AmyStrange & the Criminal 
PART 4: the WEDDING
               by Dave Ayotte

from:                      
 http://www.ATOMADNESS.com/
(A Touch Of Madness)
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EXCERPT: Chapter 60
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[SNIP]

       Towards the end of our sixty-mile 
  search, before Randy decided to put his
  foot down and said we had to move on,  
  we ran across that small village with  
  the talking cats.                      
       It was just a rumour, but Amy was 
  determined to check it out, and so we  
  let her go.                            
       As we walked around the main drag,
  I couldn’t help but like the whole     
  layout. It had this quaint little      
  village thing going, that not only     
  looked like a good place to retire but 
  also felt like a working town run by a 
  community of artist.                   
       A couple of the front windows were
  boarded up, but the rest of it was a   
  mix of artistic styles that somehow    
  complemented each other, rather than   
  overwhelm you with their differences.  
       It was right on the ocean, and I  
  could see a couple people on the beach 
  with easels that were probably painting
  the fog that was slowly creeping in.   
       It was also geared towards the    
  tourist trade because there were small 
  souvenir shops everywhere.             
       They were in between the art gal- 
  leries, restaurants, cafes, delis,     
  taverns, clothing stores and antique   
  shops.                                 
       You couldn’t throw a rock blind-  
  folded without hitting one.            
       I bought a bunch of postcards     
  from each one to send to Beth.         
       The next thing I noticed were all 
  the cats.                              
       They were everywhere, sleeping    
  under chairs and tables, running across
  the rooftops, eating in the back alley 
  of a deli, and even a chocolate striped
  one that looked like it was window     
  shopping for clothes.                  
       It wouldn’t be a bad place to     
  live, I thought, and if Amy finds those
  talking cats, maybe we could move out  
  here, so she’d have some friends, other
  than just us evil human ones.          
       Unfortunately, when we met back   
  two hours later, Amy hadn’t found them,
  but I promised that we’d come back     
  again.                                 
       “It won’t be anytime soon, but I  
  promise, before the end of the year,   
  we’ll come back for more than a couple 
  hours,” I told her, and that seemed to 
  brighten her up a little.              

  [SNIP]



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This EXCERPT was from: 
(the soon to be released Novel)

AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 4: the Wedding)
            by Dave Ayotte

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