A Novel By Brandon Cole Phillipsbrandon@7bowls.com Copyright 2010 – Some rights reserved.Released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Chapter One

No injuries reported with the toppled cement truck on the Highway 25 off-ramp on to Highway 85, though it is slowing downthe downtown commute into Denver for those headed into the Saturday morning rush. Further north, the westbound traffic onInterstate 70 out of downtown is moving at a snail’s pace due to a water main break, with eastbound traffic into downtown flowing normally.President Singh was inaugurated this past Monday for her second term, and yesterday signed her first new bill into law since taking the oath. While regarded with controversy by fringe elements on both the right and the left, the bill was powered through both houses with relative ease. Named for prominent religious acceptance activist Sharon Von Key and famed national security specialist Doctor Warwick Forest, the Key-Forest Religious Openness Act provides additional protectionsfor religious speech, though requiring disclosure of religiousbeliefs for national security benefit.Under the new law, schools will be required to provide equalamenities for all children of all religions, all passengers of commercial air flights and trains will be required to give abrief summary of their religious leanings if requested by the

TSA, and there are extensive limits and guidelines on the placement of iconography by religious organizations. PresidentSingh described the act as a “step in the right direction toward curbing terroristic activities” while providing “proper elementsneeded to maintain tolerance between religious groups”.Reverend Jimmy Lee Sanchez of Hooghan Evangelical Fellowship Church, a member of the organization Human Sanctity International, called the act a “shameful rejection of the separation of church and state”, and called for its the immediate reversal.Stay tuned for a weather update following the break, and Stone Silvers coming up at the top of the hour. This is Allen Teeter,and you’re listening to KHOO AM 1200!

#The alarm clock wailed a beckon from across the shade-drawnroom. Stone snorted a mucosal groan from deep within his sleep-softened morning lungs. With a belabored squint, the aged radiopersonality could only just make out the flickering luminescentnumerals that scattered red pulses throughout the bedroom like a“cold beer” sign in an abandoned pub. It was already five pastseven – and he had yet to indulge in his first cigarette of theday.