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    Lucky Mom
    Lucky Mom
    Lucky Mom
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    Lucky Mom

    By Lesley L. Smith

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    Quantum Computer expert Ella Hote plans to celebrate her mom this Mother's Day. Will it go well, or will luck interfere?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLesley L. Smith
    Release dateMay 2, 2024
    ISBN9781950198771
    Lucky Mom
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    Lesley L. Smith

    All right, I confess! I love physics. I blame my misspent youth reading science fiction by the likes of Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. Not surprisingly, I also love science fiction. I grew up in Missouri, in a family of overeducated overachievers. Following in their footsteps, I've earned far too many degrees including an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Physics and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. Hmm? I may have a split personality. The evidence shows I've authored or co-authored many scientific articles, and am a longtime member of the American Physical Society. I'm also a founder and editor of the speculative fiction ezine http://www.electricspec.com and a longtime member of the Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America. Both sides of my personality live in Boulder, Colorado where I do physics by day and science fiction by night. Please visit me on the web at http://www.lesleylsmith.com.

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      Lucky Mom - Lesley L. Smith

      LUCKY MOM

      Also by Lesley L. Smith

      Temporal Dreams

      Reality Alternatives

      Kat Cubed

      Neutrino Warning

      Conservation of Luck

      Story 1: Lady Luck

      Story 2: The Luck of the Draw

      Story 3: Lucky In Love

      Story 4: Lucky New Year

      Story 5: Lucky Equinox

      Story 6: Lucky Halloween

      Story 7: Lucky Pi

      Story 8: Lucky Mom

      The Quantum Cop Series:

      Book 1: The Quantum Cop

      Book 2: Quantum Murder

      Book 3: Quantum Mayhem

      The Space Operetta Series

      Book 1: A Jack by Any Other Name

      Book 2: A Jack in the Dark

      Book 3: A Jack for All Seasons

      A Discovery of Time and Space

      Lucky Mom

      By Lesley L. Smith

      Quarky Media

      Boulder Colorado

      Lucky Mom

      Published by Quarky Media, PO Box 3332, Boulder, CO 80307

      www.quarkymedia.com

      ISBN: 978-1-950198-77-1

      Copyright © 2024 Lesley L. Smith

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability.

      Lucky Mom

      In our Qubyte Inc. lab, I put my computer (the regular one, not my luck computer) to sleep and started getting my stuff together. Currently we kept my luck computer locked in a cabinet in the lab.

      Ella? my colleague and boyfriend Jayden asked. What are you doing? Are you actually going home at a reasonable hour? It was 5 p.m.

      Yes, I said firmly. And I'm not coming into the lab at all tomorrow, Sunday. It was bad enough that I'd worked all day on Saturday. And I wouldn't let him distract me with any fun Saturday night events.

      Do you want to come over to dinner a little later? he asked,

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