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    The Lucids of the Permafrost Society
    The Lucids of the Permafrost Society
    The Lucids of the Permafrost Society
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    The Lucids of the Permafrost Society

    By Michael D. Britton

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    Someone said "life is but a dream." But can the ability to control your dreams be bred into you? Find out how far one man would go to achieve his dream in this sci-fi short.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntelligent Life Books
    Release dateNov 28, 2012
    ISBN9781301096893
    The Lucids of the Permafrost Society
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    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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      The Lucids of the Permafrost Society - Michael D. Britton

      The Lucids of the Permafrost Society

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      Michael D. Britton

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      Copyright 2012 by Michael D. Britton / Intelligent Life Books

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      If you believe everything you read on the internet, you might as well quit reading.

      That’s what my cousin Galton always says.

      At least, that’s what he used to say, before he went stark raving mad aboard the frozen yacht of doom.

      On our way to the north pole.

      Where the Lucids lived.

      And where I was changed forever.

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      You’d probably like Galton. A real whiz kid – got his

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