AS INTENSE AS it was, the pain only lasted for a blinding lightning-flash of a moment, which Jerry thought was more than a little odd. It vanished as quickly as it hit him, literally. He concentrated for a moment, then realized that his headache was gone, too. There wasn’t even the faint buzz of threatening pressure he’d grown accustomed to over the last year or two. There was just quiet.
“Are you simply going to lie there in the road, my Love, or will you get up so that I can finally introduce you to my family?”
“Shvibzik?”
“That’s Grand Duchess Shvibzik to you, sir.” Ana giggled, and Jerry laughed.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Dr. Jennifer Rahn for helping me to understand brain cancer and its treatment. Any mistakes in the story are my own, not hers.
Cheryl Hingley, Katherine Salter, Jennifer Rahn, Adrienne Greenwood-Cruise, and Shannon Allen, for all of the editing, critiquing, and butt-kicking.
Tony King, for insights into the world of radio broadcasting.
Jack Whyte & the 2012 Jack Whyte Workshop participants for the in-depth critiques and encouragement when I asked “Do you think this story is worth finishing?”.
About the Author
2016 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award finalist, Timothy Reynolds, is a ‘former everything’, including stand-up comic, teacher, editorial cartoonist, short-order cook, game show contestant, canoe-wrangler, paparazzo, accountant, and trainer of bus drivers.
His ancestors have been at the forefront of history, including arriving on The Mayflower, being chased from Salem, Massachusetts, and fathering Canadian Confederation, so it’s only natural that he has become a ‘twistorian’, mixing history with fiction to tell his tales.
“Canada’s modern-day Aesop”* was born in London, Ontario, raised in Toronto, and has called Alberta home since 1991. “Waking Anastasia” is his second novel, based on his own original screenplay, “Ana”.
Tim blogs at www.TheTaoOfTim.com, tweets at @tgmreynolds, and jams all the other stuff he does onto the Book of Face. Also check out www.tgmreynolds.com.
*Barbara Budd on CBC Radio’s “As It Happens”
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Copyright
Waking Anastasia
Published by Tyche Books Ltd.
Copyright © 2016 Timothy Reynolds
First Tyche Books Ltd Edition 2016
Print ISBN: 978-1-928025-55-9
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-928025-56-6
Cover Art by Alexey Tretyakov
Cover Layout by Lucia Starkey
Interior Layout by Ryah Deines
Editorial by M.L.D. Curelas
Author photograph: Cometcatcher Media
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The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third party websites or their content.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this story are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to persons living or dead would be really cool, but is purely coincidental.
This book was funded in part by a grant from the Alberta Media Fund.
