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    Parallel
    Parallel
    Parallel
    Ebook49 pages40 minutes

    Parallel

    By Lauren Ritz

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    We are legion

    In universe 197439 the Earth is dead, decimated by an unidentified plague. No one moves in the streets. I still live there, but I've fallen silent. In universe 81345 the Earth is abandoned. No one knew of me to take me with them. In our own I hear the tales of nations quarantined as the disease sweeps across the planet.

    If it is not stopped I may be the only survivor.

    There are those who don't want it stopped. They may kill me, but they work without a full understanding of my greatest strength.

    I am never alone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLauren Ritz
    Release dateApr 4, 2015
    ISBN9781311087874
    Parallel
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    Lauren Ritz

    Lauren Ritz was born in Utah and continues to reside there, somewhat to the chagrin of those who know her well. She is commonly known as a walking insane asylum (just ask her) and a compulsive gardener.She began writing at the age of six with a “journal entry” about aliens flying through her bedroom window and landing on her wall. She tried to start earlier, but was handicapped by the fact that she couldn't draw well enough.She lives in Utah with bats in her attic, a cat named Darth Vader and too many books to count. She is a wannabe herbalist, but the herbs stay outside for the most part. Most of her plants are domesticated varieties and housebroken.No, she does not talk to the plants, but they talk to her. Luckily she's hard of listening.Writing is her love and her lifelong obsession, taking up the majority of her time when she isn't involved in other less compelling interests.

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