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VOLUME 3:
The guy at the next table over from Bryan scowled at him. Dance music was blaring, and
several couples got up to dance. Bryan quietly sipped his drink and watched them. He had
noticed the man looking at him but tried to ignore him. The man, a biker type wearing a shirt
with no sleeves and sporting tattoos all over both arms, rose from his table and staggered over to
Bryan.
"Hey, bud," he slurred. "Why don't you take that stupid looking hat off? There are ladies
around here, and they don't appreciate you wearing a hat at a dance." Bryan glanced at him and
took a swig
"What's it to you? It's none of your business what I wear." Biker pulled the chair next to
Bryan away violently, leaned over and got in Bryan's face.
The California Poppy Times
Volume 2:
Dana glanced outside her bedroom window. It was raining, steady and hard. She could see the raindrops bouncing off the concrete pathway that led up to her front door. The clouds hung so slow, so thick, concealing the mountains, Dana wondered sometimes what it would truly look like if they weren’t there.
This early April weather was certainly not unusual for Squamish, yet today it felt suffocating. Dana drew in a sharp breath. It’s been two weeks since the government declared COVID a pandemic. Two weeks since since the government forced everything to shut down. Two weeks since paranoia gripped the entire world with its tentacles, so black and so sharp. And there seemed to be no end to the madness.
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VOLUME 1:
SCRAP OF PAPER FOUND IN MISSING SCIENTIST’S DESTROYED LABORATORY. I DON’T HAVE LONG. SOON, THEY’LL COME FOR ME. THERE IS NO STOPPING THEIR ADVANCE, BUT PERHAPS I CAN WARN OTHERS. HOPEFULLY, SOMEONE WILL HEAR MY WORDS AND PERHAPS, ACT ON THEM. YEARS AGO, I LEARNED OF THE ABILITY OF FUNGI TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER ORGANISMS. THIS BENEFITS THE FUNGI AND OTHER ORGANISMS. WHAT I RECENTLY DISCOVERED, IS THAT FUNGI ARE DIRECTLY ALTERING HUMANITY’S ENVIRONMENT TOO. WE ARE MERELY SLAVES; AN EXTENSION OF THE FUNGI AROUND US. THEY INTEND ON US TO COLONIZE OTHER WORLDS. OH GOD, HERE THEY COME….
Published June 1st, 2022
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