Rain of the Slimax

By Lauren A. Johnson

Mary Ann, a teenage African American female in 1950s Pennsylvania starts to realize that a large creature is the reason for the increased violence in her town. She is asked to do something about it when two strangers Nicole and Sean come to her home under false pretenses.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lauren A. Johnson
• Release date: Feb 7, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452331164

Lauren A. Johnson

My name is Lauren Johnson, while I was in college I helped my father promote his science fiction novel and his motivational quotes. Since then I graduated from Chestnut Hill College with a degree in Communications and Technology.While in college my professor suggested that I take on English as a minor, I listened to her advice and I grew more interested in becoming an author.My interests primarily fall within science fiction but I also write paranormal and romance stories.

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Rain of the Slimax

Published by Lauren A. Johnson at Smashwords

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Copyright 2010 Lauren A. Johnson.

I always hated it when it rained. In this town, it always brought out the worst in people. For awhile I started to believe that the rain was cursed. Every time it rained, something bad happened. And today it was my turn. I ran as fast as I could. Even though I was breathing in the cold winter air my lungs burned as I huffed and puffed. It was a week after my sixteenth birthday, February 20, 1955 in a small town not far from Pittsburg. My family and I moved to the north because we learned about the new jobs that were up here. I dare not turn around to see if the girls were getting any closer to