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    Water
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    Water

    By Lee Pletzers

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    The end of times is upon us.

    A haunted well is hooked up to the main town water supply, unleashing a different kind of virus that can inhabit the skin of others.

    As the town dies, one woman battles to say alive.

     

    (Finalist in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards)

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWritersltd
    Release dateDec 30, 2021
    ISBN9798201282912
    Water
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    Lee Pletzers

    Award-winning author, Lee Pletzers is a displaced New Zealand writer of the weird, wonderful and grotesque. Since 2001, he has impacted the genre world, under the pen name Richard Lee. Over seventy short stories have slammed his name on anthologies and magazines across the globe; for example; The Literary Hatchet, Calamities Press, Under the Bed and Nebula Rift. His short story "Water" was the finalist in the Sir Julius Vogel awards NZ 2015 as was his horror fan site in 2010. Five novels affected humanity and two novellas were the icing on the cake.  He is now making the move into crime thrillers. He reads a lot of them and figures he might know a thing or two. His entrance into this genre starts with the Death World duology.   Twitter: http://twitter.com/threeand10 Website: http://www.thriller.nz Insta: https://instagram.com/Threeand10/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thrillernz

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      Water

      Lee Pletzers

      (FINALIST IN THE SIR Julius Vogel Awards)

      Water ©2015 Lee Pletzers

      This e-edition published by Writersltd

      (c)2021 Lee Pletzers

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      This is a work of fiction. The events and characters described here are imaginary and are not intended to refer to specific places or living persons. This book may not be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in whole or in part by any means, including graphic, electronic, or mechanical without the express written consent of the publisher.

      Author’s note: When I was sixteen and living in Wellsford and dating a lady who shall remain nameless, we came across a well while cutting through someone’s farm. It was just a hole in the ground covered by a wooden lid. Weeds had grown over it and the cows had stayed

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