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    Lakeside Motel
    Lakeside Motel
    Lakeside Motel
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    Lakeside Motel

    By Rik Hunik

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    (2970 words) When Dwight has an argument with his wife and storms out of the house he is forced to take a motel room for the night. All the motels in the small town are full but at the Lakeside Motel he finagles his way into a room reserved for someone with a similar name. Later that night he has an unusual visitor.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRik Hunik
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    ISBN9781311443762
    Lakeside Motel
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    Rik Hunik

    I’m fifty-seven years old. I live in Quesnel, BC, Canada, with my wife Jo and a 17-pound, blue-eyed, white cat named Mister. I mostly build houses and shops to earn a living but I’ve written dozens of stories, including fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, mystery, humor, erotica, and science fiction, frequently combining genres. Thirty have been published in small press magazines and e-zines, from the 200-word "The Hole" in Ascent Aspirations, to the 10,000-word novelette "Levels" in Buzzy Mag, published in May, 2012. My high score is four stories to Barbaric Yawp, Some of them are available now as ebooks at Smashwords. I also dabble in art and photography. I have over forty of my own paintings hanging in my home. I build inukshuks and sell them in a local craft shop. I take photographs of them and photoshop them into art prints. Contact me at: rikhunik@hotmail.com

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      Lakeside Motel - Rik Hunik

      Lakeside Motel

      by Rik Hunik

      Published by Rik Hunik at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 by Rik Hunik

      3020 words

      A slightly different version of this story appeared in Abandoned Towers

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book is the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied or distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy at Smashwords.com, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Don’t you dare slam that door, Hanna shouted at him.

      Dwight slammed the door of his house and walked away, his body stiff with anger, not looking back as his wife stormed out behind him. He jumped into his battered, blue Ford pickup truck and drove away, his radio drowning out what she yelled and screamed at him. It didn't matter, he’d heard it all countless times

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