Author: Timothy Freriks
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Startup Assembly Manual Nominated for Small Business Book Awards 2016
From Small Business Trends: “The focus of “Startup Assembly Manual” is squarely on the product in the “startup” process. Most “startup advice” books focus on the marketing and inspiration needed to launch a product, but only a few focus on the product, which drives the whole thing. Without a good product (or service), your startup…
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Julia – new novel teaser
I’ll be finishing this novel up sometime late summer. I’d love some comments on Chapter One. Julia is not ‘stunningly’ beautiful as most heroines tend to be. Neither is she ‘striking’ unless of course she happens to be striking you. No, Julia is none of that: she’s ‘odd’, not falling into any category or stereotype…
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DAK first contact teaser
Chapter One The dull red glow of the space/time coordinate indicator was the first thing Captain Dak saw as he opened his eyes. The terror and confusion of the last two minutes flooded back to him then lifted as he realized that he was alive, still on the bridge of the ship. The pain in…
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Dak: first contact – novella
DAK: first contact This novella is a short read (16K works) in the science fiction genre. It is the first contact between two alien cultures and explores the fears and hopes and resourcefulness of individuals who are forced to interact. Captain Dak is trying to return home from an extended study of the intelligent life-forms on…
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Billy – a young man on Death Row
I’m posting this again for some of my new readers. BILLY August 14, 1974 The screams shattered his peace. He sat up, breathing hard, sweating. He rammed his hands to his temples. Stop! he yelled aloud. Leave me alone! It was the kids, the taunting, jeering, angry kids that came to him when he slept.…
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QuarterShot – a short story
A short story by Timothy Freriks © 2016 The feel of the football in my hand as the center hikes it to me is comfortable and secure and I start to move away from the line. I see the other team’s backfield starting to watch my eyes and the Cornerback trying to figure out how…
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Teaser – Roland: of pirates and patriots
Roland: of pirates and patriots – chapter one September, 1800, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean The sun was dying again, extinguished by the horizon of water in the distance. The wispy clouds above looked like the eyebrows of an old man. They turned slowly from white to orange to dark gray. Then they were gone,…