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    The Watcher of Wayburn Street
    The Watcher of Wayburn Street
    The Watcher of Wayburn Street
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    The Watcher of Wayburn Street

    By Russ Crossley

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    Mr. Kenniphaas watches Wayburn Street from his favorite seat in his favorite coffee shop. Each day he watches the world outside the window change. Stores he has known for thrity years close. Crime has come to Wayburn Street. But he does nothing. He just watches.

    Until today. Today Mr. Kenniphaas' world and the world of Wayburn Street will intersect. And today both worlds will change.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher53rd Street Publishing
    Release dateSep 7, 2017
    ISBN9781386026150
    The Watcher of Wayburn Street
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    Russ Crossley

    International selling author, Russ Crossley writes science fiction and fantasy, and mystery/suspense under the name R.G. Crossley. His latest science fiction satire set in the far future, Revenge of the Lushites, is a sequel to Attack of the Lushites released in 2011. The latest title in the series was released in the fall of 2013. Both titles are available in e-book and trade paperback. He has sold several short stories that have appeared in anthologies from various publishers including; WMG Publishing, Pocket Books, and St. Martins Press. He is a member of SF Canada and is past president of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America. He is also an alumni of the Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Master Class taught by award winning author/editors, Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Feel free to contact him on Facebook, Twitter, or his website http:www.russcrossley.com.  He loves to hear from readers  

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      The Watcher of Wayburn Street - Russ Crossley

      The Watcher of Wayburn Street

      The Watcher of Wayburn Street

      Russ Crossley

      53rd Street Publishing

      The Watcher of Wayburn Street

      Published by 53rd Street Publishing

      Copyright 2013 Russ Crossley

      All rights reserved

      Cover art copyright © coffmancmu/depositphotos

      Cover designed by R. Edgewood

      Cover design and layout copyright 2017 by 53rd Street Publishing

      53rd Street Publishing

      Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

      www.53rdstreetpublishing.com

      This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

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      The Watcher of Wayburn Street

      About the Author

      Other books by the Author

      Also available from 53rd Street Publishing.

      The Watcher of Wayburn Street

      Itook a sip of the hot coffee and winced when it burned against my tongue. I should have waited for it

      cool

      down

      .

      I look out the large picture window to see a man wearing a soiled powder blue track suit, his hair the color of steel wool, pushing a rusted grocery cart brimming with dumpster treasurers in the crosswalk on Wayburn Street.

      I see the usual drug dealers

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