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Author's Foreword from the second printing of Calvin Chandler, Jr's autobiography; published 2042, re-issued 2057I am going to tell you something new about myself. I'm sure you don't think that's possible. After I've spent my life in the spotlight, after countless exposés on my family and this reprinting of my autobiography, how can there be ( Read more... )

Cal needs a few seconds to gain his bearings when he steps through the door. The letter from the Bar gave him a pretty good idea of which door it would be, but it's still strange to find himself outside Milliways, in his home. His home that isn't his anymore ( Read more... )

"Well, you've certainly got your mother's flair for drama ( Read more... )

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After walking away from Jenny's table, before Cal leaves Milliways, he drops the heroin in a trash can. He does it casually, not even really looking, to avoid drawing attention to himself. But his heart pounds as he does it, and he has to tell himself that he's not really doing it, he's just hallucinating. An incredibly vivid hallucination ( Read more... )

Business concluded, Cal rises to his feet and swipes the small bag of precious powder from his uncle's unresisting hold. Swipes back, really, because it was his stash to begin with ( Read more... )