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Warm - Ed Emshwiller
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Title: Warm
Author: Robert Sheckley
Illustrator: Ed Emshwiller
Release Date: July 25, 2009 [EBook #29509]
Language: English
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By ROBERT SHECKLEY
It was a joyous journey Anders set out on ... to reach his goal ... but look where he wound up!
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Anders lay on his bed, fully dressed except for his shoes and black bow tie, contemplating, with a certain uneasiness, the evening before him. In twenty minutes he would pick up Judy at her apartment, and that was the uneasy part of it.
He had realized, only seconds ago, that he was in love with her.
Well, he'd tell her. The evening would be memorable. He would propose, there would be kisses, and the seal of acceptance would, figuratively speaking, be stamped across his forehead.
Not too pleasant an outlook, he decided. It really would be much more comfortable not to be in love. What had done it? A look, a touch, a thought? It didn't take much, he knew, and stretched his arms for a thorough yawn.
Help me!
a voice said.
His muscles spasmed, cutting off the yawn in mid-moment. He sat upright on the bed, then grinned and lay back again.
You must help me!
the voice insisted.
Anders sat up, reached for a polished shoe and fitted it on, giving his full attention to the