I Die Everyday

By Len Calderone

Jim and his fiancé visit one last yard sale for the day. Jim discovers an old box with a Civil War journal written by a confederate major. Being a civil war enthusiast, he buys the box. The journal takes Jim back to 1861 and the battle of Philippi in western Virginia. He couldn't put the journal down until he fell asleep and his world completely changed forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Len Calderone
• Release date: Oct 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311518149

Len Calderone

After a long career in business management, len has retired to writing short stories. All of his stories end with a twist. He also writes articles for several technology emagazines in the fields of robotics, alternative energy, audio visual and home automation.

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I Die Everyday

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Len Calderone

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Cover art: Southern Steel by Simon Smith

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I Die Everyday

Jim had the day off from his job at Wal-Mart. He usually worked on Saturday, as he was the store manager, but he needed a break and took the day off. At 26, he was one of the youngest store managers, having joined Wal-Mart right out of college, where he studied history, expecting to teach at the high school level. Instead Wal-Mart made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Now four years later, he ran a store just outside of Savannah Georgia. He still loved history, especially the Civil War. He studied every battle that took place and read everything that he could find on the subject. Living in the south gave him a plethora of documents on the war.

Jim was not yet married but that would probably change in the next year or two, as he had been dating the same girl for three years. Sarah was a true southern girl, complete with a heavy