    (6100 words) Laid up with a broken leg, Mike spends a lot of time sleeping, and dreaming. He dreams of his alternate selves, what he might have become if he'd taken a different path, but in those dreams he travels a route that would be better left untraveled.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRik Hunik
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781370841189
    More Than A Dream
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    Rik Hunik

    Rik Hunik was born in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, in 1957, and has lived his entire life in BC, except for a few summers in Alberta, and a few days in Washington State climbing rocks. He has lived in Ymir, Wells, Quesnel, Prince George, Quesnel, North Vancouver, Quesnel, Burnaby, North Delta, and Quesnel. I live with my wife Jo and a blue-eyed, white cat named Mister. I mostly build houses and shops to earn a living but I'm also a writer, poet, artist, photographer, role playing game designer and independent e-book publisher. I’ve written dozens of stories, including fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, mystery, humor, erotica, and science fiction, frequently combining genres. Forty have been published in small press magazines and e-zines, from the 200-word "The Hole" in Ascent Aspirations, to the 10,000-word novelette "Levels" in Buzzy Mag, published in May, 2012. Some of them are available now as ebooks at Smashwords. Contact me at: rikhunik@hotmail.com

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      More Than A Dream - Rik Hunik

      MORE THAN A DREAM

      BY RIK HUNIK

      Published by Rik Hunik at Smashwords

      6100 words

      This story was first published as Dream Killer in the Feb. 2016 issue of 9Tales

      This edition copyright 2018 by R.A. Hunik

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book is the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied or distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Chapter 1

      Mike woke up and went to the bathroom, then he ate breakfast, kissed his wife good-bye, drove away in his car and woke up with a start.

      # # #

      His right leg was still in a cast, hurting intensely from a recent break. The time on his clock said 7:40, about the time he was usually driving to work, but with the cast on he couldn’t drive or work, so he was sleeping in.

      What’s the matter, dear? His wife Ruth, holding a tray, stood in the bedroom doorway.

      Uh, nothing. I must have been dreaming. Mike dragged the cast up so he could sit up against the pillows and she set the tray across his lap.

      Dreaming about what?

      Nothing much, just the daily routine of getting up and driving my car to work, only my leg wasn’t broken. He used half the orange juice to wash down the prescription pain pill.

      You don’t drive a car; you drive a nifty little four-wheel-drive truck.

      It took Mike a long second to realize that was true, and a couple more to remember that it was blue. He looked up from the ham and eggs and toast. "In the dream I drove a car with a brown

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