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    Lady Luck
    Lady Luck
    Lady Luck
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    Lady Luck

    By Lesley L. Smith

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    Fresh off her cancer-curing success, quantum computer expert Ella Hote trips over a homeless woman. Will she be tempted to use her special computer to help her?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLesley L. Smith
    Release dateMar 2, 2018
    ISBN9781370699551
    Lady Luck
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    Lesley L. Smith

    All right, I confess! I love physics. I blame my misspent youth reading science fiction by the likes of Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. Not surprisingly, I also love science fiction. I grew up in Missouri, in a family of overeducated overachievers. Following in their footsteps, I've earned far too many degrees including an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Physics and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. Hmm? I may have a split personality. The evidence shows I've authored or co-authored many scientific articles, and am a longtime member of the American Physical Society. I'm also a founder and editor of the speculative fiction ezine http://www.electricspec.com and a longtime member of the Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America. Both sides of my personality live in Boulder, Colorado where I do physics by day and science fiction by night. Please visit me on the web at http://www.lesleylsmith.com.

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      Lady Luck - Lesley L. Smith

      LADY LUCK

      Also by Lesley L. Smith

      Temporal Dreams

      Neutrino Warning

      Kat Cubed

      Reality Alternatives

      Conservation of Luck

      Story 1: Lady Luck

      Story 2: The Luck of the Draw

      Story 3: Lucky in Love

      Story 4: Lucky New Year

      Story 5: Lucky Equinox

      Story 6: Lucky Halloween

      The Quantum Cop Series:

      Book 1: The Quantum Cop

      Book 2: Quantum Murder

      Book 3: Quantum Mayhem

      The Space Operetta Series

      Book 1: A Jack by Any Other Name

      Book 2: A Jack in the Dark

      Book 3: A Jack For All Seasons

      Lady Luck

      By Lesley L. Smith

      Quarky Media

      Boulder Colorado

      Lady Luck

      Published by Quarky Media, PO Box 3332, Boulder, CO 80307

      www.quarkymedia.com

      Copyright © 2018 Lesley L. Smith

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability.

      Lady Luck

      On my way into the coffee shop, I tripped over the homeless woman. It was my fault; I was looking at texts on my phone instead of where I should be going.

      When I disentangled myself and met her eyes, she grinned and pointed at her hat on the sidewalk. She was sitting with her dog on a blanket right smack in front of KC Cafe. They both seemed pretty elderly, she with gray hair and he with white

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