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Microcosmia
by
Ron Sanders
© 2007
All rights reserved
ISBN: 978-0-6151-6359-8
ronsandersartofprose@yahoo.com
Also by this author:
Freak
Carnival
Signature
Moth In The Fist
The Deep End
ronsandersatwork . com
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John
1
Megan 18
Limo
26
Christian
58
Karl
68
An’erim
87
Mamuset
106
Afar
121
Franco
140
Xhantu
164
Massawa
180
Old Harbor
190
Aseb
199
Kid
216
Rebecca
232
Solomon
256
Tibor
267
Worthless
294
Mudhead
315
Wildfeather
323
Chapter One
John
The old man rose through the darkness inch by inch, his
fingers wriggling on the cold marble sink like maggots on hot
china.
A muted click, and a bright pink light was blinking
urgently on the bathroom’s ceiling. Security’s in-house mon-
itors flashed back and forth, phones rang in staggered time.
Resuscitation equipment kicked to life. A second later every
alarm in the mansion was howling.
Old John stood clinging to the crystal faucet heads,
horrified by his own reflection: sunken blue marbles for eyes,
wasted nose plugged by dangling tubes, a gummy black gash of
a mouth. In the strobelike light his lips writhed in slow motion,
his eyes appeared to throb in their caves. Unable to turn away,
he watched himself dissolve.
“Kaw,” he croaked. The room sank six feet. He tight-
ened his grip and fought for breath. “Kaw!” A scarlet froth
broke from his nostrils and oozed down the tubes. The left side
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