An X-Mas Tale: Another Sweet ‘99 Project

By Michael Sweet

Michael Topaz is an average joe whose life turned one Christmas Eve. After being visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, Michael is not show what lesson he is supposed to learn. Problems with his family, girlfriend, and finances are all shown to him in his visions, but he thinks they may be for someone else.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Sep 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781532083891

Michael Sweet

Michael William Sweet was born in Painesville, Ohio, but spent most of his childhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He is the youngest of 5 children. During his early adult life he was diagnosed with epilepsy, depression, and anxiety. Now, Michael hopes to continue writing and not letting his disabilities weigh him down. This book is dedicated to anyone who every wanted to try something new.

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An

X—Mas

Tale

Another Sweet ‘99 Project

Michael Sweet

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AN X—MAS TALE

ANOTHER SWEET ‘99 PROJECT

Copyright © 2019 Michael Sweet.

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-8388-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-8389-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019914655

iUniverse rev. date: 09/25/2019

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Before & After

Chapter 2 Catnip

Chapter 3 Intersections

Chapter 4 Jack-in-the-Box

Chapter 5 Chapter V

Chapter 6 Going Down

Epilogue: The News

Preface

Once upon a time—well, this isn’t a fairy tale; it doesn’t even have fairies in it!

A long time ago in a—that sounds very familiar. Maybe we’ll go with something else.

It was the best of times, it was the—no, no, no! This is more difficult than I thought. Well, maybe just explaining the time and the place of this tale would be a better way to start such a story before telling it. That has enough logic in it to satisfy most, so let’s do that!

In the not so distant past and the not so recent future (that’s more like it) lived a man named Michael Topaz. This rather calm, mild-mannered individual lived in a suburban area of the major city of Eastport. Since the city was landlocked, nowhere near a body of water (or even a river), nobody actually knew where the port part of Eastport originated, but we can say the city lies on the eastern side of its host state. The suburb where Michael lived was named West Hill. This story would be quite a pain for a mapmaker, or even a compass, but here, both east and west exist in a port with no water, right on top of a hill.

Michael was the type of person you always see but never know.