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    Shroud
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    Shroud

    By Jacqueline Seewald

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    Is Lee dead or is she still alive? Her husband Robert wants her removed from life support. Lee has been in a coma for three years. But Lee’s parents believe Robert will be guilty of murder. Can Dr. Engel’s radical new scientific work achieve miracles, save Lee, and bring the supposed dead back to life?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReality Skimming Press
    Release dateMay 31, 2016
    ISBN9781310926136
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    Jacqueline Seewald

    Jacqueline Seewald has taught creative, expository and technical writing at Rutgers University as well as high school English. She also worked as both an academic librarian and an educational media specialist. Twenty of her books of fiction have been published for adults, teens and children. Her short stories, poems, essays, reviews and articles have appeared in hundreds of diverse publications and numerous anthologies.

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      Shroud - Jacqueline Seewald

      Shroud

      Copyright 2016 Jacqueline Seewald

      Illustration by Jeff Doten / Edited by Jennifer Lott

      Published as digital single by Reality Skimming Press at Smashwords

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      Table of Contents

      The Collidor Project

      Shroud by Jacqueline Seewald

      About the Author

      About the Artist

      Connect with Reality Skimming Press

      The Collidor Anthology Project

      Back in 2014 Lynda Williams, author of the Okal Rel Saga and publisher at Reality Skimming Press, agreed to

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