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    The Promise of King Washington: Short Story Singles
    The Promise of King Washington: Short Story Singles
    The Promise of King Washington: Short Story Singles
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    The Promise of King Washington: Short Story Singles

    By Joe Vasicek and Scott Bascom

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    When the aliens came, it wasn't a military invasion: it was an economic one.

    Shortly after first contact, Earth became the latest proxy war between the two major alien empires in the galaxy. Now humanity is divided between Monarchist-sponsored nations and Imperialist-sponsored nations, and the last independent holdout—the United States of America—has just experienced a coup.

    Sam Fisher doesn't know why the new president has agreed to give him an interview, but as an independent journalist and alternative media blogger, he intends to hold the would-be dictator's feet to the fire. But when he sees the gallows lining both sides of the National Mall, he can't help but wonder if coming to Washington DC at this time of enormous turmoil was a mistake.

    This story was originally published in Again, Hazardous Imaginings (December 2020), and received the highest ranking (***) on Tangent Online's 2020 recommended reading list.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoe Vasicek
    Release dateJan 22, 2022
    ISBN9798201279608
    The Promise of King Washington: Short Story Singles
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    Joe Vasicek

    Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife, daughter, and two apple trees.

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