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    Sighted

    By Allen White

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    Paranormal Investigator and struggling author Lucas Taylor finally has hard evidence in the palm of his hand. What began as a series of surreal text messages punctuated by a damning photo ends with a feverish obsession for the truth. In the soft light of a dying cell phone screen, a man stares back at Lucas with soulless eyes of drowning pitch, classically attired in a suit and fedora that seem out of place in the modern era. His close friend and collaborator Caden Wilson believes that he’s been visited by this haunting figure after having been witness to a UFO. Fearing both for his friend’s health and sanity he makes the trip out to him, the revelations that follow leave him stunned.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllen White
    Release dateAug 6, 2017
    ISBN9781370183104
    Sighted
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    Allen White

    Allen White was born in San Bernardino California. His father worked at Cal Tech, and was an avid consumer of science fiction film and television. Allen was influenced early on by this, and exhibited a very active imagination. He went on to study illustration and graphic design, but dropped the arts to pursue a career in writing. White is most influenced by Roger Zelazny, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury. He is an avid reader of the genre, and dreams of a time when human kind might finally reach the stars.

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      Sighted - Allen White

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      V

      VI

      About the Author

      Other Works by Allen White

      Call to Action

      Acknowledgements

      Special thanks to Elise, James, Phoenix, Katie, Livi and Freddy. And to Ryan, you know why.

      This novelette is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination, or, if real, are used fictitiously. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the author, except where permitted by law.

      SIGHTED

      Copyright © 2017, by Allen White

      All rights reserved.

      Cover art by Allen White

      Sighted logo by Stephanie Mindzak

      Photo of Allen White by Sean Mahoney

      By Allen White

      I

      The music and voices merged into an incoherent mess. The bartender slid me a glass of beer from across the bar; I sulked back to my chair, attempting to avoid contact with dancing monsters and fumbling-drunken-superheroes. When I sat down, beer spilled over the lip of my glass, making a fresh stain on my vest. I grabbed for a napkin and cleaned myself up as best as I could. After a few sips of my beer, I decided to stick it out a bit longer.

      It occurred to me that I fit in well with the crowd, something I could rarely say. It was a costume party at a local bar, in Lake Ridge, Virginia. Halloween had been on Monday, so it must have been a late celebration. I was wearing black dress pants, brown dress shoes, and a vest and violet scarf that was probably out of fashion. All I needed was a deerstalker hat, a cob pipe, and a magnifying glass, and I was sure to be mistaken for literature and TV’s most famous detective.

      I peered down at my phone, trying to ignore the sight of sex-crazed twenty-somethings rubbing against each other to the awful sounds of today’s most popular, and least talented, artists. I pretended to scroll through messages, and even pretended to reply to a few of them.

      Seriously? A soft hand found my arm. You’re pretending to text? That’s so sad!

      A brown-haired cat, with a chocolate complexion and straightened hair, took the seat across from me; I struggled to keep the beer from spraying out from my mouth.

      You okay? She asked.

      I nodded, and wiped my mouth with my sleeve.

      Don’t talk much, huh? She crossed her legs; her cat suit pulsed with the music and the strobe lights.

      Most people talk too much, I said.

      I like your costume, what are you supposed to be? She asked.

      It’s not a costume, I said.

      She raised an eyebrow at me, revealing a Celtic looking piercing. What’s your name, guy, what do you do?

      Lucas. I’m a paranormal investigator.

      Like a Ghost Buster? She slapped the table and laughed. You’re funny!

      It wasn’t a joke. No, not like a Ghost Buster. I investigate stories and individuals involved in paranormal events, and report on them in my books.

      What are you doing here then? You don’t look like you’re having fun!

      I smiled wryly. I guess I’m not really sure.

      Let me guess. She waved her hand in the air and hiccupped. You’ve got writer’s block!

      I nodded and sipped at my beer. Drunk or not, she was surprisingly perceptive. Guilty as charged.

      Why?

      I kind of made a huge mistake.

      What kind of mistake?

      I announced that my book would be out by the end of the month.

      She slapped both hands on the table and almost toppled my

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