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The Casimir Effect: A Short Story Kindle Edition

by Antonio J. Hopson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Despite Carlos' mundane life, killing weeds for his father's rich customers, he is billions of miles from the stars he observes in the night sky, or from the kids who sit in the canteen with their healthy sandwiches and bottled water. His life is far from their reality, and the reality of a stable life in America as he dreams of becoming a citizen. While their families provide them with nice clothes, large houses and cars to travel to school in, Carlos makes do with gas-fumed rags of clothes and a gap between his front teeth. In order to cope, he immerses himself in thoughts of the universe, and learns of black holes, gravity and the beguiling Casimir Effect. But deep down, the troubled Carlos only yearns to return to his simple beginnings and to see, once more, his mother and her chickens scratching around in the dust by her feet, to escape the drudgery of his life, and from pitying his sick father, who has no more dreams other than the next yard and the next tangle of weeds on his list.

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18 pages
Language

English
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Publication date

January 4, 2017
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13 - 18 years
Grade level

5 - 12
File size

156 KB
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"A flash fiction writer turns to poetry and speaks of biting love seen in a cosmic light." --Washington Independent Review of Books

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N30X6W8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wildboy Concepts (January 4, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 4, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 156 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 18 pages

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Antonio J. Hopson is not content to write in one genre. His poems, short fiction and novels employ the use of different styles, voice and perspectives to tell a story. Fences are not his thing. Antonio was born and raised in South Seattle and now lives in Shoreline, Washington State. He attended the University of Washington and studied Environmental Science, going on to teach biology after graduation. He has always had a love of writing and for poetry in particular. His works of poetry, speculative fiction, flash fiction and essays have appeared in numerous publications and he has received Farmhouse Magazine's Reader's Choice Award, performed at several events and has won recognition as an EPIC Award finalist and a 2016 Pushcart Nominee.

Antonio's books include "Seven", a poetry anthology that spent three weeks at number 1 on Amazon's hot new releases. Antonio hopes to continue publishing and crafting stories in the future and is always on the lookout for new ideas for his stories and poems. And when he isn't working on new poetry, he likes to relax by painting, cooking, playing ping pong and scuba diving in the cold waters off Puget Sound. He also enjoys soccer, taking road trips and going camping in his '57 Security trailer with his two boys.