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    Dreams Crashing Down
    Dreams Crashing Down
    Dreams Crashing Down
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    Dreams Crashing Down

    By R. Richard

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    Po’ boy Jason Roll is trying to escape from a life of poverty. He dreams his dreams and then works to make them real. Then his job and his girl disappear, leaving his dreams crashing down. Maybe if Jason works hard enough, he can build new dreams.

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    My elementary school had a computer lab. I took a computer class and I was good at programming computers. I would go to school, take my classes and then hang around to try to get time on a computer, after school. If I couldn’t get time on a computer, right away, I would still hang around and practice Kung Fu, while I waited for a computer to maybe free up.

    In the fullness of time, I graduated from elementary school and then I went to Roosevelt Middle School. It was around that time that I realized that I was poor and the crap that they wanted me to study would keep me poor. However, Roosevelt Middle School again had a computer lab. I took what computer classes were available to a poor boy and found that I was really good at programming computers.

    I then graduated from Roosevelt and went to Washington High School, over by the big industrial park. I was still poor and the crap that they wanted me to study at Washington High School would keep me poor. However, Washington High School again had a computer lab. I took what computer classes were available to a poor boy and found that I was unusually good at programming computers.

    I came to the attention of the Lozenge Corporation and I was able to get a work study job that earned me a little money and would lead to a good paying job, when I got out of school.

    I also met Nancy, while I was at Washington. Nancy was a good looking girl. Nancy was also a poor girl. I was able to date Nancy, because of my work study earnings.
    I began to develop dreams. I would go to college, on a scholarship and work study. I would graduate from college, get a good paying job, with the Lozenge Corporation and then marry Nancy. With my good paying job, we would get a little house, a decent car and we would live the good life.

    I worked hard and got good grades. Jason Roll got a scholarship and also a work study arrangement with the Lozenge Corporation. I would work, part time, at the college computer center and build my dreams, with hard work.

    We graduated from high school and Nancy promised to wait for me.

    My parents then moved far away, as my father got transferred to another factory.

    Alone in the world, I went off to college. I worked hard and was making decent grades and I even published a couple of computer programming papers. I also wrote Nancy, once a week.

    At first, Nancy wrote back and all seemed well. Then Nancy’s letters became fewer and less friendly.

    I didn’t have much free time, but I tried to find out what seemed to be going wrong between Nancy and me.

    At first, Nancy tried to just shrug off the deterioration of our relationship. Then there was a time of no communication from Nancy. Then, it seemed that I was not to bother Nancy anymore, as she was going to marry Ronny.

    One of my dreams popped, like a soap bubble that someone poked.

    However, I would soon have my college degree and also a good paying job with the Lozenge Corporation. I would just find me another lady.

    My relationship with the Lozenge Corporation also seemed to be deteriorating. I notified the Lozenge Corporation that I was graduating from college, as agreed upon in my work study contract, and I was ready to report for work.

    I got a couple of phone calls from the Lozenge Corporation. They wanted me to send them my signed copy of the work study contract. I saw that another of my dreams was about pop, like a soap bubble that someone poked. I used a top end copy machine, at the college, to make a good looking copy of my work study contract. I sent that to the Lozenge Corporation.

    The Lozenge Corporation then called me to say that there woul

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateAug 24, 2018
    ISBN9780463938904
    Dreams Crashing Down
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      Dreams Crashing Down

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      Dreams Crashing Down

      By R. Richard © 2022

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to people, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      My father worked in a factory, for a bit more than minimum wage. My mother worked in a bakery, for minimum wage. We lived in a no hope part of town.

      As a little kid, Jason Roll had no idea of our financial situation. That is, I had no idea until I found that I couldn’t have a bicycle, because we couldn’t afford one.

      However, not too far down the street was Herbert Hoover Elementary School. There were playground things for me to play on and then interesting things for me to learn.

      Some of the older kids picked on me, which wasn’t too much fun. However, I got a book from the library, titled Kung Fu. I read the book and studied the lessons. It took a while and a lot of work, but I learned enough, over time to keep the older kids off me.

      My elementary school had a computer lab. I took a computer class and found that I was good at programming computers. I would go to school, take my classes and then hang around to try to get time on a computer, after school. If I couldn’t get time on a computer, right away, I would still hang around and practice Kung Fu, while I waited for a computer to maybe free up.

      In the fullness of time, I graduated from elementary school and then I went

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