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    Beach Bum

    By Dixon James

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    Short, post apocalyptic survival fiction from Dixon James

    Harlan, a pretentious poet looking for social media likes, ventures into the Restricted Zone to craft a viral meme about the dead Elder Civilisation, Something to get him into the next bracket of influencers.

    There he meets Percy, an old survivalist hermit ekeing out a life on the toxic sands of what used to be a beach. But is Percy all that he seems?

    An old man and a young man, a survivalist and a poet. Harlan should bear in mind that this old dog has some old tricks.

    Dry, post apocalyptic humour in another short story from multi genre author Dixon James.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDixon James
    Release dateDec 4, 2017
    ISBN9781386756361
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    Beach Bum
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    Dixon James

    Dixon James lives in Perth, Western Australia, where he wears a sack over his head due to sun sensitivity. He only takes it off for author photos and his friends are beginning to suspect that he is a vampire. He has worked as a gardener, video producer, actor, woodcutter and radio announcer. For the last seven years has been constructing his own house due to a deep subconscious desire to bang his head on things. He has a brown belt in Ninjukai Taijutsu and a distrust of misplaced apostrophes. Dixon James writes in many genres and has work available at all good ebook stores. You can find him on Twitter @storygeyser.

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