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    Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium
    Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium
    Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium
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    Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium

    By Jeffrey G. Roberts

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    You know you're dead but you're not quite sure how it happened or where to go?

    You never got a chance to realize the dream of eating oysters on the half-shell?

    You insist your spirit can't move on until you find that 1995 issue of Jugs Galore with Miss February before your wife does?

    You're still not quite sure you're actually in dead mode?

    Come on in! Uncle Billy can steer you on the right path!

    West of the bustling metropolis of Phoenix along Interstate Highway 10, you'll discover a place as alien as the planet Mars and just as foreboding nestled between two majestic mountain peaks and sitting in paranormal obscurity and trans-dimensional anonymity. Part diner, part carnival with equal measures of whimsy and just a smidge of nightmare, this most incongruous edifice is hidden away between peaks and valleys and desert vistas, located smack-dab between the Eastern boundaries of imagination and the Western shores of spooky. You can't get there by car or plane, helicopter or even horseback. You won't find it on any map in existence. You can't stumble upon or surprise-visit this spot. Well, unless you're dead...

    Welcome to Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut & Salvation Emporium. Just who is Uncle Billy--the 6'6", 300-pound Texan that resembles a psychedelic St. Nick--and who or what conferred upon him the God-like ability to ease the passing of muddled souls? Angel, demon, or former bouncer at O'Reilly's Chinese Cantina & Pub? Who knows? Who cares? Suffice it to say that Uncle Billy and his menagerie of helpers have been here for centuries. The only thing that could threaten his very important job of transitioning the dearly departed to the appropriate afterlife are interdimensional pests called punstafulz...and they've infested the Emporium, excuse the pun, like there's no tomorrow. Getting rid of them will take some doing for Uncle Billy and the gang, but, hey, in the meantime, come on in and set a spell. It's not like you're going anywhere, right?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriters Exchange E-Publishing
    Release dateJan 13, 2019
    ISBN9781386804666
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      Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium - Jeffrey G. Roberts

      Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium

      Copyright 2019 Jeffrey G. Roberts

      Writers Exchange E-Publishing

      PO Box 372

      ATHERTON  QLD  4883

      Cover Art by: GermanCreative

      Published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing

      http://www.writers-exchange.com

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      Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author's imagination and are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.

      Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut and Salvation Emporium

      West of the bustling metropolis of Phoenix, along Interstate Highway 10, is the magnificent and mystical desolation of the mountains of Southwestern Arizona. It is as alien as the planet Mars, and just as foreboding. Yet, hidden away between the peaks and valleys and desert vistas, is a most incongruous edifice - part diner, part carnival atmosphere, with equal measure of whimsy, and just a smidge of nightmare. And it lay smack dab between the Eastern boundaries of imagination, and the Western shores of spooky. You can't get to it by car or plane; and you won't reach it by helicopter or even horseback. Nor is it on any map in existence. In fact, you won't find it at all.

      Unless you're dead. For this is Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut & Salvation Emporium. Welcome. You say your spirit can't move on until you find that 1995 issue of Jugs Galore with Miss February—before your wife does? Come on in! Never got a chance to see the dream realized of eating oysters on the half-shell? You've come to the right place! Not quite sure you're actually in the dead mode? Uncle Billy will steer you on the right path! You know you're dead, but you're not quite sure how it happened, or where to go? Uncle Billy will set you straight!

      But just who is Uncle Billy, and who or what could have conferred upon him such God-like ability to ease the passing of muddled souls? Let's just say that some questions are best left un-asked, and thus un-answered. One then might ask how long Uncle Billy's Chicken Hut & Salvation Emporium had stood? And that would be another.

      But whatever supernatural force called it into being, it was a cross between a 50's diner and a carnival funhouse. Nestled between two majestic mountain peaks, it contentedly sat in paranormal obscurity and trans-dimensional anonymity. But if you need to move

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