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    Chasing Cowquest
    Chasing Cowquest
    Chasing Cowquest
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    Chasing Cowquest

    By Darren Johnson

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    After thirty years, it seems someone has finally broken Max's record on a mysterious arcade game called Cowquest. With his wife's permission, he's returning to his hometown to get it back. A novelette.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarren Johnson
    Release dateOct 22, 2018
    ISBN9781386687764
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      Chasing Cowquest - Darren Johnson

      CHASING COWQUEST

      A Novelette

      by Darren Johnson

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      Copyright © by Darren Johnson, 2018

      Cover art by Darren Johnson

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without express written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Please refer all pertinent questions to the publisher.

      Contents

      Chapter One: The Upset

      Chapter Two: What Record?

      Chapter Three: Insert Quarters

      Chapter Four: Owned

      Chapter Five: Cough It Up

      Chapter Six: Converted

      Chapter Seven: Handy Man

      Chapter Eight: Opening Ceremonies

      Epilogue

      Chapter One: The Upset

      Max was only vaguely aware of his wife Helen answering the door as he played Super Smash Brothers Melee with their two sons. William, age thirteen, was dominating his little brother Sean, age ten, and they were both mopping the floor with Max. Max was the first to go out, followed by Sean, leaving William the winner.

      Max sighed. He used to be able to beat them both. Once William got good, Max could still at least stay competitive with Sean, but even those days seemed to be over now. He still wasn’t sure Sean wasn’t just randomly wailing on the buttons.

      Is this a good stopping point? Helen asked as she stood behind the couch, well aware the round was over.

      No! the boys yelled in unison.

      Yes, please, Max said.

      Helen reached over and waved an envelope in front of Max’s face. You have a telegram.

      A what?

      What’s a telegram? Sean asked as Max took and opened the envelope.

      It’s how extremely old people used to communicate, William said.

      Gee, thanks, Max said. He looked over the telegram. Huh, it’s from Beaker. That’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. Oh my god. He slunk into the couch, his controller sliding off his lap onto the cushion. His eyelids drooped as he stared straight ahead. His family could tell it was bad.

      Max, what is it? Helen said, grabbing the piece of paper. She read the message:

      FIFTY-ONE STOP

      Max, what is fifty-one? What does this mean?

      Max took a deep breath and

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