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Teaser Tuesdays #62 ~ The Cold Pools

Posted: March 25, 2014 in Dystopian, Science Fiction, Short stories and collections, Teaser Tuesdays
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Teaser for today is from The Cold Pools

by Chris Ward

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Teaser #1 from

Karen reached over and touched my arm, and when I looked towards her, her smile calmed me. My own cold pool, I thought. My very own.

Teaser #2 from

…here was the only recognized place in the whole world where the air was cool, and as we finally emerged at the top of the bluff, we saw the reason why.

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Synopsis

Meet me at the end of the world …

As civilization comes to an end, Lewis and Karen take their last vacation to the only cold place left on Earth, the remote resort town of Cold Pools. There, they will say goodbye …

The Cold Pools – a short story of 3,000 words, is taken from the author’s collection Ms Ito’s Bird & Other Stories.

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How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!

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