Opting In
By John Walters
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An old man, feeling useless, leaves his daughter's home to go live in a homeless shelter. Following up on a tip from a fellow vagrant, he finds an alien being preparing to leave Earth who invites him on a journey from which he can never return.
John Walters
John Walters recently returned to the United States after thirty-five years abroad. He lives in Seattle, Washington. He attended the 1973 Clarion West science fiction writing workshop and is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America. He writes mainstream fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and memoirs of his wanderings around the world.
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Opting In - John Walters
Opting In
By
John Walters
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Copyright 2014 by John Walters
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Opting In
Vagrant scraps of paper whipped about in the stiff breeze that blew past him in the narrow, rank-smelling alley.
Just at the edge of light, at the end of the building on the left, was the door. It was metal and had a mesh-covered window at eye-height.