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When you mess with the ego of a god, you'd better be prepared for the consequences...
This humorous short tale explains what REALLY happened when astronomers took it upon themselves to relegate the ninth planet to the status of dwarf.
Michael D. Britton
Michael D. Britton has been writing professionally for 25 years, including heading up marketing departments, working in huge private corporations, writing for government entities, supporting non-profit healthcare systems, sprinting with tiny tech start-ups, freelancing, and a producing TV news broadcasts in the 90s. His short fiction has received ten honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future contest, among other recognition; and his novels have advanced through multiple rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in various years. His list of indie-published fiction titles exceeds 65 and keeps increasing. Learn more at www.michaeldbritton.com.
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Plutoed - Michael D. Britton
Plutoed
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Michael D. Britton
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Copyright 2012 by Michael D. Britton / Intelligent Life Books
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"What was that?" asked Jim Barnes as he gripped the gray metal handrail of the concrete staircase leading up the cliff face from the breathtaking Lincoln City beach with its giant mounds of driftwood. His footsteps sounded like sandpaper, his back to the vast Pacific Ocean as he came to a stop at one of the landings.
I’ve no idea – was it an earthquake?
replied Janet, equally shaken and confused. A gust of salt air whipped at her face and rustled the