Netarts Bay

By Mike Bozart

The drowning death of a young female kayaker catches the eye of another young female kayaker in early May of 2020. Bored out of her gourd in the Covid-19 lockdown (her college has closed and her part-time job is gone), Liz decides to investigate where the tragedy occurred on Netarts Bay, Oregon. Her mind is chock-full of thoughts. And her drug-addict ex-boyfriend is in desperation mode. Can she paddle fast enough?

Word count: 3030 (original manuscript).

Rating: PG-13.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mike Bozart
• Release date: Jul 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463882207

Mike Bozart

Mike Bozart was born in the tidewater area of Virginia (US Navy kid) on a hot afternoon in 1964. He attended a mix of public and Catholic grade schools. After graduating with an Earth Science degree from UNC-Charlotte in 1986, he started doing safety technical writing.Former residences in North Carolina include Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Etowah and Asheville. Charlotte is his current residence. He has also lived in downtown San Francisco (early '90s).Mike has written numerous surreal poem-stories and over a dozen 1500-word quasi-real short stories under the psecret psociety heading. Gold, his first novel, was rough-drafted in just 27 days during a seven-week period (May 23 – July 11, 2013).Mike's first novella was To Morrow Tomorrow (2014); his second was Mysterieau of San Francisco (2015).Mike does artwork under the nom de brosse of m. van tryke.The author is happily remarried (Sharon) with a son (Kirk).

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