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    Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories
    Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories
    Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories
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    Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories

    By Robert Challis

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    A feasibility study on the use 0f extra-terrestrials as a food source... a secret society of bald men dwelling in the sewers plan their triumphant return to the light... a local mechanic goes to the aid of an extra-terrestrial whose terrain module has been damaged in a collision with a kangaroo... Leslie was an unemployed, blind, pregnant, Jewish, Aboriginal lesbian... A children's story for adults featuring the Wormsquasher twins, Gumrold and Scrurnich. Their parents handle sibling rivalry in a modern and caring manner... At midnight God smote all the evil doers on earth. Only the Good survived, and I was one of them. This was the beginning of the first day of God’s Kingdom on Earth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Challis
    Release dateJul 19, 2011
    ISBN9781465799845
    Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories
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    Robert Challis

    The author is a retired school teacher living in Adelaide South Australia. He has written plays, humorous articles and short stories and a trilogy of full length historical novels under the title "Laconic Hearts".

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      Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories - Robert Challis

      Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories

      By Robert Challis

      Published by Robert Challis at Smashwords. Copyright 2000 Robert Challis

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Twilight of The Bald and Other Stories

      By Robert Challis

      Contents

      Are Extra-Terrestrials Edible?

      Twilight of the Bald

      Friend of Tragon

      A Chronicle of Our Times

      The Playground of The Mind is a Broad Theatre

      The First Day

      Are Extra-Terrestrials Edible?

      Author’s Preface

      This was originally written as the author’s final thesis for his PhD in Studies of Extra-Terrestrial Life at the Open University of Ouagadougou, perhaps one of Burkina Faso’s most prestigious online tertiary institutions.

      It was originally published under the title of: On human consumption of extra-terrestrial life forms, the culinary, nutritional, ethical and economic implications. However, the author’s publicist has persuaded him to republish the work for a wider more popular market under the more succinct, albeit somewhat misleading title given above. The author has, however, followed his original format in presentation of the thesis, omitting however his extensive footnotes, which will be provided to serious scholars on request, but which are of little interest to the lay reader of this piece.

      On human consumption of extra-terrestrial life forms, the culinary, nutritional, ethical and economic implications

      Abstract

      The author developed the idea for this thesis after a chance remark in the University’s Studies of Extra-Terrestrial Life’s online chatroom by a fellow student to the effect that the consumption of extra-terrestrials could contribute to feeding the world’s poor, a remark that I at once considered both altruistic and visionary. This remark then led me to investigate the wider implications of this idea.

      When I began my research I at once found myself in relatively unchartered waters and necessarily at times it has been necessary for me to become somewhat speculative given the paucity of hard data in some areas of the topic. However, I have extensively researched the available literature on the subject and I have exhaustedly interviewed chefs, slaughter men, religious authorities as well as native peoples with experience in preparation of extra-terrestrial meat and by products.

      Finally, I have presented a conclusion and recommendation at the end which I believe will be of interest to a great number of people.

      I have also taken the rather unusual step of providing a disclaimer after my conclusion directed specifically at any extra-terrestrials that might unfortunately happen upon this text. As will be readily understood by the reader, some of the subject matter presented in this thesis might be considered somewhat sensitive from the standpoint of an extra-terrestrial. I would venture to suggest that the human reader of the disclaimer should take my disclaimer with a pinch of salt. I would also caution the reader against offering this thesis to extra-terrestrials

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