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    Gutter Ball
    Gutter Ball
    Gutter Ball
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    Gutter Ball

    By Ann Stratton

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    John’s down to the last day on his rent and one whole moldy sandwich to eat. To add insult to injury, somebody left a bowling ball on the kitchen table. John’s never seen it before, didn’t know how it got there, or what he’s supposed to do with it. It has to belong to somebody, and so he sets out to find out who. Maybe he’ll pick a job or something to eat along the way, too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnn Stratton
    Release dateJun 27, 2017
    ISBN9781386960706
    Gutter Ball
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    Ann Stratton

    Ann Stratton started writing at age thirteen with the usual results. After a long stint in fan fiction, honing her skills, she hopes she has gotten better since then. She lives in Southeastern Arizona, trying to juggle all her varied interests. 

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      Gutter Ball - Ann Stratton

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      Disclaimer

      This is a work of fiction, a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance or similarity to any actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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      Credits

      Cover photo courtesy of Bigstockphoto.com

      Editing, formatting, and cover design by Ann Stratton

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      Gutter Ball

      It bothered him that he was having an argument with an inanimate object. Worse, the stupid thing was actually winning.

      John glared at the bowling ball sitting on his dining room table. It wasn’t anything fancy, just the kind of plain black ball that you might find in any bowling alley, ready to play, scarred by its life of violence, the finger holes worn with use. It just sat there, like a bowling ball, having found some low spot in the tabletop to balance in so it wouldn’t roll off. If it wasn’t just a well worn bowling ball, John would have thought it was glaring back at him.

      Bowling balls don’t glare. They’re things. They get thrown at bowling pins and have no other purpose in life. They have no life. They’re things. This one sat on John’s table like the shaped lump of wood and black resin that it was, smug, mute, and winning the argument with its... bowling ball-ness.

      Why am I even talking to you? He threw up his hands and stomped around, venting his frustration profanely and at length. The bowling ball just sat there, ignoring him. Why am I talking to you? You’re not the only one in the place, you know!

      The bowling ball said nothing. John threw himself back into his chair, crossed his arms, and glared at the bowling ball some more. The bowling ball still said nothing.

      How did he come to be

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