Invasive Species

By Eldon Arkinstall

John Cheever is waylaid by a growing problem. Invasive species have colonized the roadways of British Columbia and marred John’s peace-of-mind. He takes action even as one conscienceless man threatens to destroy John’s work.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eldon Arkinstall
• Release date: Nov 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301975457

Eldon Arkinstall

Eldon Arkinstall is an author, poet, and freelance writer from British Columbia, Canada. He has worked in civil engineering, and travelled the world involved in commercial trade. In 2010, he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing from Vancouver Island University, in Nanaimo, BC.Finally, can you please leave a review and a rating for any of his works you choose to read.

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Invasive Species

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Eldon Arkinstall

Copyright 2012 by Eldon Arkinstall

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Read Eldon’s blog at http://www.silverark52.wordpress.com

Also look for Eldon’s other work, the novel: Songs in the Key of Abundance

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Invasive Species

Simon Said

Invasive Species

John Cheever cleaned the last dish, wiped the counter again and again and again. He liked things neat. His brown hair was neatly trimmed, office-chic maybe, though he worked in no office, and his shorts and t-shirt were always neat, clean. A speck of dust on a table could send him for a cloth to remove a mote. His wife scolded him for his obsession.

John, it’s clean, his wife said.

‘It is," he replied.

A year later his lady said, "John, you’ve wiped that counter enough, and, your chisels are straight! Dammit man, stop obsessing! After a while she said, I’m leaving and I’m taking half."

John was a short fellow, sturdy in arm and leg, who knew how to rebuild things. He was a carpenter. He gave his wife his house, figured she deserved it, parted as friends, studied the whole thing from the perspective of a free man. The whole thing fit with his efforts towards freedom of mind, and this seemed a necessary step - a physical analog of a mental issue, and once solved, he paid it no more mind.. He accepted it well. He was twenty-eight years old, enjoyed his freedom, and thought, it should be right.

∞

John’s cellphone rang with the 1812 Overture’s cannoning crescendo blasting from its tiny speaker. The battles between the Americans and British in Canada still reverberated. John had laughed as he’d downloaded the noisy classic from the Internet.

John! His Dad cried over