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    Short Stories Based on Rock Songs #1
    Short Stories Based on Rock Songs #1
    Short Stories Based on Rock Songs #1
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    Short Stories Based on Rock Songs #1

    By Brian Henley

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    A short story inspired by the Beatles' song "Rocky Raccoon".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Henley
    Release dateMay 13, 2013
    ISBN9781301716630
    Short Stories Based on Rock Songs #1
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    Brian Henley

    Brian is a combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps who nowadays likes to write about magical princesses.

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      Short Stories Based on Rock Songs #1 - Brian Henley

      SHORT STORIES BASED ON ROCK SONGS

      #1

      by Brian Henley

      Copyright 2013 Brian Henley

      Smashwords Edition

      It is the end of a season in the Dakotas. Heavy clouds scud across the sky. One minute it is bright blue summer, the sun hot and white and blinding off the white granite and water. The next it looks like rain. A moment later it will rain, and then more blinding sun. Below the sky are mountains, worn and tortured things with the rocks like broken teeth sticking out of the hills, and straggly pines with twisted trunks that cling to deadly slopes. On the side of one mountain, near a fast-running creek, is Rocky.

      Rocky works a sluice. He built the sluice himself, after only ever having seen one or two. He cut the trees and shaped the planks, with rented tools, and bought

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