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    Once Upon A Time
    Once Upon A Time
    Once Upon A Time
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    Once Upon A Time

    By Rita Schulz

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    The world has ended.There are few human survivors. Jenna goes on a dangerous mission to find the old knowledge. 

    If they are to survive she must bring him back so they can learn how to farm, garden, and most importantly find the water they so desperately need to live.

    She finds Kurt dying, but learns she too carries the old knowledge. 

    Will she make it back alive?

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher53rd Street Publishing
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781386732051
    Once Upon A Time
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    Rita Schulz

    Rita lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia with, Russ, her husband, who is also a fiction writer. She has written for years and is an alumnus of the Oregon Writers Network, and the Greater Vancouver Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Her most recently published stories are Fire in Their Hearts with R.G. Hart from Champagne books, and Ladies of the Jolly Roger and Tales of the Fantastic, from 53rd Street Publishing. Please visit her website at http://www.ritacrossley.com to view her other works.  

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      Once Upon A Time - Rita Schulz

      Once Upon A Time

      Once Upon A Time

      Rita Schulz

      53rd Street Publishing

      Once Upon A Time

      Rita Schulz

      Published by 53rd Street Publishing

      Copyright 2014 Rita Schulz

      All rights reserved

      Cover image © zabelin/depsoitphotos

      Cover designed by R. Edgewood

      Cover design and layout copyright 2017 by 53rd Street Publishing

      53rd Street Publishing

      Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

      www.53rdsteetpublishing.com

      This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

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      Once Upon A Time

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      Once Upon A Time

      O nce upon a time, not that long ago, there was a city called Vancouver, in a province called British Columbia, in a country called Canada. This city had millions of people in it and huge buildings. The buildings were so tall the sunlight never reached the ground, everything was in shadow all day and all night .

      I paused to gaze at my audience. Their mouths hung open and their eyes were round with disbelief.

      My audience was three small children, one little boy, and two little girls, not one over the age of six. They started to push each other as they sat under an old blanket in front of the fire.

      The others had finished their evening chores and settled in front of the fire as well. I hoped by the telling of stories and the singing of songs that some of the old information would be preserved for future generations.

      Jenna, go on, said one of the little girls as she shoved the little boy who was trying to get her attention by pulling her blonde braid.

      Yea Jenna, go on. By the way, what’s a million? asked my husband Grant in his deep bass voice.

      I glanced at him and gave him a smile. He had

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