{"id":2585,"date":"2013-08-22T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2013-08-18T09:27:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T14:27:44","slug":"rayguns-over-texas-preview-neal-barrett-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/22\/rayguns-over-texas-preview-neal-barrett-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayguns Over Texas preview: Neal Barrett, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2529\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2529\" alt=\"Cover by Rocky Kelley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/files\/2013\/08\/Rayguns-Over-Texas-COVER-V03b-6x9.jpg\" width=\"658\" height=\"958\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover by Rocky Kelley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As we barrel toward the August 29 premiere of\u00a0<em><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas Lands In 24 Days\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/05\/the-wait-rayguns-over-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rayguns Over Texas<\/a><a title=\"Rayguns Over Texas Lands In 24 Days\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/08\/05\/the-wait-rayguns-over-texas\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/em>at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcon3.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">LoneStarCon 3<\/a>\u00a0(aka the 71st Annual World Science Fiction Convention) in San Antonio, I am presenting book excerpts, one contributor per day.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s selection comes from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nealbarrettjr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neal Barrett, Jr.<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Timeout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vera receives a strange letter in this\u00a0kooky alien abduction story that only\u00a0Neal Barrett, Jr. could conceive.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Man\u2019s some shorter than any she\u2019s ever seen \u2019afore. 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Something Vera Lea\u2019s never seen in all her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVera Lea Gates,\u201d he says, \u201cin the event of a recipient\u2019s refusal\u00a0to abide by the orders so received, I am authorized to perform\u00a0liquidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that, he raises the shiny thing and points it at Vera\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, mister \u2014 \u201c Vera\u2019s heart skips a beat. \u201cWhat you aim to do\u00a0with that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may turn around if you like, Vera Lea Gates. There will be no\u00a0pain at all&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Excerpt from\u00a0\u201cTimeout\u201d \u00a9 2013 by Neal Barret, Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we barrel toward the August 29 premiere of\u00a0Rayguns Over Texas\u00a0at\u00a0LoneStarCon 3\u00a0(aka the 71st Annual World Science Fiction Convention) in San Antonio, I am presenting book excerpts, one contributor per day. 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