Here Ch'i Gathers

By David P. Elvar

There was wealth here, he could feel it. Wealth they could tap, wealth they could liberate. They felt no qualms about what they did: most profit is earned on the sweat of another, most is undeserved. Most is then simply being returned to where it belonged. Not stealing, more a repositioning of resources. Another sanitising label. They had learned well from their political masters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David P. Elvar
• Release date: Aug 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310898310

David P. Elvar

Off-the-wall and Supernatural short stories, plus the odd full length offering.

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HERE CH’I GATHERS

(Zen and the Art of Mugging)

David P. Elvar

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© David P. Elvar 2014

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Author’s note: This story has proved extremely popular. Many of the ideas it contains came from my three (now grown-up) children. To them must be given full credit for helping to make this story the success it now is.

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Words—not true. Truth—not wise. Wisdom—not spoken.

There was much that was of worth in this, much to be weighed and applied. But later.

He looked up, glanced round. He was feeling the minutes running, the hours close on their heels. How long he’d been sitting here like this, he didn’t know,