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    Dust in the Whirlwind
    Dust in the Whirlwind
    Dust in the Whirlwind
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    Dust in the Whirlwind

    By Michael Galloway

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    An aging inventor builds his most ambitious machine yet: a system that searches the sky for dangerous weather...from inside the storms themselves.

     

    When the startling results start pouring in, will anyone listen?

     

    This is a short story that is approximately 2,000 words in length.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCandlepower Publishing House
    Release dateJan 9, 2014
    ISBN9798223770718
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      Dust in the Whirlwind - Michael Galloway

      Dust in the Whirlwind

      By Michael Galloway

      © 2014 by Michael Galloway. All rights reserved.

      www.michaelgalloway.net

      No part of this story may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without written permission from the author.

      This short story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, locations or events is entirely coincidental.

      The erratic tune played by the painted ceramic wind chimes just outside of Dr. Ferganut’s front porch should have warned him off. The wind, indecisive about its destination, pushed

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