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    Gloria
    Gloria
    Gloria
    Ebook22 pages17 minutes

    Gloria

    By David Sartof

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    I'm dying, well that's what I've been told. How has my life come to this: death, betrayal, friendship, love? Yes, love. I know it's there somewhere, but I'm struggling to make sense of things. How can I, Oliver Beaton-Court, be here in this cabin, looking at my dead wife and holding an axe… Maybe Tom can give me the answers I need, or maybe there are no answers…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Sartof
    Release dateFeb 7, 2010
    ISBN9781301030859
    Gloria
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    David Sartof

    I was born in a small caravan in a field in the north of Scotland. After such an inauspicious yet somehow romantic introduction to life, I have gone on to do many things. I have served in the merchant marine, been a professional engineer, a military officer and an entrepreneur. I also have a PhD in management philosophy and can research the backside off most things! I now live, in North Yorkshire, England, with my wife and young son. Throughout my eclectic career, I have always written, believing fervently in the power of the written word, and I have previously published a non-fiction work with Palgrave Macmillan. I now bring together a set of rich experiences, a creative research-based outlook to plot construction, and a dash of essential seasoning, to bring you fiction such as River of Judgement, Gloria and now, Sarah! The latter two short stories being inspired by the writings of Anton Chekhov.

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      Gloria - David Sartof

      GLORIA

      by David Sartof

      Demeter Publishing

      Demeter Publishing

      First published in Great Britain in 2010

      by Demeter Publishing,

      a division of AM (Northern) Ltd.

      This electronic edition published in 2010

      at Smashwords

      by Demeter Publishing

      Copyright © David M Atkinson writing as David Sartof 2010

      The author has asserted his moral rights.

      This is a work of fiction.

      All characters and events in this publication, other than

      those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to

      real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All companies

      and locations are either the product of the author’s

      imagination or, if real, used fictitiously.

      All rights reserved.

      Except for your personal use only, no

      part of this publication may be reproduced, stored

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      Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes

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      This ebook edition may not be re-sold or given away to other people.

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