The Incredible Mr. Fix-It

By Russ Crossley

Hank Mueller has been a tinker since birth. He owns a tinker shop known as The Incredible Mr. Fix-It because he can fix anything, even things he sees for the first time.

One day the U.S. Air Force asks his help to fix a very special thing. A captured UFO. 

A tale about a man with a special talent faced with an unusual problem. The ending will surprise you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: 53rd Street Publishing
• Release date: Sep 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386195320

Russ Crossley

International selling author, Russ Crossley writes science fiction and fantasy, and mystery/suspense under the name R.G. Crossley. His latest science fiction satire set in the far future, Revenge of the Lushites, is a sequel to Attack of the Lushites released in 2011. The latest title in the series was released in the fall of 2013. Both titles are available in e-book and trade paperback. He has sold several short stories that have appeared in anthologies from various publishers including; WMG Publishing, Pocket Books, and St. Martins Press. He is a member of SF Canada and is past president of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America. He is also an alumni of the Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Master Class taught by award winning author/editors, Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Feel free to contact him on Facebook, Twitter, or his website http:www.russcrossley.com.  He loves to hear from readers  

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The Incredible Mr. Fix-It

The Incredible Mr.

Fix

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It

Russ Crossley

53rd Street Publishing

The Incredible Mr.

Fix

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It

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Russ Crossley

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Published by 53rd Street Publishing

Copyright 2012 Russ Crossley

All rights reserved

Cover art copyright © guffoto /depositphotos

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Cover designed by R. Edgewood

Cover design and layout copyright 2017 by 53rd Street Publishing

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53rd Street Publishing

Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

www.53rdstreetpublishing.com

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This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

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The Incredible Mr. Fix-It

About the Author

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The Incredible Mr.

Fix

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Hank Mueller stared at Mrs. Jones toaster through his dirt specked, wire-rimmed reading glasses perched at the tip of his hawk-like nose. His white bushy eyebrows were arched on his forehead above pale gray eyes. The toaster rested on the counter of his fix-it workshop bench in the reception area at the front of the shop facing the window overlooking the quite street. A gray haired matronly woman stood on the other side of the counter watching him study her toaster in rapt attention, her watery eyes wide with expectation .

He eyed the switching mechanism closely as if he were a scientist gazing at a cold germ under a microscope. Yes, he muttered to himself, that

must

be

…"

His heavily lined face cracked like a desert in the middle of summer when he broke into a wide grin. Mrs. Jones, the retired schoolteacher, one of his longest customers, smiled at him. Her eyes glowed with pleasure about his assessment. Her ruddy moon-shaped face beamed with joy. Her grass green eyes focused on his looking back

at

her

.

I’ll have this ready ta go in ten minutes. I have the parts in the back, Hank

assured

her

.

The rear storage area of the modest fix-it shop occupied most of the one story brick building near the county's only auto wrecker yard. Inside the dank storage area were stacks of