Broken Symmetry

By William Grabowski

After a bizarre sighting, a middle-aged man's spiritual despair over the death of his son explodes into a dark, emotional quest for meaning...and another's soulless craving for proof of the existence of a terrifying, godlike entity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: William Grabowski
• Release date: Feb 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9780974962870

William Grabowski

Independent writer/editor William J. Grabowski is the author of 7 books (ghostwriter of others) and over 300 short stories, articles, interviews and reviews. Recent work (with John Kluge) is on Forbes.com, 2 Paragraphs.com, Magonia Blog, Hellnotes, Horror World, and in magazines CEMETERY DANCE, BEWARE THE DARK, National Public Radio-associated WIRELESS, and Daniel Howard's anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror: VOICES OF IMAGINATION. Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist George Knapp of KLAS/CBS-TV lauded Grabowski's work on syndicated radio show COAST TO COAST AM. A 5-year stint as contributing editor with World Fantasy Award-winning THE HORROR SHOW earned him a nomination from SPWAO as best nonfiction writer. He reviews books for Hellnotes.com. His nonfiction book, BLACK LIGHT: PERSPECTIVES ON MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA, was published on 15 October 2014, and his newest is TRACES OF OBLIVION, a collection of short fiction and a complete novel, THE UNTOLD. A new novella, INFINITY POINT, is due in late 2015. He enjoys Punk, dark music, and hot chilies.

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BROKEN SYMMETRY

WILLIAM J. GRABOWSKI

SMASHWORDS EDITION

Oblivion Press

2014

BROKEN SYMMETRY

Copyright © 2014 William J. Grabowski

Cover photo © 2014 by William J. Grabowski

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ISBN: 978-0-9749628-7-0

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The underlying oneness in all confusions.

—Charles Hoy Fort

The Book of the Damned

Some people, I’m told, are lucky. They see things.

Gray Mercer, Rob Penfound, and Darcy Patel saw—

Never mind; we’ll get there.

And lucky? I don’t know. You’d have to ask them.

I did.

But I’m not lucky.

***

PHILLIP BOWLES: Thursday, November seventeenth, two thousand thirteen. Phil Bowles and Jim Neff here for BNI, interviewing Mr. Gray Mercer, fifty-seven, in his home, regarding his experience in West Edge Park on Monday, November fourteenth at approximately two ayem.

Mr. Mercer, please tell us what