Seeing Stars

By John Gibson

Witness Leonard Burbridge, a quiet man, a man who likes to keep himself to himself, a man with a hobby. But, in a dystopian future where the Teevee is the opiate of the masses and where the Guardians and the State Police clamp down ruthlessly on all forms of dissent and subversion, even the most innocent of pastimes can bring a man into conflict with the authorities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Gibson
• Release date: Jun 28, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310872273

John Gibson

John Gibson is the author of several short stories. He is fifty-three years old and lives in the north-west of England with his long-suffering partner Sue and their two pet rabbits Dominic and Doodle.

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Seeing Stars

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John Gibson

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Seeing Stars

Leonard Burbridge placed his index finger against the glowing blue plate, the door of his apartment slid silently open. He poked his head out into the corridor beyond and looked left and then right. ‘Nobody about,’he thought, ‘good!’. He ducked back into the apartment and re-emerged a few seconds later pulling a heavily laden sack-truck behind him. Inside the apartment, through the open doorway, he could see a six-foot-high image of Lana Johansson’s face on the giant floor to ceiling Teevee. Her luscious pink glossy lips seemed to dominate the entire screen. There was something sensual, almost pornographic, in the way those two-foot-wide moist juicy lips moved as she introduced the remaining contestants.

He touched another illuminated panel and the door slid shut, blocking off his view of Lana’s perfect pink mouth. He’d left the Teevee playing of course, to do otherwise would be to arouse suspicion. There were persistent rumours that