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    One Day in Summer
    One Day in Summer
    One Day in Summer
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    One Day in Summer

    By Garry Grierson

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    Aran is a time-traveller who keeps returning to the same place and time over and over again, dragging his best friend, Navaya, with him.
    Navaya is getting jaded by the constant trips to the same place, and she has a secret to protect.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGarry Grierson
    Release dateApr 13, 2011
    One Day in Summer
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    Garry Grierson

    Garry Grierson was the first of three children born to Jeanette and Tom. He came into this world on the ninth of October 1968, and is now quite old. After an unremarkable childhood growing up in a small mining village in Fife, Scotland, he mailed his first short-story entry to a competition aged twenty; receiving his very first form-rejection letter. From then on he has continued the dream of publishing that first Novel. Whenever real-life as a husband and applications developer doesn’t get in the way. Although he has had some success with short-stories the dream of publishing that elusive Novell still lingers on...

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      One Day in Summer - Garry Grierson

      One Day in Summer

      A Short Story

      By Garry Grierson

      Copyright 2011 Garry Grierson

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      The proper dress can be crucial to a period traveller; one mistake can get a person noticed for all the wrong reasons, thought Aran.

      He stood in front of the hall mirror, checking each item of clothing. Last time, he had almost worn his ‘Screaming Darns 2040 Tour’ t-shirt with the moving video-transfer.

      Navaya always wore the same pink dress when going to the gardens. She waited behind him, fidgeting with her low-cut neckline as she swayed back and forth.

      "Come on, come on, lets’ go. You’re as

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