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about me

I am a non practicing Horologist, who is currently employed in the field of construction. I left a prestigious career in New York city to aid my ailing father in his business. After the collapse of his contracting firm, I began writing my first roman à clef novel. The following chapters are taken from an original manuscript and thirteen journals of hope, better known as the Harmony journal. It has been revised many times over beginning with Wordpad and ending in WordPerfect. It was only during the formation of the website, did I decide to separate these cumulous blocks of text into quotes, phrases and passages. Creating a book of this magnitude was no easy task, to put it mildly. Now that it is finally finished, the world shall be my judge, and I shall depart into the ether of time. To live as a ghost in the world I created from knowing.

Those who read the embryo man will never forget. . . How wonderful life could have been.

"The Embryo Man" is a story told through flashbacks recorded in a modern day manuscript and a love story that has been resurrected from a multitude of journals, preserved and bound by time. The events and occurrences which transpire are the result of actual accounts presented to the reader in a narrative. The wording has been revised and filtered through intense documentation and research. This book which seems to have adopted it’s own philosophy on life is one of the few existing novels to actually be written ‘in verse.’

“The truth, no matter how excruciating it may be will always be honest.” - Charles Pendelton

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my favorites

books

  • The Princess Diaries; The other side of midnight

music

  • Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Orange Bicycle,
  • Arabesque, Roberto Carlos, Claulia de Colombia, Piero, Frequencia Mod,
  • The Flowerpot men, Wimple Winch, Syd Barrett, The Gants, The E-Types
  • The 23rd Turnoff, Richard and the young lions, The Fortunes, Led Zepp,
  • La oreja de Van Gogh, Jeanette, Piero, Karina, Kiara, Manuela Torres,

film

  • I love you Alice B. Toklas, Shawshank redemption, Clockwork orange,
  • Salaam Bombay, Dos Amantes, Matador, Tuvalu, Children of Heaven,
  • Buffalo 66, Silent hill, Night of the creeps, Prisoner of 2nd Avenue,
  • Rainman, Midnight run, Planes traines and automobiles, I am Sam,
  • A walk in the clouds, Total recall, The gods must be crazy, Awakenings
  • Stealing Heaven, A Christmas story, Final destination, The Craft, K2,
  • Late for dinner, American history X, Apt pupil, The eye, Joy ride,
  • One flew over the cuccoo's nest, Freebie and the bean, Milo & Otis,

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Oh Claudia

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Oh Claudia

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This is a poem I wrote many years ago.

I wrote it for a singer named Claudia de Colombia.

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consternation

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consternation

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I extracted this poem from my book, The Embryo Man.

I wrote it while walking in the land of the shadow dwellers.

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Now Saturday

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Now Saturday

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This is a very short poem I wrote on Saturday.

Saturday of ages past.

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Would I lie?

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Would I lie?

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This is a poem I wrote awhile back.

A time in my life when nothing would go right.

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When tears fall

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When tears fall

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This is a poem I wrote about the senseless slaughter of innocent animals.

Pigs in particular.

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The fear

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The fear

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This poem I wrote after going to a concert.

I imagined having to sing in front of the crowd. I then began writing. . .

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In the hour of late

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In the hour of late

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This poem I wrote after watching a movie.

A movie depicting life in Medieval France.

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All I imagine

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All I imagine

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Here is one of my favorite poems.

This one I dedicate to an angel I loved long ago.

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Windswept love and unbridled passion

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Although I am with you, my heart resides in a distant plain.

This is a poem I wrote for a damsel in 16th century Europe.
In a time when chastity belts were fashionable.

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When you're gone

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When you're gone

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This is a poem I wrote the first day I ever got high.

I didn't think that evil feeling would ever go away. . .

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No Picasso's

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No Picasso's

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This particular poem needs no introduction!

I personally would rather have a Van Gogh!!!

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Everything's come undone

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Everything's come undone

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This is one of my oldest poems.

I was in a really twisted mood when I wrote it!

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The Hedgehogs are here!

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The Hedgehogs are here!

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This is simply page # 120 from Chapter 25 in my book.
Page number (2) from that chapter.

I titled it under "poem" because I wasn't sure what to classify it under
since it isn't the entire chapter. I would like to ask you all to critique it,
if any of you could find the time, and in case you didn't know
it is the trees I am describing here. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 1

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 1

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, General Nonfiction

Chapter 1 is titled - Upon waking eyes

Within the confines of my humble abode, I gracefully present to you all, an extraction of one day. To see the world through the eyes of an artist who is able to take you on a magical journey of the mind. Let him paint for you the world how he sees it, and punish him not for displaying his emotions. That is his job for he is your navigator. So lay with me on my magic carpet and allow me to turn back the clock. The years are unwinding into the past. Soon we will arrive at our intended destination; June the 11th, 1982. So relax and taste with own perceptive conscience, those bitter pleasures I have partaken in. Let the narration begin. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 2

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 is titled - The mystical realm of Neptali Sable

What is it about the mystique and allure of marijuana that has everyone so enthralled? To a poet it may very well serve to be a magic potion, that when imbibed, causes the mind to create a flurry of impressive stanzas in a very subtle prose. To a nineteen year old dreamer, it was simply a way out.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 3

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 3

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

Chapter 3 is titled - Weed Island to the Raven

Sometimes when we prefabricate yarns we choose to elect or disavow certain elements that have a tendency to misconstrue the intended story. Never be afraid to explore those uncertain areas, for they will become the embodiment of your writing. Soon, we will comprehend the impossible, but
for now let us look into the stars. They are a gateway to the universe.
An instrument of God.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 4

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 4

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

Chapter 4 is titled - The adventures of Billy and Bravo

This chapter is simply a thought that progressed in my mind. I followed the flowing patterns as they formed from darkness, and let the illusion whisk me away. There in the outer reaches of a world unknown to man lies the greatest illusion of all. To separate the light from the darkness is to peel away the shell of man's outer coating. Stand within the threshold as a teardrop without form and try to assimilate between the two worlds.
Only when darkness is parted can you peer into it.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 5

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 5

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

Chapter 5 is titled - Danger on the Thirteenth Floor!

What is it that frightens us? A black cat? A crack in the sidewalk?
The number 13? Be not afraid of foolish things that shadow your universe with premonitions of impending disasters; Instead, be very afraid of the stranger who walks behind you on a moonless night down a dark and unobstructed alley. He has come to separate you from your earthly possessions. He is the one you should worry about. *Not foolish things*

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 6

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 6

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

Chapter 6 is titled - That deadly nutmeg tree

At seventeen, with life's burden resting heavily upon your shoulders, life
can be unyielding. Between trying to quell the sorrows of yesteryear and attempting to fit in with the rest our dysfunctional society, I was trapped.
I have no purpose being here, I thought. God should not allow it. All this being what it may, I found myself forced to live. I wanted answers and no one was talking. When I wept no one heard. From the time I was twelve years old,
I sought refuge in a bottle of alcohol. It didn't matter what kind; the result was always the same. At age fourteen, I made a decision to experiment with psychedelic drugs, in a vain attempt to unlock that unopened door that would in turn answer all my answers. Questions that had me baffled since the infliction of my torment. Instead, I became an explorer of time and space. Ever searching; ever wondering why. Soon I began taking notes the same way I did when I created the Harmony Journal years earlier. Entering a
world of utter madness was just the beginning. In fact, I had seen
the light much earlier, unbeknownst to my parents that is.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 7

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 is titled - Into the world of work spins Mother

When Mother left that day I found myself elated! The entire house was now mine to do whatever I wanted, and I wanted to continue smoking. I wanted to smoke until I could open my bedroom door and walk out on another planet. I know I wasn't the only teenager in the world to smoke pot, but why did I feel like the bad guy? I always felt like the bad guy. . . So, as I sit in my room thinking about the day at hand, my mother is walking to the train station. This chapter is me dwelling upon her, and how I believed her day would go.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 8

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 is titled - The rise and fall of progress

This particular chapter plants a seed in the reader's brain.
"All that which is wonderful today will be desecrated tomorrow"
And there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.
If God told you, you would die today in a plane crash
I am sure you would hide in the sanctity of your bedroom;
and the plane would come down upon your house. . .

(Welcome to my world of nightmares)

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 9

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 9

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, General Nonfiction

Chapter 9 is titled - Early morning visit

In terms of a normal, average story, I guess I can say it starts here.
My friend comes over to visit. He lets himself in through the side door.
He ascends the creaky brown carpeted staircase leading up to my room.
As we watch TV and get high, my world once again begins to dissolve
all around me, and I am escorted into the land of dreams. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 10

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 10

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Horror

Chapter 10 is titled - The story of Captain Hook

When I was little my dad used to tell me these gruesome stories of one
of the most terrifying legends in all of American folklore. Never could I
ever have imagined that one day I would be standing within mere feet
of something so horrifyingly real, it would shatter everything I'd ever
known or had even begun to understand about an emotion commonly
referred to as "sheer terror." In this chapter, you are going to meet a
monster. A monster unlike any other. One that feeds in the cerebral
cortex of a young child's brain. I can almost see him peering out at me
from a dream. If you were given one wish; pray you never meet him.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 11

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 11

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, General Nonfiction, Paranormal

Chapter 11 is titled - The Curator

This chapter was added to the book because during the course of that
day I happened to pick it up and begin reading through its pages.
It is a short story I wrote and it is entitled, "The Curator."

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 12

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is entitled - Three trails of serenity

As the day progressed, I and my friend left my parents house to go
wandering in the deep sections of the woods. These are the trails
which led us to the three areas we would often visit.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter  13

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 13

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Short Story: General Fiction, Paranormal

This chapter is titled - Don’t look so surprised

It is not what you would expect.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 14

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 14

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This chapter is titled - A long fabrication of tall tales woven

As I gaze upon the remains of an old tree fort, I can remember conversing
with Mrs. Wade. An old lady who sold my parents the new house after they
divorced, and after the tragedy. So allow me to lead you away for a brief
while as the conversation is once again regenerated. We have wound the
clock back seven years, and have arrived at our intended destination.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 15

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 15

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This chapter is titled - The conjurer of wicked little minds

This is the second part of "A long fabrication of tall tales woven."
A horror story told to me by an old woman who was apparently insane.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 16

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 16

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This chapter is titled - The land of dry tonics

Getting back to our story we find ourselves walking toward our
4th hangout spot. A place where antique bottles ameliorate the
land and the chance to partake in dreams awaits.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 17

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 17

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - Enter the field of Ah

We soon head for our 5th place of refuge.
An area of land encompassed by thorns and thickets.
A place where two handmade benches sit, ever awaiting
our arrival. The peaceful land beckons my return.
Of course none of these places exist today,
the same way we will cease to exist tomorrow. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 18

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 18

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - The olde greenhouse

As we tarry onward toward our 6th resting spot, the wooded area
soon begins to resemble a jungle. Before long we would descend
the cracked and crumbling staircase which led us to the heart of
its dilapidated structure. There I stood, gently caressing its
concrete walls and smelling the assemblage of small trees where
they almost seemed to flourish, mixed in with a multitude of
various weeds and undergrowth. Ever contemplating was I
in a dreamlike state, things that were outside my grasp.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 19

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 19

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Horror, Humor

This chapter is titled - The dreaded Silo 3

Chapter 19

There is a place in the subterranean underground that extends
outward as far as the eye can see. A long stretch of artery that
can carry the human voice and its echoes through insufferable
darkness. A mere tunnel spanning from one place to another.
It is the 7th stop on our little journey. It is the dreaded Silo 3.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 20

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 20

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adventure

This story is titled - Where Eagle Creek divides

This is the 8th and final stop on our journey. A exquisitely detailed
setting whose illustrious beauty is reminiscent of a picture postcard!
As I lay before the giant weeping willow tree, my ears can hear the
water trickling by. Filtering in and around the stone made trench at
Eagle Creek, I close my eyes and gently begin to slip away. The time
is nearing five pm. From here we will walk the familiar streets until
we reach the home of a friend who is preparing a barbecue.
The fate of the evening is now at hand.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 21

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 21

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Mystery, Humor

This story is titled - An evening with Dr. Doom

This story takes place a year prior to the date in which our story
is currently unfolding. Welcome if you may, a mulish character.
One with no top-hat and no morals. His blatant disregard for others
supercedes his lack of social graces and his obnoxious behavior cannot
be quelled. I shall not go as far as to say he was the embodiment of Satan;
However, I will say he is the infusion of a brute and a dunce.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 22

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 22

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This story is titled - The great quest toward evening

After the barbecue, I and my friend John made a decision to go scouting the
island in search of anyone selling sunshine. California sunshine to be exact.
Even had it rained, I am sure we could have found it. *That’s sunshine*
One whose property value differs with each and every transaction.
A strange but gentle concoction in the form of an unassuming microdot.
What is smaller than a granule of couscous, yet larger than the solar system?
*California sunshine of course* On the eve of this very night would I not only
save my eternal soul, but I would finally unlock that magic box and look inside.

Yes, I would learn the answer to all things,
but sadly, I would hold onto only one.
The one question that has haunted me since the very beginning.

(((“Why?”)))

The doors of perception are opening;
we are at the threshold. . .
*You may now enter*

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 23

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - The wonderful workings of a time machine

As we proceed into the night, things are not going as planned.
Peter is acting territorial because he feels he has been slighted,
while john and I are about to enter in through a small doorway.
One that is as tall as the width of a quarter.

Of all places to roam, we decide to walk the train tracks.
It’s not like we never walked them before! We walk them all the time.
However, you do not walk them in the land of the shadow dwellers.

*That’s virtual suicide*

So follow me if you may into a strange new world.
We are passing through the threshold as I speak. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 24

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This chapter is titled - Demons wail in the chapel of Hell

As the effects of the hallucinogenic substance began to take hold of
us, I would attempt to absorb everything in my field of vision. It is an
astonishing fact you may not even be aware of but anything we see,
taste, smell, touch or hear can be reprocessed later, for the human mind
is nothing more than an elaborate computer. Most people, however, will
never be able to fully comprehend its awesome capabilities, and so they
destroy themselves early. John used it to act like a fool, blatantly
disregarding any potential good it may serve, while I, on the other
hand, used it delicately and with caution to study but more so,
perhaps benefit from its astounding gift. Indeed I would use it
to my advantage, otherwise I would be committing a mortal sin.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 25

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Horror

This story is titled - The Hedgehogs are here!

In this particular chapter, we find ourselves in the realm of the tree dwellers.
As my mind begins to work ‘full circle,’ I began to take mental notes of my
environment. Yes indeed, the outside world has changed into a horrific tale
of injustice and betrayal! We were now surrounded by trees with evil faces
that wanted us gone. . . No, they wanted us dead! *Like the Status Quo song,
"Black veils of melancholy" everything was alive!* We were in the wrong here,
for we had no business encroaching their territory. As the danger becomes
more prevalent, they begin whispering to one another in an inaudible tone.
The air blew gently, touching their bony arms. This allowed them to move
unrestrained! Some crumpled their leafy hands in enthusiasm, to provoke
my fear while others attempted to get inside my brain. We were now
playing a game. I would be given a certain amount of time to solve this very
unique puzzle. Should I win, I get to rejoin the others and make like none
of this ever happened; Should I lose? Well then I would go irrevocably insane.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 26

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Horror

This story is titled - My impressive imagination

As I say goodbye to the tree demons, we exit the enchanted forest
and proceed to follow the path which leads up to the train tracks.
Suddenly and without warning John hears something and panics!
I then hear the sound of an axe to a skull behind a muffled cry.
Aside from a pack of wild dogs that I believe are now following us,
we must decide what to do fast for time is running out. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 27

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Humor

This chapter is titled - The man who went berserk!

This is where Peter finally reaches his boiling point and erupts!
It had been building up all evening and would finally come to a head.
When a man’s irascible behavior can no longer be contained, it must
come forth; either in short bursts or a flurry of heated words exchanged
in a torrential assault. John and I were now in the laughing stage as we
watched our friend fly into fits of rage at the slightest infraction. In his
woebegone world of normalcy, he was heavily oppressed and afflicted
with deep sorrow. His actions however, would catapult us into
a delirious maze creating a new form of hysteria!

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 28

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This chapter is titled - A pleasant journey to the Hash Hut

This is the ‘first of four’ essential chapters leading up to the main chapter
in which the book revolves around. (An exquisite love story that fills my
eyes with tears if I should think of it.) But for now let us turn back time.
It is a day in August, 1981; the previous year. On this particular day,
I would experiment heavily and take a friend with me on that long
journey. Double barrel purple mescaline and close to an ounce of
reefer would take us to the outer limits of our own mind.

There was only one downside.
My friend never experimented with hallucinogenics before,
and today he would be taking three. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 29

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

This chapter is titled - The Mystery Man and The Clown!

This is the ‘second of four’ essential chapters leading up to the main chapter
in which the book revolves around. Me and my friend Richie are now in my
father’s house. My parents are at the hospital with my baby sister, who
has contracted a terrible viral infection. They will not be coming home this
evening. The house is terribly distorted and slowly begins to come alive
like the outside world has come alive.

I almost feel like medicine the house has absorbed.
We are now slowly dissolving in its belly. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 30

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

This chapter is titled - The incredible expedition

This is the ‘third of four’ essential chapters leading up to the main
chapter in which the book revolves around. In this chapter I and my
friend decide to explore the basement where articles of clothing,
old magazines, and general plastic ware that should be in storage
lie strewn about. Above our heads, my father’s tools hang on
display in an orderly fashion. Some, very sharp and abiding.

I then proceed to tell him the story of the Rosemary Theater.

After this, we climb into the crawlspace where I smoke my grass until
there is no longer anything in existence. In that outer void, I am lost
in a dark sea. My mind is without reason; My sanity threatened.

Let the hallucination begin. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 31

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Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Horror

This chapter is titled - The shattered mind

This is the ‘fourth of four’ essential chapters leading up to the main chapter in which the book revolves around. Here in this final four part series we enter the kitchen area, but because I smoked, the room is filled with demons. The stained glass light fixture especially has it’s silent alarm ringing inside that invisible sanitarium in my head! It has now made it very clear, it wishes to destroy me. Even after I sincerely apologize to it. . . It just doesn’t like me and I have no idea why! Kind of like a rattlesnake I guess. Some things in this world you just can’t befriend. They will never understand love. It is not within them. (((Welcome to part 4)))

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Chapter 32 - (((Prelude)))

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Chapter 32 - (((Prelude)))

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: General Nonfiction, Romance

This chapter is titled - Harmony, my dearest angel

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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Chapter 32 - (((1970)))

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Chapter 32 - (((1970)))

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: General Nonfiction, Romance

This chapter is titled - Harmony, my dearest angel

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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Chapter 32 - (((1971)))

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: General Nonfiction, Romance

This chapter is titled - Harmony, my dearest angel

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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Chapter 32 - (((1972)))

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: General Nonfiction, Romance

This chapter is titled - Harmony, my dearest angel

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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Chapter 32 - (((1973)))

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: General Nonfiction, Romance

This chapter is titled - Harmony, my dearest angel

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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Chapter 32 - (((1974)))

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: General Nonfiction, Romance

This chapter is titled - Harmony, my dearest angel

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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Chapter 32 - Dark Monday

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Chapter 32 - Dark Monday

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Romance

This chapter is titled - Dark Monday

This chapter is dedicated to Harmony. My first love; My only love;
My soul mate; My eternal companion. Till eternity passes my darling,
shall I forever belong to you. For Harmony, whose sweet love has shown
me just how wonderful life can be. In a time when the very essence of
loving you would have been deemed by our society as inconceivable.

*To you my precious angel, forever*

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 33

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery, Horror

This chapter is titled - The grim intestine

As Peter departs into the evening, I and John begin wandering about in
an old abandoned schoolyard. Looking down at the ground I see something
that repulses me to such a degree I am catapulted into the arena of death.
Unable to fix my damaged mind, I have no other choice than to let the
demons in. From this moment forth I would attempt to keep my body
from going into shock. My blood was solidifying; I was dying.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 34

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

This chapter is titled - Metamorphis face

After John and I left the old abandoned schoolyard, we found the street
and began walking. It didn't take long for me to realize all the streetlights
had been transformed. Yes, we were being observed by these demonesque
critters in their morphing stage. Indeed, the night has borne them but only
the crackling current coursing through each metallic structure could sustain
them. Like an explorer of lost worlds, I continued my analyzed of man's
perception in its moot order.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 35

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: , Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

This chapter is titled - From the depths of Hades

We finally arrive at John’s house where I begin to notice something strange.
The concrete mortar pads in the driveway were crawling with activity.
There seemed to be an influx of movement within a contained space that
would challenge not only physics, but every known form of science. The
impossible had happened and this time I think it was for real. I felt like
Sherlock Holmes hovering over a body while trying to connect the pieces
to a very delicate case. A case that would crack even the most brilliant
scientific mind, and I really had no idea what I was playing with. . .

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 36

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

This chapter is titled - The puzzle of perception

As I creep into the backyard, I begin stenographing notes in the L9 quarter of the mind which lies two floors down and to the right by the Opeidoscope. Suddenly, in the middle of my documentation I am overwhelmed with fright and dismay. This progresses to a point where I fear my own sanity may be threatened. I am running out of time, but in the moments I have I must figure out what caused this fear. Only by figuring out the equation, will I be able to solve the puzzle whereby allowing me to continue my experiments in an atmosphere of peace.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 37

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure, Mystery

This chapter is titled - The Ominous Mr. Wong

As I stood examining the two houses, I was trying to differentiate between the Arabic writing on John’s soffit and the Hieroglyphics sprawled across
the Wongs asbestos slate siding. As I enter the backyard to witness John sunbathing in the light of the moon like a deranged vampire, Mr. Wong decides to stare out the window. As his brain began to unravel in that lightbulb shaped head of his I began writing a mental journal of that as
well to decipher sometime tomorrow afternoon.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 38

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - Visions from a heavenly sky

As I gazed into the firmament of Heaven, I found the clouds to be a divining rod to the past. Woven in rich textures and embroidered on a soft palate, did they illuminate my mind in its ever increased sensitivity. All I had to do was look up and anything I sought after would be found. Perchance to dream, I thought. When clouds have the ability to manufacture their own illusions, they shall reflect light not from planets nor celestial bodies, but from yesterday. Like a child being allowed to play with infinity did I cast my coin into the wishing well, but sometimes the clouds have their own mystical agenda. A message so powerful it can change the course of an inexorable life forever. When the murky veil is removed, the truth will be made known for all the world to see.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 39

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - The horseless carriage

In this chapter, we find our narrator investigating a horseless carriage circa
1893. It is resting quietly in a neighboring yard as it has done for nearly a
century. As you are soon to find out all this is about to change! This is
what happens when one's perception goes completely awry!

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 40

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - The Spanish room

After the commotion dies down and the police and neighbors disperse
into the evening, I and my friend John will not be going outside again.
We will stay in his house until the sun comes up. From there I will
go about my way leaving the memory of my past behind me.

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The Embryo Man - Chapter 41

by Charles Pendelton

Short Story: Memoir/Autobiography, Adventure

This chapter is titled - How late is thy morning hour

As I entered the dawn of a new day, I would never again use drugs of any
kind. I realized in all my foolishness, that I have lived longer than most people in a single span of only nineteen years. No longer would I be punished by God, for I finally understood the puzzle. I was not a descendant of Judas Iscariot. I was a descendant of Christ Jesus, and I was not hated by the creator of Heaven. It is a simple fact that people die. Babies die. Mothers nursing babies die. Whole families die in the most tragic of ways, and never at any time are we to take any of this personally. They will reach paradise before us. It is our selfish nature to want to keep them here suffering with us as long as humanly possible. To treasure and adore them because we love them so much that the mere thought of living without them causes our eyes to rain heavy, for our hearts cannot bear such a terrible burden. For some of us it is a fate far worse than that of dying ourselves. It is our only weakness.

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