“Yeah, okay,” Howard sat up, a sarcastic smile pulling at the edges of his features, “and while I’m at it, I guess I’ll just go out and cut myself a good bamboo spear so I can go hunting too. Who needs in-vitro beef, right? Where’s the challenge in going to the store and buying a steak that’s been engineered to be absolutely perfect in every way?” he laughed sardonically and shook his head. “You need to let go of your romance with the past, Jack. This is a whole new century!” A wide grin spread across his face as he added: “besides, real women ...
“Yeah, okay,” Howard sat up, a sarcastic smile pulling at the edges of his features, “and while I’m at it, I guess I’ll just go out and cut myself a good bamboo spear so I can go hunting too. Who needs in-vitro beef, right? Where’s the challenge in going to the store and buying a steak that’s been engineered to be absolutely perfect in every way?” he laughed sardonically and shook his head. “You need to let go of your romance with the past, Jack. This is a whole new century!” A wide grin spread across his face as he added: “besides, real women are too gamey for my tastes. My pallet is cultured enough to appreciate the taste of nice, perfectly marbled cuts of sirloin like Naomi.”
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E.S. Wynn is the author of over thirty books, the chief editor of Thunderune Publishing (and the associated magazines: Daily Love, Weirdyear, Yesteryear Fiction, Farther Stars Than These, Flaming Filmreel, Linguistic Erosion, and Smashed Cat Magazine.) He manages dozens of websites, has written hundreds of articles and short stories for a number of publications, has taught classes in literature, marketing, math, spirituality and guided meditation, voiced fifteen albums as a voice actor and even spent time working as a model for stock photography. He has a bachelor's degree in English, has been trained in Reiki and other forms of energy healing and is a proud Freemason.
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