Reader

By Will Tate

Bobby Butler can read minds. He discovers his new gift in the worst possible place—high school. It doesn’t go well. The fantasy of reading minds, of knowing exactly what other people think—of what they think of you—is very pretty. The reality is quite different. It begins with a beating, a lesson in the limits to his ability. It will end when he decides whether his new power will be a gift or a curse, for himself, his family and everyone around him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gelastic Press
• Release date: May 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311684561

Will Tate

Will Tate grew up in a small southern Virginia town very much like the ones described in fiction. He is intimately familiar with the culture one finds in such places, and the personalities who inhabit them.

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READER

by Will Tate

The first time it happened, I got beaten up.

I was in the school lunchroom eating a sandwich and reading a novel. I did that a lot. Conversations ebbed and flowed around me as groups and individuals arrived and departed. I would have liked to join some of them, but was too shy to do anything about it. Easier just to eat and read and tune everyone out.

I glanced up a couple of times when people laughed. Jeff Hackett was at a nearby table tormenting a freshman. The kid was sitting hunched up protectively, his face unnaturally blank, trying desperately to endure until Jeff lost