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La Chanson de l'Observation by Bernard M. Cox



It’s never a good idea for sociologists to fall in love with someone they’re studying–especially if they’re alien sociologists.

Node AR1x40 lives his life on Earth as human Javier Flores, observing and reporting on human behavior as part of The Commonality’s sociological study. When he meets Theo Zedek, a pastry chef and owner of the La Chanson Cafe, Node AR1x40 violates the main parameter of the experiment—he falls in love. And their love may ruin far more than his career.

Told in the style of a scientific research paper, La Chanson de l’Observation is the third in The Space Within These Lines Collection of romantic magical realist, fantasy, and science fiction stories exploring memory and loss in an effort to show that which connects all people, the power of love.

This romantic Science Fiction short story was first published in Issue 8 of A cappella Zoo and was chosen by guest editor Gina Ochsner for Issue 10, The Best of A cappella Zoo: A Five Year Retrospective.

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The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated is NOW ON SALE until Valentine's Day. The price was $2.99 and now it's $1.49. Pick up your copy today!

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Frank Rogaczewski author of The Fate of Humanity in Verse says, "Bernard Cox's The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated is a fantasy with a radically inclusive vision. Lucy, a one-time rescuer of animals, confronts her father's death, her mother's despair, a complicated love, a meaningless job, and, as a result, finds herself in an emotional limbo. When the smart-aleck cicada arrives, she has to wonder whether she's losing her mind. Is she facing the inevitable passage of life or the possibility of renewal or both? The progress of this compassionate narrative critiques our society's neglect and abuse of the world and those who inhabit it."

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The Memory of a Salt Shaker, a short story.



Bert discovers the salt in an ordinary salt shaker gives him the power to see his life through the eyes of his deceased wife. This magical realist story is first in The Space Within These Lines collection exploring memory and loss in an effort to show that which connects all people, the power of love.

The Memory of a Salt Shaker first appeared November 2011 in issue 15 of Up the Staircase Quarterly and was nominated by the editorial staff for the 2012 Million Writers Award.

The story is currently on both the Kindle Top 100 Free Books for Fantasy -> Contemporary and Romance -> Short Stories.

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The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated , a novelette



Lucy is having a bad day at work and to top it off a cicada named Lenny just told her she has three days to live. Thus begins a surreal journey of self-discovery where animals talk, bears play polka, and spiders tango. Over the course of three days Lucy must care for her alcoholic mother, come to terms with the loss of her father, and confront her feelings for her best friend Faye, all while trying to understand what her "potential" is and why a cicada wants it before she dies.

For fans of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, Haruki Murakami, The Alligator Report, and TV series like Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies. The Space Within These Lines Is Not Dedicated is the second in The Space Within These Lines collection of romantic, magical realist, fantasy, and science fiction stories exploring memory and loss in an effort to show that which connects all people, the power of love.

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