novel 00 - 4 , eternity

by little mike

part 4 of ?

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the vision of eternity was not what henry had expected. it was just a room with two chairs, one of which he was sitting on. the other chair was behind a table. the table had nothing on it, the room had one window, with blue sky outside it. and a door, which was closed. the door did not open. it has to open sometime, henry thought. but maybe not, if this is eternity. henry started telling himself a story, in the way that he had. once upon a time there was a mighty barbarian. henry did not think of himself as a mighty barbarian. but he liked to read stories about them. and tell himself stories about them. the barbarian’s name was xaxo, he was a man of the burning south. which had been destroyed in the great defeat. xaxo was forced to take his sword to the frozen north. which was riled by the velvet hand of the beautiful queen - before henry could settle on a name for the queen - the door opened and a person entered. henry expected the person to say - is eternity anything like what you expected? but instead the person said - would you like somethnig to drink before we begin the interrogation? yes, henry replied promptly, i would like a martini or a margarita. to be continued

novel 00 - 3. adventure

by little mike

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henry walked down the side of the highway. he was ready for adventure. he was ready for a truck driver named mac who would tell him tall tales about the good old days. he was ready for a beautiful woman - maybe a movie star - in a long black or gold limousine. or an ordinary looking woman in an ordinary black car or suv. or anybody at all in anything at all who wanted to talk about anything at all. or anyone who would give him a lift even if they never opened their mouths. he was ready for dr frankenstein to take him to his laboratory. he was ready for an alien to take him to another planet. he was ready for ted bundy or john wayne gacy or hannibal lecter. he was ready for the richest man in the world . he was ready for the prophet of a new religion. he was ready for the saddest story in the world. he was ready for the happiest story in the world. he was ready for yeti. he was ready for teddy. he was ready for the highway patrol to ask hm why he was walking down the highway.. he was ready for the sun. he was ready for the rain. he was ready for the wind, he was ready for a bottle of water. if he could find a place along the highway that sold one. a gas station, a mcdonalds, whatever. there had to be one. he felt in his pocket to make sure his wallet was in it. suddenly henry had a vision of eternity. a highway patrol car pulled up beside him. next

novel 00 - 2 . behind the door

by little mike

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mona had one of the last nine to five jobs. when she came home she always knocked on henry’s door. one day, to her surprise, henry did not answer her. are you in there, henry? you always have been before. but henry still did not answer, to mona’s bewildered astonishment. she had always believed strongly in respecting all people’s privacy. i will wait until dave comes home, she finally decided. dave had had a long day at the international corporation. when mona told him about henry, his mind froze over. he reverted to his all purpose answer to all questions. which was - do what you think you got to do. i think we should break the door down, mona replied. how exactly does one go about breaking a door down? i don’t know - i have never thought about it before. neither of them were good at dealing with the unexpected. we could call that handyman service - the one from before. it’s late - wouldn’t they charge some sort of emergency rate? we could wait for edgar or herbert to come home. edgar has that new girl friend - with the funny name. and it’s herbert’s night to go to burger king. one or both of them will eventually make it home, you are right as usual - we will wait for them. have you thought about dinner? mona asked with a sigh. i don’t want any - i went to domino’s with charlie. henry was wandering down the highway free as a squirrel. life stretched out before him - a blue and golden dream. next

novel 00 - 1. henry

by little mike

part 1 of ?

henry hoover was born a human being, one among many. he had a dad named dave and a mom named mona. dave was a small man and mona was a large woman. henry had two brothers - edgar and herbert - and one sister. the sister’s name was holly and she was a handful. holly was born under the sign of the sabretooth tiger. when she was twelve she was kidnapped by white supremacists. dave, mona, edgar and herbert never saw her after that. but henry thought of her every day - almost every day. and resolved to track down the varmints who stole her. dave was a man of peace - he had other ideas. edgar and herbert heeded his counsel - henry decidedly did not. edgar got a job at mister williamson’s supermarket after school. mister williamson thought edgar showed promise and would go far. herbert knocked on people’s doors offering to do odd jobs. dave and mona were very proud of edgar and herbert. henry was a different story and stayed in his room. he dreamed of conquering the world and totally remaking it. dave and mona were tolerant with henry in his room. they thought he would get bored and get a job. dave had a job at a large so-called international corporation. he could never describe the job to another human being. he was never really sure what the job really was. or what he was , or what any so-called human was. > he spoke when he was spoken to or ordered to he took life one day at a time, how about you? next