The Stud Farm
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'The Stud Farm' is a short science fiction story in the tradition of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.' In a world dominated by an alien technology, ignorance is policy. Whoever controls the flow of information controls your destiny. As for fourteen year-old Farley, he just likes to run. With repellent folks like Neashlia and Master Loid around, a bad day isn't hard to find, especially when anti-gravity chairs are hooked up to your shoulders, like a sulky on a pacer or trotting horse. The Jarnes Manor has its own unique pattern of life, and Master Jarnes knows what's best for everyone.
Louis Shalako
Louis Shalako is the founder of Long Cool One Books and the author of twenty-two novels, numerous novellas and other short stories. Louis studied Radio, Television and Journalism Arts at Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology, later going on to study fine art. He began writing for community newspapers and industrial magazines over thirty years ago. His stories appear in publications including Perihelion Science Fiction, Bewildering Stories, Aurora Wolf, Ennea, Wonderwaan, Algernon, Nova Fantasia, and Danse Macabre. He lives in southern Ontario and writes full time. Louis enjoys cycling, swimming and good books.
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The Stud Farm - Louis Shalako
The Stud Farm
Louis Shalako
This Smashwords edition copyright 2014 Louis Shalako and Long Cool One Books
Design: J. Thornton
ISBN 978-0-9866871-0-5
Originally appeared in Jupiter Science Fiction. #30, (United Kingdom.)
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Table of Contents
King Rooster
The Foreignness of the Masters
A Small Mystery
About Louis Shalako
The Stud Farm
Louis Shalako
King Rooster
The Jarnes Manor woke to the crowing of King Rooster, heralding the new day with a raucous burst of testosterone-induced screeching. Sunlight flooded into the barn as the doors at each end were thrown open and a refreshing blast of damp, yet clean morning air hit Farley’s nostrils. The smell of dead leaves, old hay, manure, and wet soil came into the fourteen year old mount’s airy stall. His head popped up and he listened intently, alert to the promise of the new day.
Lately he was more proudly aware of his own strength and speed. The tall youngster, sturdily built, not even fully grown yet, never doubted that he would grow into a winner. Lately, catching a sight of himself in the tiny little mirror on the wall by his bench, above the water trough, always gave him a moment of pleasure.
Enough thoughts while a-lying abed, luxurious as it was.
Rising from his heaped-up bed of straw under the window, Farley peered out and over through the slats in the top of the stall door. Becoming aware of the stench coming from the bucket in the opposite corner, he could hear footsteps, and see shadows moving about in the daylight out there. It was early yet. The blanket’s familiar weight was a welcome burden, and