Do Unto Others...

By Kevin L. O'Brien

When Jack the Ripper fled 1000 years into the future to avoid capture, he believed he had found Paradise. Mankind had progressed to become a society free of violence, crime, hatred, and fear. The people lived only for pleasure, and they were governed by only two laws: Do As You Will and Do to Others What You Would Want Them to Do to You. In that way they lived in peace and harmony, their every desire instantly gratified and all their needs fulfilled.

Because the people seemed so innocent, Jack believed he slaughter them with impunity and feed off their psychic vitality until he gorged himself. Who was there to stop him? But he underestimated the advanced technology that allowed the people to live as they did, and he did not fully consider the consequences of obeying the two laws.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kevin L. O'Brien
• Release date: Sep 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301858200

Kevin L. O'Brien

Kevin L. O'Brien was born with a pen in his hand.Well, not quite, but he has been writing for as long as he can remember, at least since First Grade. Writing has always been his first, true love, but it hasn't always been his career. He worked for 15 years as a biomedical researcher, then for 3 years as a web designer. However, after 30 years of trying to be published in print with little success, he has decided to try his hand at self-publishing.He writes primarily speculative fiction -- fantasy, science fiction, horror, and their sub-genres -- but he also likes to try his hand at thrillers, suspense, mystery, and even westerns. However, his stories tend to have a fantasy element, no matter how subtle.Most of his stories involve the following three main characters:Medb hErenn (http://www.medbherenn.com/) -- One-time queen of Ireland, she is over 3500 years old. A warrior and a sorceress, she cannot be harmed by any weapon made by the hand of man.Eile and Sunny, Team Girl (http://www.teamgirlforever.com/) -- They are two adorable, vivacious, fun-loving young women whose motto is ONWARD TO ADVENTURE!!! Yet trouble follows them like a love-sick puppy wherever they go.Sir Differel Van Helsing (http://www.sir-differel.com/) -- The descendent of Abraham Van Helsing and King Arthur, she heads the Caerleon Order, the premier monster-hunting organization of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. She commands Dracula, the most powerful vampire extant, and the greatsword Caliburn, better known as Excalibur.He also writes a series of sword & sorcery stories set in an alternative universe known as the Lands of the Dreams of Men.Kevin lives in Denver with his family and 4 cats.For more information, see his website: http://www.kevinlobrien.com/

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Do Unto Others...

Kevin L. O'Brien

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Text Copyright 2013 by Kevin L. O'Brien

Cover design and typography copyright 2013 by Kevin L. O'Brien

Longdon Decorative font distributed under a Charityware license by Roger White

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents, including those based on the real world, are either products of the imagination of Kevin L. O'Brien or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Do Unto Others...

About the Author

Other Books by Kevin L. O'Brien

Connect with Kevin L. O'Brien

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Preface

We are so used to the positive aspects of the Golden Rule that we never consider its darker side. Certainly, we acknowledge that its purpose is to inspire us to perform good works that benefit other people, but it also admonishes us not to do harm. Implied in that is the idea that if we did do harm, harm could be done to us in return. In fact, if stripped from a context of mercy and justice, it could become a requirement to respond to any action in exactly the same way, no matter how horrific.

This story contains sado-sexual elements and slasher violence. Reader discretion is advised.

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When Jack the Ripper arrived in the future, his first impression was that he had found Paradise.

Somehow, while executing his latest and thus far greatest masterpiece on the unfortunate Mary Kelly, he had inadvertently and rather foolishly left behind a clue to his identity. For the life of him, he could not imagine what it could have been, but it had been enough. The authorities narrowly missed him at both his surgery and his home, but they caught up with him at the house of George Wells, where he was having dinner along with a half-dozen more of their close friends.

Fortunately, before they sat down to eat, George had shown them the plans for his time conveyor, which he claimed he had built in his basement, and which he promised to show it to them after they dined. As such, when the Metropolitan Police arrived to arrest him, he snuck away to find it. It was an act of sheer desperation. Knowing George as he did, he was certain the thing did exist, but there was no guarantee it would actually work. He was, therefore, greatly surprised when it did!

It had been his intention to go only a short distance backwards in time--say a year or two--and then catch a boat for America to start anew. However, he went too far, and when the strange glowing silver fog that had surrounded him during his journey cleared, he found himself deep inside a thick forest. It was then that the full potential of the machine hit him. He need no longer fear capture. He could go to any time, infiltrate the local society, and kill with impunity. And if it looked as if he would be found out, or if he simply became bored, he could move to a new time and begin again. He thrilled at the thought of the hundreds of people who lay at his mercy across thousands of years, and he need only choose when to go to get started.

He finally decided to travel a short distance ahead of his own time, so that he would not be too disoriented by unfamiliar surroundings. Unfortunately, in his excitement he threw the navigating lever too far forward and it jammed,