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    The Laundress of Silver Lake

    By Julie Jansen

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    About this ebook

    In a future world of deadly solar flares and cloned dinosaurs, an investigative journalist sets out to uncover the truth about an urban myth: the Laundress of Silver Lake. As he wanders the banks of the lake he discovers some mysteries are better left unsolved.

    A short story from our Orbits sci-fi/fantasy line.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUntreed Reads
    Release dateDec 20, 2011
    ISBN9781611872385
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      Josephine Fritzkiev was an exceptional laundress in Silver Lake, but one day in 2270 the entire population vaporized in a solar flare. Forever lost were Josephine’s laundering secrets, but sightings of her persisted. People went to Silver Lake to search for proof that she was still alive and to maybe discover her whitening secret, but they never returned. Avrid went to Silver Lake on a magazine assignment, determined to get to the bottom of the story of Josephine, but found more than he bargained for.This short story was a quick, delightfully weird read. Avrid’s experience at Silver Lake was surreal and the secret of how Josephine got everything so white…well, I won’t give that away. ;)*The publisher provided a copy of this book to me for review. Please see disclaimer page on my blog.