This is only the author's second entry into a writing contest. (The first was more than 25 years ago.) This time, YOU can read the entry. The "kicker" of the 2011 Lulu short-story contest is the rule to write a winning story in only 600 ...
This is only the author's second entry into a writing contest. (The first was more than 25 years ago.) This time, YOU can read the entry. The "kicker" of the 2011 Lulu short-story contest is the rule to write a winning story in only 600 words! By spending only two dollars, YOU can help make it a winner.
(plot)
An intelligence report sparks a heated exchange in the office of a high-ranking official. What is in the report? What is on the rise? Why is the official so angry? Someone must be stopped. Can it be done?
(about the author)
Tom Kovach is the author of several news reports, numerous columns, and two non-fiction books -- both via Lulu. He is a former USAF Blue Beret, whose colorful career includes single-handedly stopping an international incident with Iran.
He has begun to write several novels, but this is his first published work of fiction. His long-term interest is to write scripts for movies and TV -- especially Westerns.
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