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The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 15
Posted by coby on November 22, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 14 Table of Contents Chapter 16 Chapter 15 The Great Work, September 7, 2055 In the top centre drawer of the big desk in dad’s library, I found an unmarked envelope containing this document. The Great Work, March 2040 My time is getting short and I don’t know…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 14
Posted by coby on November 15, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 13 Table of Contents Chapter 15 Chapter 14 The Clone Document, September 7, 2055 I was in the University library when a short innocuous looking fellow approached my carousel. “Are you Luc Pascal Fontaine, son of the late Robert Fontaine?” I looked at him warily, curious what he…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 13
Posted by coby on November 7, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 12 Table of Contents Chapter 14 Chapter 13 Olivia, August 30, 2055 All of a sudden I had a whole lot of woman on my hands. It was a whole new ballgame. Olivia was smart, sexy and a lot of fun. I stayed at her suite the first…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 12
Posted by coby on November 1, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 11 Table of Contents Chapter 13 Chapter 12 The Reception, July 23, 2055 Mom and Dad’s old friends, university people, and a gaggle of 32nd cousins chattered and whispered at tables throughout the reception hall. Matt and Jon had disappeared. I was doing my best to represent the…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 11
Posted by coby on October 24, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 10 Table of Contents Chapter 12 Chapter 11 The Funeral, July 23, 2055 I don’t remember my mother. We had recordings of her singing, that is all. She died when we were young and dad never remarried. He raised us alone. He was a grumpy old ecologist with…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 10
Posted by coby on October 18, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 9 Table of Contents Chapter 11 Chapter 10 Robert Fontaine, July 18, 2055 I was heading for the library when I got a phone call from Bessie Waters, a neighbour who visited with dad occasionally. She was worried. “I knocked on the door and there was no answer,”…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 9
Posted by coby on October 10, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 8 Table of Contents Chapter 10 Chapter 9 Henry, June 10, 2055 When Thursday rolled around, I rode my bike over to Fontaine Enterprises on Woodward. I arrived about a quarter to four. Matt and I sat in his office drinking coffee which wasn’t ersatz. The room was…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 8
Posted by coby on October 3, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 7 Table of Contents Chapter 9 Chapter 8 Jacy, June 7, 2055 I spent a couple of fruitless hours in the laboratory reading the absorption spectra of an extremeophile bacteria, then headed home. After supper, dad went to bed early. I cleaned up and retreated to the library.…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 7
Posted by coby on September 26, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 6 Table of Contents Chapter 8 Chapter 7 Teaser, June 4, 2055 A couple of weeks later, I received a curious invitation. It was courier delivered snail mail, a photocopy of a letter of inquiry from some guy to a toy company, which read: Dear Customer Service, I…
The Bottleneck Years by H. E. Taylor – Chapter 6
Posted by coby on September 19, 2012 The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 5 Table of Contents Chapter 7 Chapter 6 The Great Hunger, May 19, 2055 I took my bike to university the next day so I could go grocery shopping on the way home. After two classes in the afternoon, the last one spent trying to fire some enthusiasm…