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    The Elevator Story
    The Elevator Story
    The Elevator Story
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    The Elevator Story

    By BP Gregory

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    "A well heeled lady almost misses an elevator, but she will desperately wish that she had ..."

    The Elevator Story, a horror tale of inadvertently dropping out of reality, is part of a suite of short sci-fi, urban fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory, each its own little maelstrom of human suffering and longing.

    You can enjoy The Elevator Story alone or part of Cacophony: Collected Short Stories Volume One, which is also available in print.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBP Gregory
    Release dateFeb 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301743391
    The Elevator Story
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    BP Gregory

    BP Gregory has been an archaeology student and a dilettante of biology, psychology, and apocalypse prepping. She is the author of five novels including the recently released Flora & Jim, about a father who'll do anything to keep his daughter alive in a frozen wasteland. BP Gregory lives in Melbourne with her husband and is currently working on The Newru Trail, a murder-mystery set in a world where houses eat your memories. For stories, reviews and recommendations as she ploughs through her to-read pile visit bpgregory.com

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      The Elevator Story - BP Gregory

      The Elevator Story

      A short story

      by BP Gregory

      The Elevator Story Copyright © 2013 BP Gregory

      Lunchbox Copyright © 2015 BP Gregory

      All Rights Reserved.

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This work is copyright apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968. This work may not be reproduced or transmitted in part or in its entirety in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, nor may any other exclusive right be exercised, without the prior written consent of the author BP Gregory, except where permitted by law.

      This is a work of fiction. Places and place names are either fictional, or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to persons either living or dead is purely co-incidental.

      Smashwords Edition EPUB ISBN 9781301743391.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy from a retailer.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. It’s the folk who love books who help writers keep going.

      Acknowledgments

      The Elevator Story cover image by Norman Chan courtesy of Shutterstock.

      Lunchbox cover image by kamontad999 (along with a millipede by Sakdinon Kadchiangsaen), Orotund cover image by Alex Malikov, The Town cover image by Ortodox, Flora & Jim cover image by Marcel Jancovic, and Visit the House image by Peter Dedeurwaerder all courtesy of Shutterstock.

      Dedicated to the elevator in my office building. My desk-buddy was trapped in

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