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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 9

Excerpt:

“Wait. So are you telling me to get the fuck out of your damn way?”

“I said excuse me.”

The man spoke to the three men who were standing with him. “This twink just told me to get the fuck out of his way.”

One of the three men yanked Patrick and pulled him toward the exit. Then he shoved Patrick back away from the exit. “You shouldn’t insult our friend that way.”

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Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

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Front Page 1-22-2020

Ubuntu Linux 20.04 Ditches A Feature That’s Been Annoying You For Years –
Ubuntu is removing the Amazon Icon

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when Canonical’s upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) release lands this April, that Amazon icon will be no more. “It was just a low-impact way for people to passively donate to Ubuntu without actually having to do anything but shop at Amazon,” Pope says.

Well, it hasn’t been annoying me for years. On the computer where I have Ubuntu, I have not updated in forever. The update became broken and so I just stopped updating. And so I never had that on Ubuntu. But I am getting ready to update, maybe, perhaps, I am thinking about it.

But what Ubuntu is doing got me to thinking about what I am doing here on sayata.net. Would people rather me go to a paid subscription system or a paid tip system rather than what I have been doing with the amazon advertisement / affiliate link tip system and trying to get people to buy my eBooks. Do the ads do more to piss people off than to get them to contribute to support my content?

Most of my links do not have pixels and so I don’t really share that much data with amazon, even accidentally. But of course people don’t know or understand that. I think with Ubuntu people had the idea that Ubuntu was sharing data with amazon.

I don’t really have that high of a registration / return rate. So my traffic level is part of my problem.

I don’t know. Is Unbuntu on to something that I don’t understand.???

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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 8

Excerpt:
Wearing black and white checkered board shorts and a white v-neck shirt Patrick Sweeney stood outside the Hearthville Saloon. A man walked by and noticed the silver chain necklace with a silver, spiked, and ruby bejeweled cross hanging from it and against Patrick’s smooth, hairless chest. The man and Patrick made eye contact but then both quickly looked away. Patrick wondered if he knew the man from somewhere but then he doubted it.

The man wore a white stetson cowboy hat with a large, colorful feather sticking up from the black hat band. He wore black framed eye glasses that appeared to not quite fit right. The man’s moustache may have been real but Patrick kind of doubted it.

Patrick turned his attention away from the man and watched other people coming and going from the Saloon. They all seemed to be men.

Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

Copyright 2020

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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 7

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Stewart and Harry fished off the pier at the Hearthville lake. Harry said, “So wow, I saw that video of Victor saving the Billy Bingo kid. Victor looked so goofy, acting all hero like.”

“He saved a life. That is not goofy. What is wrong with you?”

“And what was he doing on Arthur Ramsey’s helicopter.”

“He was doing some kind of business with Arthur. I don’t know exactly.”

“He is doing business with a mobster. Damn. He must be on the verge of going bankrupt to sink that low.”

 

Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

Copyright 2020

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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 6

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“Victor. I am going to ask a stupid question. Are you a witch?”

George said, “Just like you. Not like Billy Bingo.”

“I am not a witch.”

“Yes. You. Are.”

“I am not. You are freaking me out.”

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Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

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Chapter 6

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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 5

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Steed said, “I am going to tell her. I plan to tell her. But I am not ready.” Steed changed the subject. “So who is the woman in the camper that you just gave a briefcase to?”

“Some chick with a dick with whom I had some funny business. I may end up killing her.”

In horror Deven looked at Leroy. “Why on earth do you say shit like that? That macabre humor is creepy.”

Leroy took a drink of his beer and took some bites from his sandwich. “Who said I am joking? She is dangerous. And it is not like you didn’t kill her boyfriend. Don’t judge me.”

Steed said, “Wait. Fuck. You know about Dioson and Hannibal? And that woman is the girlfriend of Hannibal. Are you fucking kidding me?”

Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 4

Excerpt:

“It went well. I may become more involved than I intended. She wouldn’t give me details on what she was planning with the kidnapping of Paulstir McCluskey, but I understand the situation better. There are people in Rachel’s businesses who are taking advantage of Rachel being in the mental hospital and that is part of what precipitated events. I do not have a clue on how to become involved and protect Rachel’s interest because I will be rebuffed as strongly as Constance was by Rachel.”

“I don’t know what to tell you. I would offer to gather intel for you but I am afraid of causing Victor to start to remembering things.”

“I understand. Paulstir McCluskey’s memory has been wiped on some things but given his history with Rachel and you, I think if he could get back inside of Rachel’s inner circle, that might be helpful. What do you think?”

“He loves Rachel. I have no doubt about that. So yeah, you can trust him to try to help her. I don’t know whether you can trust him to be loyal to you or not.” George laughed. “You do understand what I am saying.”

Arthur laughed. “I understand but I do trust him. Given your history with Paulstir, how do you feel about him?”

“I wish him no harm, but I really do not want to talk about that part of my life.”

 

Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

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Hearthville Serial: Book 5 – Chapter 3

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Judy smiled. She liked the compliment for both herself and Deven. Then she said, “Victor is that your problem? Is it that you can’t find a girl like Jossette who is your intellectual equal?”

Victor stood uncomfortably silent.

Deven jumped in to change the subject. He said, “God, I miss Trish so much.”

Judy gave up on on waiting for Victor to answer. She said to Deven, “Trish Ireland was not right for you, but I am sorry that Steed did what he did. He shouldn’t have done that but to be honest I may have given him the idea. Are you angry at me?”

“No.”

Victor asked, “What did Steed do?”

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Hearthville Serial
Book 5 (Title Undecided):
A Paranormal Suspense Gangster Horror

By Charles Peters

Copyright 2020

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Chapter 3

Although many people knew that Steed Ramsey is the son of Arthur Ramsey, Judy still did not know. She did not know that she is dating the son of a gangster. George knew but Victor did not have a clue. Victor barely even remembered his friend Mark Ramsey and did not realize that Mark and Steed are one and the same.

In his bedroom Victor was seated at his desk. He sat at his desktop computer working on math equations and a javascript routine for a device that he was working on that was still in its early stages. Victor yawned.

Judy knocked on the door to Victor’s bedroom and then she spoke into the door with her face pressed into it. “Victor I would like for you to go on a double date with Steed and myself.”

George remembered Victor and Jossette going on double dates with Mark and Mark’s then girlfriend Rita Angster. George tried to take over to deflect the situation away from Judy’s plan but Victor would not let George take over. Victor stood from his desk. He stretched. He yawned.

“Victor, please do not pretend you are not hearing me. I know that you are in there.”

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Front Page 1-7-2020

Twitter: I am back adding content to twitter. I am not going to stick to the 4 tweet rule. I was going to end up getting marked as a spammer is about all I was going to accomplish from what I was doing, even though I was limiting myself to 4 tweets.

Topics: Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of progressive rock band Rush, has died, US Economy Adds 145,000 jobs in December. Why I don’t think it is a good number. – What do I think about state governments going after big tech. – Trivia/Facts: How many fire stations are there in the USA? – How markets are reacting to Iran Missile Launches against bases in Iraq. – Twitter to experiment with limiting replies in effort to combat online abuse – This, that, humor.

Tweeted 3 of 4, 1 remains.

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Tweeted 2 of 4, 2 remain.

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