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    Lady Linguist
    Lady Linguist
    Lady Linguist
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    Lady Linguist

    By John Walters

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    After a near break-in at her apartment, a young Greek woman reassesses her life. She starts a blog under the alter-ego of Lady Linguist. As she ventures forth into the new and strange cyber-world, she finds herself confronted with the real-life decision of either huddling within the safe strictures of her culture, or stepping out into the unknown.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Walters
    Release dateAug 7, 2015
    ISBN9781310605239
    Lady Linguist
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    John Walters

    John Walters recently returned to the United States after thirty-five years abroad. He lives in Seattle, Washington. He attended the 1973 Clarion West science fiction writing workshop and is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America. He writes mainstream fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and memoirs of his wanderings around the world.

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      Lady Linguist - John Walters

      Lady Linguist

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      John Walters

      Published by Astaria Books at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 by John Walters

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold reproduced, or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons places or events - except those in the public domain - is purely coincidental.

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      Lady Linguist

      When she heard the rattling Aphrodite thought nothing of it, attributing it subconsciously in her shallow sleep to one of several possible sources: early garbage collectors down in the street, a truck making a delivery, the cat's food pan on the balcony shuddering in the winter wind. She lived in a crowded neighborhood of Thessaloniki and had grown used to the constant noise.

      But when she heard the scream she was instantly awake. Her eyes popped wide open but she didn't get up. Instead she wrapped the quilt around herself more tightly and listened. The scream was repeated, more shrill this time. Aphrodite thought that it came from the apartment above. She heard banging, footfalls, a door slam.

      Terrified, she wondered who she could call. Her parents? But they lived a couple of hundred kilometers away. It would take them hours to get to her flat; besides, they would

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