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Curious
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After a young girl sees strange lights in the sky headed her way she decides to give chase. Her cats join her. What they discover is stranger than she ever could have imagined.
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Rita Schulz
Rita lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia with, Russ, her husband, who is also a fiction writer. She has written for years and is an alumnus of the Oregon Writers Network, and the Greater Vancouver Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Her most recently published stories are Fire in Their Hearts with R.G. Hart from Champagne books, and Ladies of the Jolly Roger and Tales of the Fantastic, from 53rd Street Publishing. Please visit her website at http://www.ritacrossley.com to view her other works.
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Curious - Rita Schulz
Curious
Curious
Rita Schulz
53rd Street PublishingCurious
Rita Schulz
Published by 53rd Street Publishing
Copyright 2018 Rita Schulz
All rights reserved
Cover art ©fergregory/depositphotos
Cover designed by R. Edgewood
Cover design and layout copyright 2018 by 53rd Street Publishing
53rd Street Publishing
Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada
www.53rdsteetpublishing.com
This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.
Curious
I leaned back against the gritty, shingled peaked roof of our garage. It was a warm June evening and I was wearing my favorite long light blue shorts, white eyelet top, and white sneakers.
It was quite a narrow roof since it was only for a single car, our old Studebaker barely fit inside. Actually mom, my brother, and I had to get out before dad pulled into the garage for two reasons; one mom had to open the garage door, the other was there wouldn’t be enough room once the car was in for
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