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Draft: Chapter 1, “The Swamps of Jersey”

Michael Stephen Daigle

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                                     Chapter 1

 

The old Jews knew what to do with rain like this.

Conjure an honest man with a boat and spin a parable about the wages of sin.

In Ironton, New Jersey after five days of rain, people with eight feet of water in their cellars wondered why they  had not been told about

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The Peak of Eternal Light

Moon base Jastrow Station had a problem, and Bandit knew she and Bucket had to fix it or be stranded. The question was who could be trusted to help and who was the traitor who sabotaged the station.

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Dead Letter

He thought he’d done a good job of hiding, but hadn’t figured on the Post Office’s ability to be efficient on

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Joelle's Discovery

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Joelle pushed open the dusty door, the squeak of its hinges following her into the room. The attic was more of a loft, the ceiling low but high enough for Joelle to stand up, and sloping downward under the house’s peaked roof. The whole house looked as though it was still living in the

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Joelle’s Discovery Part Two

‘I met Frederick in school when I was fifteen and he was seventeen and I never went with anyone else. We waited ten years to get married. It was the depression then and for a long time we didn’t have money to get married. But finally, Frederick gave me a diamond ring and promised me

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Nell

I remember how her eyes flashed when we met. She had a fiery spirit and I believe that is what attracted me to her. That first night we went to her home and made slow, passionate love and I believed I had met the fabled “one”. The sex was great, but that wasn’t the reason.

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The Dance

He found himself standing on a stage in the old majestic theater. He was wearing a black tuxedo, and there was a white carnation in his lapel. He noticed the plush red velvet curtains, and the beautiful chandelier on the ceiling of the theater. There was a balcony above the loge

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“Swamps of New Jersey” Revisions. Chapters 1-3

Chapter 1

The old Jews knew what to do with rain like this.
Conjure an honest man with a boat and spin a parable about the wages of sin.
In Ironton, New Jersey people with six feet of water in their cellars wondered why they had not been told about the boat.

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“Swamps of New Jersey” Revised Chapters 4-5

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Draft “Swamps of Jersey” Chapters, 8,9

Earlier draft chapters are on this site for those who’d care to see te flow of the book.

Chapter 8

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