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Marathon: An Introvert's Mystery Novella
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Carl Pace is a freelance lab rat by trade, and a recluse by choice. He is an uncomfortable, anxious man, who prefers to remain huddled in his condo of solitude, barricaded safely away from his lethal nemesis: small talk. His walls come crashing in when an illegal chemical agent is infused into his bloodstream, and he is forced to stagger his way through a waking nightmare while coping with the bizarre side effects of this unknown wonder drug. Worst of all, Carl will have to deal with people.
Carl Pace is a freelance lab rat by trade, and a recluse by choice. He is an uncomfortable, anxious man, who prefers to remain huddled in his condo of solitude, barricaded safely away from his lethal nemesis: small talk. His walls come crashing in when an illegal chemical agent is infused into his bloodstream, and he is forced to stagger his way through a waking nightmare while coping with the bizarre side effects of this unknown wonder drug. Worst of all, Carl will have to deal with people.
108 pages, Paperback
First published June 5, 2015
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About the author
Tim Attewell
9 books10 followersAttewell’s physiology underwent development in a lush, beautiful tourist destination known as Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. While there, he managed to express his first stories with clay animation, flash cartoons, and short movies that starred various faculty members and students from his school.
It wasn’t until he survived a lengthy bout against studying at film school, working on Hollywood movie sets, and producing survival-based reality T.V. that he found his true passion: typing.
Attewell’s work is all over the place; a veritable smorgasbord of genres and interests. He seems to have a thing for detectives, science fiction, and comedy, but he also has a dark side, which he routinely wishes upon his many enemies.
In addition to his body of fictional work, Attewell apparently took the time to document the life of a real human being, who somehow survived existence as an Alaskan homesteader. Attewell creatively refers to this Amazon Bestseller as an “adventure biography.”
Today, Attewell lives in Los Angeles, California with a wonderful lady who he forces to repeatedly read all of his work. Attewell’s favorite sport is pacing around his apartment, but he primarily focuses on spinning around in his broken office chair until books magically appear on his computer screen.
It wasn’t until he survived a lengthy bout against studying at film school, working on Hollywood movie sets, and producing survival-based reality T.V. that he found his true passion: typing.
Attewell’s work is all over the place; a veritable smorgasbord of genres and interests. He seems to have a thing for detectives, science fiction, and comedy, but he also has a dark side, which he routinely wishes upon his many enemies.
In addition to his body of fictional work, Attewell apparently took the time to document the life of a real human being, who somehow survived existence as an Alaskan homesteader. Attewell creatively refers to this Amazon Bestseller as an “adventure biography.”
Today, Attewell lives in Los Angeles, California with a wonderful lady who he forces to repeatedly read all of his work. Attewell’s favorite sport is pacing around his apartment, but he primarily focuses on spinning around in his broken office chair until books magically appear on his computer screen.
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May 4, 2017
Quick-witted, great characters
This was a rousing, quirky (almost heartbreaking at times) fantastically written story. Lots of subtle humor and peculiar characters. It has a nice balance of keeping a foot in reality with another firmly in the bizarre.
It's original, so much so that you never really know where it will end up.
My love of the main character is one I can't fully describe. He breaks my heart and makes me laugh all at once. There is much more I could say about the fun I had reading this, but I feel like you should experience that for yourself.
This was a rousing, quirky (almost heartbreaking at times) fantastically written story. Lots of subtle humor and peculiar characters. It has a nice balance of keeping a foot in reality with another firmly in the bizarre.
It's original, so much so that you never really know where it will end up.
My love of the main character is one I can't fully describe. He breaks my heart and makes me laugh all at once. There is much more I could say about the fun I had reading this, but I feel like you should experience that for yourself.
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