Verum Et Inventa Magazine Issue 07

By Raymond Towers

In Issue No. 7, for August 2019: three chapters from the serial Snatched Up! Also included are short stories from Variant Worlds 1, entries from new book Thorns V, and new stories on the takedown of American and how Trump will save the world. Plenty of articles to read, including Before The Moon 3, Mexico’s NWO president and full notes on Sitchin’s book The 12th Planet. Rating: HIGH controversy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raymond Towers
• Release date: Jul 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463707852

Raymond Towers

Raymond Towers is an author of fantasy, horror and science fiction that strays away from the mainstream, plus a little in the way of true paranormal and other genres. He has written and independently published over forty titles, most of them full-length novels and collections, with several more on the way. The author has been a lifelong resident of warm and sunny southern California, a location that pops up frequently in his writing. At the moment, the author is looking for ways to reach new readers all over the world, in addition to pursuing his great love of writing and taking it to the next level.

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About the cover: The cover image is titled Tree In Savo. The image was taken by Anna Langova and can be found on Public Domain Pictures. (This picture was used to promote the short story Bastardlope Safari, found in last month’s issue. It’s the perfect image to encapsulate the looming dog days of summer!) Font: Book Antiqua.

In Issue No. 7, for August 2019: three chapters from the serial Snatched Up! Also included are short stories from Variant Worlds 1, entries from new book Thorns V, and new stories on the takedown of American and how Trump will save the world. Plenty of articles to read, including Before The Moon 3, Mexico’s NWO president and full notes on Sitchin’s book The 12th Planet. Rating: HIGH controversy.

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Verum Et Inventa

DARK FICTION BY RAYMOND TOWERS

This is a magazine of dark fiction, mostly, in the genres of fantasy, horror and science fiction. Primarily, I am here to promote my fiction writing, but I am also looking forward to including submitted material from other writers with similar styles or non-traditional ideas, as well as contributions from reviewers, commentators and, hopefully, one day, even fans. In addition, and following what you might be familiar with from print digest-type magazines, I will also include articles based on my personal research, or the research of others, many of which will be controversial and difficult to absorb for the normies. Honestly, there are plenty of other outlets out there that pull their punches or whitewash what is true and promote what is fabrication. Verum Et Inventa is Latin for Truth And Fables, or Truth And Fiction, if you will. If you’ve come to read an adventure, I will give you one. If, after that, you want to read an article that might cause you to see things in a different way than before, I’m aiming to provide that as well.

In modern times, you shouldn’t have to sell your soul. - Tears For Fears, from their song Shout

The lunar base is bound to happen – it’s the next logical step, he said. I’d go to the moon in a nanosecond. The problem is we don’t have the technology to do that anymore. We used to but we destroyed that technology and it’s a painful process to build it back again. - Nashole Astronaut Don Petit, Space For Innovation Conference 2017

Put simply, the iPhone 6’s clock is 32,600 times faster than the best Apollo era computers and could perform instructions 120,000,000 times faster. You wouldn’t be wrong in saying an iPhone could be used to guide 120,000,000 Apollo era spacecraft to the moon, all at the same time. - ZME Science 2019

https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/smartphone-power-compared-to-apollo-432/

"It can’t be the computing technology, so it must be the nuts and bolts, the gold foil and metal sheeting that Petit is talking about, right? Yeah, nuts and bolts are at quantum level now, when compared to their equivalents from 1969. No way we can replicate those old nuts and bolts today.

The entire Apollo space program cost 25.4 billion dollars, or in adjusted 2019 dollars, 174 billion. Obama signed new space legislation, and now Trump has created some kind of mysterious ‘space force’ that we know nothing about. Is any of this starting to sink in yet, Sheep?" - Raymond Towers

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Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2019 Raymond Towers

Smashwords Edition, License Notes: Thank you for downloading this free e-book. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to your favorite e-book retailer to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

All of the characters in this e-book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, whether living or dead, is purely coincidental.

This is issue number 7 of Verum Et Inventa magazine, with an official release date of August 1st, 2019. This magazine is produced on an erratic schedule, with a minimum of 100 pages of content per issue. Links to back issues of this magazine can be found on the Freebie page at Raymond Towers Dot Com.

Rating: This issue contains a LOW to EXTREME amount of controversial subject matter.

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Table Of Contents

Editorial

Modern Fantasy And Science Fiction

Space Children

From Variant Worlds

Snatched Up!

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

A Doomed Affair

Cooper And The Cats

The Demise Of The Queen

Satire

The Literal, Liberal Takedown Of America, Part 1

True Paranormal

From Thorns V - The Narrow Road

2016, July 19 - Automatic Writing, It’s My Fault!

2017, January 17 - Lucid Dream, Manifesting From The Sky

2018, May 12 - Automatic Writing, Portents Of Doom

Story Starters

Trump ‘Saves’ The World

Non-Fiction Section

Articles

Naming Your Italian Characters

Protesting A Female Dr. Who Is Sexist?

Mexico’s President Obrador; Another NWO Scumbag

Before The Moon Existed; Article 3

Notes On Zechariah Sitchin’s 12th Planet

Media Reviews

I Want Contributors!

About The Publisher / Author

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Editorial

Welcome, open-minded readers, to another exciting issue of Verum Et Inventa magazine! To start with, this is a big issue with over 150 Doc pages! Here’s what I have lined up for you this time around:

In the fiction section, you will find 3 more chapters of the serial Snatched Up! This is followed by a few short stories, not too controversial, also from the collection Variant Worlds 1. A Doomed Affair is a short piece with a vague medieval feel to it. I did this deliberately to convey an open, airy feel to it, and also because it was intended to be a flash fiction story of less than a thousand words. Cooper And The Cats and Demise Of The Queen are a little longer, both in the modern fantasy genre, with Cooper leaning toward alien beings and Demise to the idea of mechanical butlers.

I’ve also added a couple of pieces written just in this last month. The flash fiction short bit Space Children came about while I was going through my desktop wallpapers. Literal, Liberal Takedown stems from an idea I had a couple of months ago. I had not written this earlier because I wasn’t sure if I wanted a serious or humorous theme for it. I’ve decided to go more toward satirical humor, including hot topics in today’s charged political spectrum. The rest of the series will probably be racy and thorny, similar to what I’ve done in this first chapter. If you’d like for me to continue the series, let me know, as it isn’t in the genres I usually delve into.

Next, I have included three entries from my latest release Thorns V. This is the fifth book I have written based on TRUE paranormal experiences I have personally witnessed. This book deals with a lot of weird stuff most people never get to see. Lucky me, I get to see it all the time, and I’m not afraid to research it on a hands-on basis, or to follow the trail of spectral bread crumbs wherever it takes me.

The final story in the fiction section is my Story Starter, Trump ‘Saves’ The World. It’s not in the way that you think Trump might save us all, and I do have the source links to back it up. I’ll drop a hint: true Catholic prophecy!

In the non-fiction section, I have included several controversial articles. The only tame one is for writers, and that’s on Naming Italian Characters. My article on a female Dr. Who is from a couple of years back, but I felt its content was relevant with the recent announcement that the next James Bond movie will feature a black woman as the lead. Also, I only posted one additional part in my series Before The Moon Existed. That is Part 3 dealing with the vexing work of Russian scientist Khatib Alexander, regarding what he thinks the Moon really is. A new article centers on Mexican president Obrador, who has turned out to be just another power-hungry tyrant in the mold of Venezuela’s Maduro and Cuba’s Castro, but unfortunately a lot of Mexican Sheep still can’t grasp what this scumbag is up to.

Finally, I have written down a good 40 pages of notes based on Zechariah Sitchin’s book The 12th Planet. This is a highly disputed book with a lot of criticism aimed at it, and I figured that the harder critics bash it and its author, the more reason I have to read it. Anything that shakes up the status quo so much is bound to have a lot of Truth in it, and I have to say that based on my personal research, I am seeing a lot of confirmations into what I’ve already come to understand as deliberately hidden facts.

There was a developing story that I wanted to research, but I just didn’t have the time for it. It has to do with how quickly Israel is moving to build the Third Temple of Solomon. Just to keep you up to date, people in Israel are already breeding red heifers and they have legalized animal sacrifices. Israeli politicians are negotiating with Arab countries to allow Israel access to the Jordan Valley, which I’ve heard has some strong prophetic importance, and just a couple of days ago an Israeli political candidate said that rebuilding the Third Temple will be his highest priority. We are very close to seeing the pieces come together, in what Jews feel will signal the return of their Messiah. You may not believe that, but the Jews believe it, and they are continually manipulating to get Trump and US forces into Syria and Iran as soon as possible.

Why? Could it possibly have something to do with the five or seven original cities the Anunnaki built in Mesopotamia, as seen in Sitchin’s book? Are we going to see the return of Enlil / Yahweh in the next few years? In the 12th Planet, Sitchin tells us that Enlil refused to tell the lulus, or Earthlings, that Nibiru’s passing was going to cause major devastation and the Great Deluge. Is it a coincidence that mainstream lame-stream Fake News is keeping global crop losses and natural disasters out of the public eye so much? At any rate, I might be looking into this whole Third Temple prophecy bit in the near future.

Speaking of disasters, something else that just came up this week is the news that part of Antarctica is melting. That would be the Ross Ice Shelf. It if goes, one estimate is that ocean levels will rise by around 60 feet. Scientists are already theorizing on using ‘ice cannons’ and dropping 7,400 gigatons of artificial snow to stabilize it. One gigaton is equal to 50 million regular tons, so this is something that bears keeping an eye on!

That’s it for the intro. I’m out until next time! Ciao, baby!

Raymond Towers

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Space Children

The space children stood on the barren landscape of Luna, staring out at the deep blue orb that wasn’t too far away. They were a little boy and little girl, dressed in ethereal white and holding hands, while a cool draft of solar wind ruffled their untidy hair.

Do you really want to go there? The little boy asked.

It isn’t so far away. The little girl replied.

The people that live there think it is. Besides, they have all sorts of stupid little rules to follow. It won’t be easy for people like us to visit such a place, when we aren’t used to so many rules.

I know. Other people like us have gone down there. The ones that come back said the many rules are cumbersome and unnecessary. They tell that it becomes a challenge to work within that framework to get anything at all accomplished.

That planet is full of savages. The little boy scowled. The people like us that have gone, and not returned, have all gone insane with the vices of those primitive savages.

I know, but I have faith that if we go together, we will accomplish good things there. Will you come with me?

Let the savages sort out their own problems. That isn’t our concern.

I will go alone.

No! If you go, I must go with you. I cannot bear to be without you.

We will go together.

Reluctantly, the boy agreed with a nod. I will go with you. We must take care not to become separated on our arrival. Others that have gone before us speak of a whirlwind that spins our people in all directions. Very few of us arrive at our chosen destinations. Those of us that go in pairs always become separated. I fear we too will become separated.

Then, once we are there, we will find one another. The little girl said. Because we must.

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Variant Worlds 1

About the series: New worlds, variant worlds, beckon for you to come and explore them. These worlds are full of fantasy and science fiction. Travel through space, through jungles, into your own backyard and even into your mind. These worlds begin where your reality ends, and they will take you everywhere. In these collections of short stories, you will see, hear and smell the exotic. You will experience everything, and everything will experience you.

About this title: - Welcome to Variant Worlds 1. This is a collection of fantasy and science fiction ranging from short stories to novellas. In these tales, everyday people like you and I must come to grips with the strange and perilous realities that have been presented to them. Only by relying on their inner strength, their wisdom and their humanity will they forge ahead and survive. Rating: MEDIUM controversy.

Variant Worlds 1 was first released on Sept. 14, 2010. It has recently been revised and re-released. Read the first 20% or purchase this collection at Smashwords, or find out more about the series on Raymond Towers Dot Com.

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Snatched Up!

7

The more able-bodied of the group set off the next morning, bright and early, with only the oldsters and the now slightly injured Beetle left behind. Dougie and Richelle were engaged in a fast moving conversation, Jesse noticed, and while Cindy tried to keep up with them, it was still a painfully awkward interaction. Betty was more or less keeping pace with Jesse, but they weren’t talking very much. Brenda and Ellis were in the lead, and conversely, they were chatting it up as if they’d been close friends for years.

Jesse looked out toward the foliage, knowing instinctively that Janey was out there, but no matter how hard he tried, he could never spot her. She moved like a ninja.

Ellis raised his voice so that everyone could hear him. Whatever is attacking us is only attacking when we’re alone, so be sure to stay near somebody at all times.

The three men, plus Janey, were all heavily armed, while Brenda, Cindy and Richelle only carried a couple of sharpened tools. Jesse knew Brenda would strike out at something, and strike at it hard, but as for the other two young ladies, there was no telling how they’d react to imminent danger or violence.

They reached the cavern entrance in just under two hours, where they paused for a quick break. That was when Janey finally joined them, strolling in from a completely unexpected direction.

Brenda was walking around giving last minute instructions. We’re going to break up into teams once we get to the store, like we discussed earlier. Each team is going to concentrate on getting what it is they were assigned to get. If anybody finishes up early, nobody will mind if you go to the next team’s area and give them a hand. Ellis, Janey and Jesse are going to work on getting the forklift out, Cindy, Dougie, and Richelle are going into garden, and Betty and myself will be heading first to the back of the store for the lift harness. Once we have that, we’ll be going into receiving to gather the rest of the bottled drinks. Those of us filling up shopping carts will line up our supplies near the cash registers. Any questions?

Dougie raised his hand.

You may not ask a question. Brenda halted his shenanigans before they bore any fruit. Anybody else?

Dougie raised his hand again.

Fine Brenda knew she was being set up. What do you want, Dougie?

When’s lunch?

Brenda rolled her eyes. Lord have mercy, I’m getting ready to strangle this child!

That produced several chuckles from the group.

They were about to start moving when Janey motioned for Ellis and Jesse to come over. You two want to take a look at this?

What is it? Ellis asked.

Janey pointed at the ground, at the edge of the entrance to the cavern. See those marks, like somebody’s been dragging a barrel around? Those are the tracks I’ve been telling you guys about.

Well, we didn’t make them, that’s for sure. Ellis crouched down to scrutinize the evidence. After a moment, he reached up to scratch under his miner’s hat. What do you think it was?

I don’t know, but it’s clever. Janey said. Whatever did this kept close to the edge of the cavern entrance. It didn’t walk right through the middle like we did. And I can’t tell if there’s more than one, because there’s only this single trail. There could be a hundred things crawling around, but we’d never know it from this one trail.

Could this be from a giant worm or a giant caterpillar? Ellis asked.

Janey shrugged. I don’t know. I just know the trail leads into the cavern, right where we’re going. I’d even bet you it’s going toward the store. I can’t tell you how many of these things there were, or even if they might still be inside waiting for us. I do know at least one of them, the most recent one, came back out.

How can you tell? Jesse asked.

Janey crouched and pointed at the edges of the trail. See these marks here? They stop, then they move a few feet, then they stop again. The last thing that moved along here was going that way, out of the cavern.

Once it had been pointed out, Jesse agreed that the assumption made sense. He gazed skeptically towards the great cavern they were about to plunge into. And you say they could be waiting for us inside?

If this thing, or these things, are trying to ambush us, it’s very possible. Janey answered. The only thing working for us is that we’re in a large group, like Ellis mentioned a little while ago.

You heard me say that? Ellis asked. I didn’t think you were anywhere near us.

Your voice does carry out into the bushes, you know. Janey smirked. Especially when you’re talking out loud like that.

Well, if they know we’re coming, and we know they might be in there, Jesse suggested. How about we go in there with our Tiki torches already lit?

Originally, they’d planned to set the torches up when they’d arrived at the store, to keep the bats away while they worked on freeing the forklift. Ellis saw some merit in Jesse’s idea, though. Let’s do it.

They’d only brought along four torches, since they could always get more from the stacks they still had inside the store. Using their barbecue lighters, they fired up the wicks and soon had bright orange flames spouting from them.

Bravely, Ellis took the lead, with Jesse following close behind. The youngsters and Betty went in the middle. Brenda and Janey brought up the rear.

Hopefully, the bats will stay away from us because of the flames and the smoke. Ellis reinforced his own courage. But if they don’t, I bet that if we set one of them on fire it’ll give the rest of them second thoughts. Their matted fur will light up in a second.

Since Jesse carried no torch, he was scanning out with his flashlight instead. Hey, look, Janey was right. The trail does go right to the store.

Is that girl ever wrong? Ellis asked.

After a handful of tense minutes, they reached the broken store. Ellis posted the four burning Tiki torches in a tight perimeter in front of the fallen canopy, while the rest of the group advanced toward the front of the store.

Janey and Jesse checked the main entrance, where they’d sprinkled plaster powder and set up some items that anyone trying to gain entry wouldn’t be able to avoid. It appeared that nothing had entered, as everything lay undisturbed. Once inside, they took up a steady jog, moving towards the second main entrance and the sliding garden doors. All of the furniture they’d piled up beside the doors on that side wasn’t misplaced, either.

They went back to rejoin the others.

It doesn’t look like anything got in here. Jesse declared.

Part of Brenda and Betty’s mission required maneuvering around the lumber area. They’d also planned on checking the emergency door by the break room, as well as the second emergency door in the back end of Lumber.

Okay, people. Brenda said, trying to calm her own nerves. We don’t have working walkies anymore, so we have to be extra careful out here. We get our job done, and we meet up by the registers as soon as we can. Got it?

Half a dozen nods and murmurs resulted.

Janey and Jesse followed the youngsters towards Garden, helping to move the various obstacles from before the doors, before they too splintered off from the bunch.

Richelle’s job was to point out the trees and plants that might bear vegetables or fruit, and to gather as many seeds and small containers as they could manage. They were planning on beginning a fruit and vegetable garden in the burrow, inside of starter pots. No plants would be set into permanent ground until they’d grown to a suitable size. Richelle’s secondary task was to round up whatever farming tools she could find, from hoes and shovels to planting spades and gardening gloves. Cindy and Dougie were at her command.

Janey and Jesse both grabbed armfuls of Tiki torches and replacement fuel, and stuffed them into the nearest empty shopping cart, which they then wheeled back to the canopy. Ellis was precariously clambering over the fallen canopy when they found him.

The big man started back towards them. Well, it looks like all the racks are tilted sideways, with the roof sitting right on top of them. They’re holding each other up now. If we start messing around with them too much, the racks will fall completely over and there’s no way we’re gonna get the forklift out that way. On the other side, we’ve got all those sacks of cement to worry about. I don’t want to go in that direction unless we absolutely have to. So that leaves only one option, and that’s to clear off these pieces of sheet metal out of the way and drive the lift straight out.

From Jesse’s perspective, their mission would be a tough one. Each piece of the heavy sheet metal that made up the canopy might have been ten feet squared. How are we going to break those things apart?

In theory, that’s easy. Ellis explained. One of us crawls under the canopy, finds where the bolts attach the sheets of metal to the steel frame, and we unscrew everything. In reality, a lot of those bolts are going to be a bitch to loosen up. We may end up having to break them off with a hammer and chisel.

Janey was already looking for an opening. I can crawl under there.

All three of us will be down there in a few minutes. Ellis nodded. First, I have to go into the store and grab a bunch of heavy duty wrenches and lubricant.

Janey looked ready to give the canopy a whack with her axe.

Don’t do that. Ellis warned. We don’t want to mess the sheets up too much.

Why not? Janey asked.

We can use them later. We can lug these pieces back to the burrow and build stuff with them. We can put a couple of pieces right over the entrance to keep the rain out, and with a few support beams, they’re plenty strong enough to hold our weight. We can even make a little railing around the edge and have us a little sundeck. Heck, we’ve got all kinds of patio furniture in stock. We can put all that stuff to good use!

Full of fanciful ideas, Ellis was nearly beaming as he retreated into the store.

I guess all we need now is a few martinis with little umbrellas in them. Jesse