A Crossed Reality. Gerald Pruett

       Table of Contents

       Table of Contents

       Cover

       Other books by Gerald Pruett

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Back cover

      A Crossed Reality

      by

      Gerald Pruett

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

      A Crossed Reality

      Copyright ©2012 by Gerald Pruett

      ISBN-13 978-1-927360-80-4

      First Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Pruett, Gerald, 1963-

      A crossed reality [electronic resource] / written by Gerald Pruett – 1^st ed.

      ISBN 978-1-927360-80-4

      Also available in print format.

      I. Title.

      PS3616.R837C76 2009 813'.6 C2009-901728-8

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      Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

      Extreme care has been taken to ensure that all information presented in this book is accurate and up to date at the time of publishing. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Additionally, neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

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      Publisher:

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

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      To my son Joseph Pruett.

      I know that he would rather that I have spent my time playing video games with him than write.

       Books by Gerald Pruett

      A Crossed Reality

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       Chapter One

      At Harvard University on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 10:05 A.M., Professor Blumberg, a science instructor, was returning graded assignments.

      Randy Miller, a twenty-one-year-old student in the class, was the tenth one to get his research paper back, and when he glanced at the front cover of his paper he saw a large red ‘F’ across the front page of his work. He couldn’t help but to let out an audible groan for his initial protest.

      Randy was half Mexican from his father’s side. He was of an average height and weight. His mother Phyllis had never married Randy’s father and he had disappeared from Phyllis’ life just after he found out that she was pregnant with Randy.

      Once Prof. Blumberg handed back the last assignment, he walked up to the head of the class. He stood in front of his desk, and as he panned the room of where his students were sitting, he asked, “Okay, does anyone have any questions of the grade he or she received?” Randy’s hand quickly shot up. “Mr. Miller, I had a feeling that you would be the first to raise your hand. Mr. Miller, your paper is a joke and I will not entertain joke papers, so your grade stands.”

      Randy abruptly stood up and uttered, “Prof. Blumberg, I must protest. I have scientific facts to back up my paper.”

      “Mr. Miller, science fiction is not facts.”

      “There’s nothing in my paper that’s science fiction,” Randy insisted.

      Alexander (Alex) O’Brien, another twenty-one-year-old student and a childhood friend of Randy’s watched the exchange of words with great interest. He had short red hair and green eyes. He stood taller than Randy by only an inch, but weighed a few pounds less.

      “Okay, Mr. Miller,” Prof. Blumberg said. Randy sat back down. “Let’s get your fellow students involved in this. Everyone, Mr. Miller’s paper was on the alternate reality theory. In his paper, not only does he agree with the alternate reality theory, but he also states that more realities are spawning each day. In his paper he states that with each crossroad event that a person comes to in his or her life that event will spawn more realities. How many realities will depend on how many possible outcomes there are to each crossroad event. According to Randy, four possible outcomes means that four realities will be spawn. He had even claimed that he has come up with a way to identify different realities from each other with the Alpha realities