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    Valentine Gifts and other Holiday Stories: Domino
    Valentine Gifts and other Holiday Stories: Domino
    Valentine Gifts and other Holiday Stories: Domino
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    Valentine Gifts and other Holiday Stories: Domino

    By A. Nation

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    Short stories related to my novels from Valentine stories from science fiction to urban fantasy. How would my characters celebrate Valentine's Day? Read and enjoy

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. Nation
    Release dateFeb 14, 2017
    ISBN9781386359562
    Valentine Gifts and other Holiday Stories: Domino
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    A. Nation

    I have always enjoyed reading science fiction and mysteries because I am interested in future science and puzzle solving. I write about stories of the future that mimic today's social issues. Issues such as greed, retribution, prejudice, political corruption, and what the future could become are some of the concepts I use to illustrate a moral result.What motivates me? A story I may read in the newspaper, political idiocy, a situation that happened in history, or just anything that I can twist the perspective around. I travel the west with my husband and read about the small towns of the USA as we drive through them.

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      Valentine Gifts and other Holiday Stories - A. Nation

      Valentine Gift

      And Other Holiday Stories

      All rights reserved

      Copyright © 2017

      By A. Nation

      Published 2017

      rev.ii

      ISBN: 9781386359562

      ––––––––

      A. Nation

      Copyright

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

      By your payment of the required fees, you cannot transfer any part of this text into any form.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I want to thank those that gave me support and tolerated my persistence in writing my story; they are by first names only as they know who they are:

      Yuma Writer’s on the Edge, Chris, Meleesa, Kam,

      Shirley, Dee, Sue, Mark, Nancy, Donna, and John

      Table of Contents

      Copyright Page

      Valentine’s Day Jan and Alex

      Valentine’s Day on Mars

      Valentine’s Day on Earth

      Valentine’s Day on Arret

      More Holiday Stories

      Spring is in the Air

      Turkey Day

      Thanksgiving on Mars

      Gift of Christmas

      Snow Wizards

      February Surprise

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      Related Books

      About the Author

      More Books by A. Nation

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      Earth 2426 A.D.

      Valentine’s Day

      Jan and Alex

      ––––––––

      Last, we had heard from Jan and her husband, Detective Alex Blackhawk, was after his last case in Desert Shock, Secrets Never Stay Hidden.

      I have a surprise for you, Alex said.

      You didn’t have to buy me anything. All I want is you, Alex, Jan replied, tilting her head and smiling.

      Yeah, but I know you’re going to love this. His hand slipped in behind the breast of his jacket. He pulled out a white envelope. I got two tickets to Mars. I have some time—

      What? You did? That’s fantastic. When do we leave? she shrieked as she jumped back from the small wooden table. She began yelling and hopping around the crowded kitchenette until Alex closed in on her and encircled his arms around her thin frame.

      In a few weeks. I’d like to have some R and R at home with you and friends first.

      Yes, of course. Oh, thank you, Alex. Look I left your friend, Frank, down in the car. Do you want to go home or...

      Or?

      Jan reached out to take his hand in hers. Alex rose out of his chair and they both strolled toward the bedroom.

      Shouldn’t we call Frank? she asked as they entered the small bedroom.

      Why? We don’t need him, Alex whispered.

      —-

      Be sure to read the Books2Read ebook,

      Desert Shock 

      The shock the Tucson police find in the desert is nothing compared to the shock Mother Nature dishes out. In this murder case in the 25th century, Alex Blackhawk uncovers a murderer in Washington D.C.

      Valentine’s Day on Mars

      Meanwhile, in Alice’s and Mike’s cabin on the Mars Space Station, Mike handed her a small wrapped package

      What’s this? Alice asked grasping the item from Mike’s hand.

      Open it, he said, as he stood watching her unwrapped the tissue.

      She peeled apart the tissue from each side and discovered a molded bracelet with a polished black rock encased by a silver setting. In the box, laid a two inch by three inch white printed card letting her know that the stone was from the surface of Mars.

      Oh, it’s beautiful, Alice exclaimed, admiring the design. Who or how?

      Just someone I know in Engineering, he replied as he clamped the armlet onto her right wrist.

      Happy Valentine;s Day, Alice, Mike said.

      And back at you, she said, rising from her chair to wrap her arms around his chest. I’m so glad I came to work on Mars.

      So am I, he replied, taking her hand.

      —-

      Be sure to read the fifth saga Books2Read ebook,

      Return:

      —-

      In another area of the base station on Mars, Robert walked up to his wife hiding a slender white box behind his back.

      And this is for you Jennifer, Robert said holding the present out for her to receive.

      You didn’t have to get me anything, she replied, accepting the long box.

      Yes, I did. Special flowers for a special lady.

      Jennifer opened the long white box and unfolded the

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