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    Guaranteed Or Your Memory Back
    Guaranteed Or Your Memory Back
    Guaranteed Or Your Memory Back
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    Guaranteed Or Your Memory Back

    By Scott Marmorstein

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    Dan Strauss, like any other guy, wants to make his girlfriend happy. So when she insists on him buying a real physical book to read for the summer (the kind with paper and glue for binding the cover all together), he doesn't hesitate. He finds himself in an unusual New And Used Bookshop with a clerk unlike anyone he's ever met. Before he walks away with a book he believes will do the trick, the clerk makes him an unforgettably odd offer: If Dan doesn't like it, he can return it in exchange for a different memory. Guaranteed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScott Marmorstein
    Release dateOct 8, 2017
    ISBN9781520170596
    Guaranteed Or Your Memory Back
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    Scott Marmorstein

    Scott Marmorstein is an American author. He lives and works in North West Philadelphia with his wife and step-son, and their imaginary cat named Fred. Visit his website for blog and information about his other books at: www.scottdmarmorstein.com 

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      Guaranteed Or Your Memory Back - Scott Marmorstein

      Preface

      On Controversial Themes in Writing

      Earlier this summer (2016) I had announced on social media that I was writing a neat short story. It had mostly come to me fully baked, but I had to take a break from it for over a month and now it’s almost October and I’m just about to publish it online as an ebook. The ending came to me right as I was meditating before falling asleep. I knew two things. 1, it was a much better ending than the original and I would change it in the morning when I woke up. 2, it was absolutely controversial.

      This got me to thinking about the fact that we live in a world where the new taboo is sharing too much of oneself, unless you’re famous in which case you’re often rebuked for not sharing enough. This short story is as far away from political as I could get it, which isn’t difficult to do with the kind of imagination I have. And because it's me, this short story has a definite supernatural element in it.

      I’m willing to bet that many of you who read this, if you participate in social media at all, want to share your views as publicly and vocally as you can, and then refrain. Because to be open about your views leaves you just that; vulnerably open. Open to whatever it is that may come your way, in the form of praise or blame, rebuke or shaming. And so we’ve learned to take pictures of food and give witty updates. And if you’re not a social-media maven or near-denizen like many of us, congratulations; you probably aren’t sure how to communicate in that condensed and flattened format. You might prefer the human touch, and I’m with you. You may scream at your television or tell your closest confidant what you really think. At least you have an outlet, which is great.

      For the writer, his or her prose (or non-fictional letters and books) serve as his or her voice. That’s me, in a nutshell. The written word often suffices. Teaching as I do in the healing arts also suffices for the voice that I think is

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