The Talisman
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Even if we had remembered the old saying about Greeks bearing gifts, most of us couldn’t have resisted the sales pitch.
I should have been more suspicious, having come from the big city. We’d moved to Dales, a small farming town, when I was a little past fifty—some ten years ago. I’d come for my health—which was in bad shape—though I didn’t expect a magically prolonged and vigorous life, only a few extra years. If we’re lucky we survive into our seventies and might even get into our eighties and be thankful for the extra years. Heck, these days, with the advanced medical discoveries, many of us are going into our nineties. But I’m a realistic sort, and a medical doctor; not a believer in Voodoo.
Yet what followed Mr. Smith’s visit seemed nothing short of witchcraft; him and his damnable Talisman. It was the event of Ms. Black’s baby that sent silent shock waves through the county. But that comes later.
It all started with Mr. Smith.
Charles Nuetzel
Charles Nuetzel was born in San Francisco in 1934, and writes: “As long as I can remember I wanted to be a writer. It was a dream I never thought would materialize. But with the help of Forrest J Ackerman, who became my agent, I managed to finally make it into print. “I was lucky enough not only in selling my work to publishers but also ending up packaging books for some of them, and finally becoming a ‘publisher’ much like those who had bought my first novels. From there it as a simple leap to editing not only a science-fiction anthology, but also a line of SF books for Powell Sci-Fi back in the 1960s. Throughout these active professional years I had the chance to design some covers and do graphic cover layouts for pocket books & magazines.” Much of his work in covers and graphics are a result of having had a father who was a professional commercial artist, and who did a number of covers for sci-fi magazines in the 1950s and later for pocket books—even for some of Mr. Nuetzel’s books. In retirement he has become involved in swing dancing, a long time lover of Big Band jazz. But more interestingly world travels have taken him (and his wife Brigitte) across the world, to Hawaii, Caribbean, Mexico, Kenya, Egypt, Peru, having a lifelong interest in ancient civilizations. His website is full of thousands of pictures taken during these trips. Check out his website: http://Haldolen.com
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