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    The People in the Pool
    The People in the Pool
    The People in the Pool
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    The People in the Pool

    By G R Jordan

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    He lost her, murdered a long time ago. But now she’s returned. If something isn’t real, does it matter?

    “The People in the Pool” is the 3rd origin story in the A&K origins series, a collection of short stories that expand G R Jordan’s A&K universe. If you love rollicking action, imperfect heroes and weird villains and places, then you will love the Austerley & Kirkgordon series.

    Not every mother can warm a child’s heart.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherG R Jordan
    Release dateJul 31, 2018
    ISBN9781912153183
    The People in the Pool
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    G R Jordan

    GR Jordan is a self-published author who finally decided at forty that in order to have an enjoyable lifestyle, his creative beast within would have to be unleashed. His books mirror that conflict in life where acts of decency contend with self-promotion, goodness stares in horror at evil and kindness blind-sides us when we are at our worst. Corrupting our world with his parade of wondrous and horrific characters, he highlights everyday tensions with fresh eyes whilst taking his methodical, intelligent mainstays on a roller-coaster ride of dilemmas, all the while suffering the banter of their provocative sidekicks.A graduate of Loughborough University where he masqueraded as a chemical engineer but ultimately played American football, GR Jordan worked at changing the shape of cereal flakes and pulled a pallet truck for a living. Watching vegetables freeze at -40C was another career highlight and he was also one of the Scottish Highlands blind air traffic controllers. Having flirted with most places in the UK, he is now based in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland where his free time is spent between raising a young family with his wife, writing, figuring out how to work a loom and caring for a small flock of chickens. Luckily his writing is influenced by his varied work and life experience as the chickens have not been the poetical inspiration he had hoped for!

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      The People in the Pool - G R Jordan

      G R Jordan

      The People in the Pool

      Austerley & Kirkgordon Origins #3

      First published by Carpetless Publishing in 2018

      Copyright © G R Jordan, 2018

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      G R Jordan asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      G R Jordan has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet Websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such Websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.

      Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book and on its cover are trade names, service marks, trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publishers and the book are not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. None of the companies referenced within the book have endorsed the book.

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      ISBN: Epub: 978-1-912153-18-3 Mobi: 978-1-912153-17-6

      Editing by Roma Gray

      Cover art by J Caleb Clarke

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      Dedicated to my mother, they have such influence on us.

      Thankfully my mother’s was such a good one!

      Contents

      The Woman Who Felt No Cold

      The Memory of His Mother

      Body of Ice

      An Agent's Mother

      Into the Pool

      The Wrong Person's Home

      Breaking Out

      Those Left Behind

      The Shadow of a Shoggoth

      A Small Request

      About the Author

      Also by G R Jordan

      The Woman Who Felt No Cold

      Flicking the freshly falling snow off his moustache, he made his way over to the woman who was standing next to the outpost’s entrance. The outside temperature was ridiculously cold—below zero—and yet she stood there in just a leather jacket, jeans, boots, and a thin t-shirt. The wind was beginning to lift and drive the snow into their faces, but you would hardly have known it from looking at her except for her black hair flailing in the wind.

      Major Arthur Lewis Siddlington-Havers had thought this trip to Antarctica would be somewhat dull, examining a few leads about a forlorn expedition into the heart of the continent. Now he saw someone unusual which, in his line of work, meant trouble. He crossed the short distance to the woman, thankful for his thick jacket, padded leggings and boots, and tapped her gently on the shoulder from behind.

      Yes? asked the woman, turning around.

      She was every bit as impressive from the front and almost the same height as Havers. Her jacket was open and Havers wondered how she wasn’t chilled to the bone. A white complexion was countered by a warm smile of a person who believed they had the upper hand in everything.

      Strange, thought Havers, that’s

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