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I found this peculiar document in a writing desk I purchased for just a few dollars in a run-down little junk shop in London. The desk was in bad condition, and when I couldn't get one of the drawers open, I resorted to a large pair of scissors, and pried it open. The drawer slides had been jammed by a pile of stained and crumbling pages bundled together with a thin, faded blue ribbon. Old love letters, I thought. How sweet! "The Bridges of Madison County", maybe? I began to see the "New York Times Best Seller List" in my future!As I began to read, though, I realized that the pages weren't letters at all, but a sort of journal, written maybe a hundred years ago, if you can believe the date. The whole manuscript had taken a lot of water damage and wear, and parts of it were pretty much illegible. It took several months to get the pages straightened out and "translate" the erratic handwriting, although it WAS written in English, by a woman with a fairly good education, a big mouth and a really bad temper.The writer claims to be related to the famous writer and historian, H.G. Wells, and writes about an amazing voyage through time by the young woman and her husband. I know, ridiculous, right? An effort to crank out a work of science fiction and make a quick buck on the celebrated (and rich) tails of "Uncle Herbert"? Maybe, but there's something about the thing that rings true, and while I'm really not a big believer in time travel, I suppose there's a chance that she was simply crazy as a bedbug. She was certainly a giant pain in the ass, and a major brat, as you'll see when you begin to read. This lady gets herself spanked a LOT, and it sounds like she had most of those spankings coming! True? Not true? Your guess is as good as mine, but it makes a great read, as they romp through space and time, getting tangled up with cold-blooded killers from the year 3600, blundering back and forth through time from the middle ages to our own mid-town Manhattan, from the old South to ancient Rome, and running into an assortment of characters such as sicko-spacemen and spanking gladiators, Wild Bill Hickock and Henry the Eighth, Barbary pirates and grumpy cave men. Whatever you believe, you won't be bored.
Books by ABCD Graphics & Design:
- A Glitch in Time (2008)
