The Writer: A Short Story

By Gary J Byrnes

In Ancient Rome, a young writer decides to publish a story that will change the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gary J Byrnes
• Release date: Jan 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311271167

Gary J Byrnes

When you buy any of Gary's books, he will fund a hemp plant through his planet-saving, hemp offset and sustainable living platform at Hempoffset.com. Read a thriller, be the thriller, save the world.LOCKDOWN DREAMS is flash fiction by GARY J BYRNES, writer of number one bestselling thriller 9/11 TRILOGY and Crime Writers’ Association Dagger-nominated PURE MAD. Gary works in aviation and space tech marketing and founded sustainability platform Hempoffset.com, crowdfunding a solution to the climate crisis with hemp. Lives in Dublin, Ireland, loves travelling in Europe and America. Ambition is to write The Great Novel of the 21st Century.Favourite writers include George Orwell, Yuval Harari, David Mitchell, Hunter S Thompson, Norman Mailer and Philip K Dick. When not at his laptop, Gary enjoys cooking, encountering great art, exploring cities and trying to make the world a better place, one story at a time.

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THE WRITER

By Gary J Byrnes

Story also appears in HISTORY TRILOGY and THE WRITER AND OTHER STORIES.

Copyright 2013-15 © Gary J Byrnes.

The right of Gary J Byrnes to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright & Related Rights Act, Ireland, 2000. All rights reserved.

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In this work of fiction, the characters, places and events are either the product of the author's imagination or they are used entirely fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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