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    Rocket Man
    Rocket Man
    Rocket Man
    Ebook68 pages51 minutes

    Rocket Man

    By Ted Stetson

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    She met him on the beach and he's not what she expected. She thought there was something different about him and then he took her for a ride in his car.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTed Stetson
    Release dateAug 2, 2012
    ISBN9781476283500
    Rocket Man
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    Ted Stetson

    Ted Stetson is a member of SFWA. He was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island and went to Seton Hall and Hofstra. He graduated from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. He was awarded First Place by the Florida Literary Arts Council and First Place in the Lucy B. McIntire contest of the Poetry Society of Georgia. His short fiction has appeared in Twisted Tongue, MysteryAuthors.com, Future Orbits, State Street Review, and the anthologies; One Evening a Year, Mota: Truth, Ruins Extraterrestrial Terra, Ruins Terra and Barren Worlds. His books include: Night Beasts, The Computer Song Book.

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