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    The Luck of the Draw
    The Luck of the Draw
    The Luck of the Draw
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    The Luck of the Draw

    By Lesley L. Smith

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    Ella Hote wants to use her luck machine to help her new friend with cancer. Will he let her?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLesley L. Smith
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9781950198009
    The Luck of the Draw
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    Lesley L. Smith

    All right, I confess! I love physics. I blame my misspent youth reading science fiction by the likes of Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. Not surprisingly, I also love science fiction. I grew up in Missouri, in a family of overeducated overachievers. Following in their footsteps, I've earned far too many degrees including an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Physics and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. Hmm? I may have a split personality. The evidence shows I've authored or co-authored many scientific articles, and am a longtime member of the American Physical Society. I'm also a founder and editor of the speculative fiction ezine http://www.electricspec.com and a longtime member of the Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America. Both sides of my personality live in Boulder, Colorado where I do physics by day and science fiction by night. Please visit me on the web at http://www.lesleylsmith.com.

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      The Luck of the Draw - Lesley L. Smith

      THE LUCK OF THE DRAW

      Also by Lesley L. Smith

      Conservation of Luck

      Story 1: Lady Luck

      Story 2: The Luck of the Draw

      Temporal Dreams

      Neutrino Warning

      Kat Cubed

      Reality Alternatives

      The Quantum Cop Series:

      Book 1: The Quantum Cop

      Book 2: Quantum Murder

      Book 3: Quantum Mayhem

      The Space Operetta Series

      Book 1: A Jack By Any Other Name

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      The Luck of the Draw

      By Lesley L. Smith

      Quarky Media

      Boulder Colorado

      The Luck of the Draw

      Published by Quarky Media, PO Box 3332, Boulder, CO 80307

      www.quarkymedia.com

      Copyright © 2019 Lesley L. Smith

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability.

      The Luck of the Draw

      I did not want to tell people how to build a magic luck machine. Of course, technically, it wasn't really magic; it was science. Aahh, I whisper-screamed (that's a very quiet scream).

      I did want to test my luck machine again so I could better understand how it worked.

      It was pushing seven pm, and I was still at work. Everyone else had gone home already. I pounded my fists on the desk. My laptop and assorted pens and pieces of paper jumped. Yes, I was frustrated.

      I was

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