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    Crystal Clear
    Crystal Clear
    Crystal Clear
    Ebook54 pages41 minutes

    Crystal Clear

    By Aidan J. Reid

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    To predict the future, look to the past...

    A mysterious ancient artifact washes up on the beach of a small coastal town.

    For one man, the discovery is about to radically change his life for the better. But for those around him, it leaves a trail of unimaginable destruction.

    (A science fiction short story - 11,500 words)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAidan J. Reid
    Release dateJan 13, 2018
    ISBN9781370668946
    Crystal Clear
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    Aidan J. Reid

    AIDAN J. REID is a writer originally from Cloughmills, Northern Ireland.He has written four novels:PATHFINDERS - (sci-fi)The Tom Regan thrillers, SIGIL and YAGERAISING LAZARUS - (suspense)He has also written several short stories and is most proud of the ROT collection, which tells the story of a rogue tooth fairy who pulls teeth out of the mouths of kids for a tidy profit.You can find out more on aidanjreid.com, follow him @aidanjreid or get a bunch of free goodies by following his newsletter - http://eepurl.com/c7ffO9

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      Crystal Clear - Aidan J. Reid

      CRYSTAL CLEAR

      Aidan J. Reid

      CRYSTAL CLEAR

      Aidan J. Reid

      Smashwords Edition © 2018 Aidan J. Reid

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      Contents

      Also by the Author

      Barrymore

      Finders Keepers

      Front Page News

      Trick of Light

      Call to Attention

      The First Vision

      Quids In

      Bubbly

      Beagle

      Leading the Chase

      Stone Unturned

      Celebrity

      Return to Sender

      Author’s Note | Bonus

      Also by Aidan J. Reid

      __________________

      STANDALONE NOVELS

      Pathfinders

      Raising Lazarus

      THE TOM REGAN THRILLERS

      Sigil

      Yage (TBR Summer 2018)

      THE ROT COLLECTION

      Barrymore

      Quick! He’s doing it again!

      Paul Byrd followed the shrill cry coming from the living room. Entering, he followed the direction of her pointed finger. A popular TV presenter of the nineties was on screen, smiling manically and winding up the audience with overzealous movements.

      His mother looked up expectantly, concern etched on her face. For a moment, she looked like a child, sitting atop a high chair. She was dressed simply. Beige trousers, on the end of which two sturdy flat shoes planted the floor. A pink, light jumper framed her thin body which, when she leaned over to focus on the TV, made it look like a scoop had been taken out of a strawberry ice-cream. Her short hair was cotton ball white. Thick rimmed glasses framed half of her face. Her eyes bulged behind them, flicking from the screen back to her son.

      Look! There again, she pointed. Why does he keep waving at me?

      Paul reached for the remote and flicked the channel.

      Is that better?

      Did you change it?

      Aye. Your shows are coming on shortly.

      What?

      I said your shows-

      Joe? I don’t know. I haven’t seen him in, God knows. One of Roy’s lads. When is he coming?

      He’s not coming.

      What?

      Paul set the control down on her arm rest, adjusting the volume to a level just loud enough for her to hear, but low enough to prevent the tenants above from thumping the floor. Her eyes narrowed tight, staring at the screen six feet away.

      The Byrds lived in the nosebleed section of their council estate home – fifteen floors high in the air. When the elevator wasn’t working, like today for example, Paul would usually find little reason to leave the comfort of his home. They had hoarded enough tinned food and powdered custard over the years to see through emergencies. It was wedged tight on dusty shelves in the small spare room alongside junk that hadn’t seen the light of day for two decades. Their very own time portal fifty metres in the sky. Today, with his mother in one of her moods, he needed to get out.

      I’m going to the shops. You need anything?

      The shrivelled raisin looked up at him from her sunken seat, studied his face as if deciding whether he was friend or foe.

      "We

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