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The Monster In The Well

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The brand new book by J.L. Pattison is now available at JLPattison.com.

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Journey beyond the boundaries of your imagination in this collection of plot-twisting short stories reminiscent of the classic Twilight Zone TV series.

  • From a half-century old murder, to a condemned heretic on trial for his life.
  • From a beast that’s escaped its prison, to a man pursued by a mysterious woman.
  • From a school for gifted children that’s hiding a dark secret, to a pair of lost time travelers hoping for a rescue ship they’re not sure is coming.

Androids, hooded figures, and one big, bad monster roam the pages of this captivating treasury of intelligent speculative fiction from award-winning author, J.L. Pattison.

Known for his twist endings, J.L. Pattison has been compared to Ray Bradbury and M. Night Shyamalan, and has been hailed as “A 21st Century Rod Serling.”

Can you guess how each of these stories will end?

A Journey For The Ages 

When two scouts from the year 2080 travel fifty years into the future, a catastrophic malfunction occurs and they’re forced to crash land their time capsule. But once safely on the ground, they discover they’re not where they thought they were, and their situation is about to get much worse.

Chasing Her

A desperate man trying to catch a mysterious woman doesn’t realize that he, too, is being pursued, but his pursuer has far more nefarious intentions.

The Zoo

Two anthropomorphic tigers comprise the cast of this cautionary tale about choosing wisely the life we lead—and its impact on not just us, but also the world we live in.

The Blue Lake Conspiracy

A hot summer day, a dusty trail, and a simple signpost providing wrong directions sets the scene for a chance encounter between a swimmer and a fisherman. But as you’ll soon see, these two men face far more than just a fork in the road.

The Monster In The Well

Jack has a secret. In an old well he keeps a monster, and as long as the monster stays in the well, it’s harmless. But if it escapes, it will destroy all of mankind. The monster has remained captive for generations, until the day Jack makes the mistake of telling a neighbor about his secret.

The Little Engine That Couldn’t

An innocent conversation between a father and son turns bad when an inconvenient truth is unintentionally discovered.

The Day Benny Died

Fifty years, two women, and one dark secret are the ingredients to this tale, revealing the bitter truth about the day Benny died.

Consider The Ant

Under a sweltering South American sun, a chance encounter between ants provokes a debate over who’s the greatest of them all. But this debate is finally settled when something greater than all of them unexpectedly arrives.

Swan Song For A Paper Tiger

A desperate man tries to hold together a fractured heart and despairing soul, all with the weight of the world on his shoulders and the fear of eternity in his eyes.

The Inquisition

A man on trial for challenging the prevailing thoughts of the darkened times in which he lives, stands alone against the self-proclaimed gods of his age who hold his life in their hands.

Twelve White Tulips

An old woman recovering in the hospital from an injury is delighted to have a visit from her daughter, until her husband arrives with news she doesn’t want to hear.

The Gifted

Charles Beaumont High School sets its gifted students apart. But being set apart doesn’t mean what the students think it means.

Pattison's Perspectives

48 years ago today.

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Remembering the late Rod Serling today, on the anniversary of his death. He was the single greatest influence on my writing.

I may watch a little Twilight Zone tonight in his honor.

News and Commentary, Quotes

THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION

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While reading The Voluntaryist Handbook, I came across this excerpt from Joseph Sobran summarizing what Hans-Hermann Hoppe believes is the eventual conclusion of all governments (regardless of good intentions), and accurately describes the current situation we’re in—which is why I personally believe we have reached the end of this once great nation.

“Hans argued that no constitution could restrain the state. Once its monopoly of force was granted legitimacy, constitutional limits became mere fictions it could disregard; nobody could have the legal standing to enforce those limits. The state itself would decide, by force, what the constitution ‘meant,‘ steadily ruling in its own favor and increasing its own power. This was true a priori, and American history bore it out.”

News and Commentary, Reviews

Donald Jeffries’ New Book.

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The great Donald Jeffries has just released his latest book.

I can vouch for the quality of Jeffries’ work. You will not be disappointed.

Excerpts from his Substack announcement:

“Masking the Truth: How COVID-19 Destroyed Civil Liberties and Shut Down the World exposes what I call the Greatest Psyop in the History of the World. I chronicle the narrative from its very beginning, with all its disinformation and misinformation. Everything is thoroughly sourced. . . . You will be reminded of things you’ve probably forgotten, amid all the authoritarian madness. As most of you know, it all became personal for me when this psyop took the life of my brother in January 2020, because of the deadly hospital COVID ‘protocol.’ That’s when I determined to finish this book, which I’d started and put aside in favor of other projects. I dedicated the book to him, and to the other untold numbers of people who were murdered by a corrupt system.”

I just placed my order. Don’t delay, order this important book today.

Waking the Proles

25 Facts About Lee Harvey Oswald You Were Never Told About.

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October 18, 2019, would have been Lee Harvey Oswald’s 80th birthday. To mark the occasion, here are 25 facts you were never told about this mysterious man.

FAMILY TIES

1). Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lee Harvey Oswald was the fifth cousin (five times removed) of Confederate General, Robert E. Lee. In Fact, Lee Harvey Oswald’s father’s name was Robert E. Lee Oswald Senior.

THE EARLY YEARS

2). As a teenager, Lee Harvey Oswald was a fan of the TV show, I Led Three Lives. The show ran from 1953 to 1956 and is described as, “An advertising executive poses as a Communist agent but secretly reports to the FBI.”

3). Enlisting with the Marines in 1956, Oswald eventually obtained top secret security clearance and was stationed at the American U2 radar base in Atsugi, Japan where he monitored radar for American spy planes.

TO RUSSIA AND BACK

4). Oswald defected to Russia — America’s Cold War enemy at the time — in October of 1959 where he renounced his American citizenship.

(Those who believe Oswald killed President John F. Kennedy point to this defection as proof that Oswald was a communist, whereas those critical of the official story about Oswald’s involvement in the assassination point to this as one of Oswald’s covers as a U.S. intelligence agent in order to appear as a communist sympathizer. In the intelligence community this is commonly referred to as “sheep dipping.”)

5). Almost two years after defecting, Oswald typed a letter to the American Embassy on August 08, 1961, about returning to America. Strangely, he wrote in that letter, “I believe I could catch a military hop back to the States, from Berlin.”

Catching a ride on an American military plane would be an outlandish suggestion from someone that defected to America’s Cold War enemy and renounced his American citizenship, but not as outlandish as America’s response: the U.S. State Department actually loaned Oswald (a supposed enemy defector) $435.71 so he could fly back to America.

6). Oswald was (miraculously) not arrested upon his return and his new Russian wife, Marina, was also allowed into the country without reservation.

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

7). Oswald continued to present himself as a Marxist, while simultaneously becoming friends with avowed anti-communists such as Guy Banister (former FBI), David Ferrie (Civil Air Patrol and involved in CIA military training for anti-Castro exiles), and Clay Shaw (businessman and CIA informant).

8). Another one of Oswald’s anti-communist friends was European émigré, George de Mohrenschildt, a petroleum geologist who just happened to also be friends with CIA employee, George H.W. Bush. Yes, the same George H.W. Bush who would later become CIA director and the 41st president of the United States (and who claimed he couldn’t remember where he was the day JFK was assassinated).

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Quotes

Quotes: Similarities you can’t ignore.

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“With the passage of time the difference between life in the Soviet Union in the 20th century and life in the Western world today is disappearing. Today, the journalist Julian Assange is undergoing the same kind of state terror and torture as any Soviet dissident, if not worse. The Western media is as controlled as the Soviet media, with print, TV, and public radio serving as a propaganda ministry for government and the interest groups that control government. Social media, such as Facebook and Twitter are systematically denying their platforms to those who express views not supportive of the ruling order and its agendas. It has turned out to be easy to get rid of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, as the media have neither the ability nor the intention of exercising it.”

– Paul Craig Roberts