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    Breaktime Bites
    Breaktime Bites
    Breaktime Bites
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    Breaktime Bites

    By Paul Kater

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    A collection of short stories in many genres, ready to be read when you don't have much time to read.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Kater
    Release dateFeb 3, 2014
    ISBN9781497746596
    Breaktime Bites
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    Paul Kater

    Paul Kater was born in the Netherlands in 1960. He quickly developed a feel for books and languages but ended up in the IT business despite that. Books and languages never ceased to fascinate him, so since 2003 he's been actively writing, encouraged by friends on the internet. The internet is the reason why most of his work is in English. A friend asking for writing help is why some of his writing is now also in Dutch. Paul currently lives in Cuijk, the Netherlands, with his books, possibly with cats, and the many characters he's developed in the past years, who claim he is a figment of their imagination.

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      Breaktime Bites - Paul Kater

      Breaktime Bites

      by Paul Kater

      Published by Paul Kater, 2014.

      Breaktime Bites

      by Paul Kater

      Published by the author as a member of the

      Alexandria Publishing Group

      ––––––––

      © 2014 Paul Kater

      License Notes:

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      About this book.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events and locations are all invented by the author. Any resemblance to people dead or alive is entirely coincidental. As the existence of many people is not something the author's imagination can be blamed for, any resemblance is therefore to blame on the people.

      Breaktime Bites.

      There are moments in a person's life where you want to read something, for example during a break. Getting back into the book you're reading often isn't a choice. For that there is this book, Breaktime Bites, with short stories that hopefully transport you into a different world for a few minutes.

      Contents:

      Under water

      Design flaw

      The mysterious box

      Oh, look

      The timid toy designer

      The Dream

      The thing in the pantry

      A whisper on the stairs

      Did it need Bactine?

      Under Water

      You look bad. That was the first thing I had to say to my friend as I noticed him. I was drifting along the sand, looking for strange or interesting things, when I met him.

      Thanks, you would feel the same way if you had seen what I have, MaHan replied. Some idiot with a bright light again, shining it directly in my face.

      I immediately felt for my friend. These patrols in the dark were not too bad but when there were people like that around, that was when patrolling became a nuisance. Imagine big bright lamps shining in your eyes when they are accustomed to the darkness of the deep. Painful, to say the least. And for us life-threatening as well, in some situations.

      What did you do with him? I asked MaHan. I already knew the answer, but it would be good for him to talk about it.

      He shook his pale head. Took care of him, the usual way. First of course I took the light away and made sure that would not blind anyone any more. Then I took him down. It was easy, as he was at least as surprised to see me there as I was to find him. But I have experience.

      I understood. Things like that were no pleasure. Taking someone down and end his or her existence was however necessary for us, otherwise the whole world would learn of our presence and we'd be out of yet another place to live. And finding a good place that was not polluted or becoming crowded or hunted into emptiness was hard. Very hard.

      Life was

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