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The Flip
by Doyle Weldon Knight
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The Pentacle Virus drove the human race to the brink of extinction. Humanity is determined to complete the job.
In 2020 AD, or 0004 AP (After Pentacle), whichever you chose to acknowledge, Dinky finds himself in a precarious situation. Baby Girl, his wife of thirty-eight years, needs to maintain the prescription medication that keeps her long-term illness at bay. There is no more to be found in or around the small town of Barkston.
Since the Pentacle Virus pandemic of 2016, the world’s human population is ten percent of what it was pre-Pentacle and what erupted from the chaos was a society bordering on insanity. No government, no public services, no utilities, no laws and no church.
Dinky, his dog Blue, and an old shotgun named Beulah set out on a trek to the town of Anson, thirty-five miles away in search of a pharmacy that has survived the new society. His travel is sometimes treacherous and sometimes joyful, but always with the obligation to provide for his beloved Baby Girl.
Will his courage, wits and survival skills get him through the trials presented or will he become another victim of… The Flip?
A Word from the Author
I started writing, The Flip, in 2016. It was originally titled, Me and You and a Dog Named Blue, but at the advice of my editor, was later shortened. It was my first full length novel and stayed in the bottom of a filing cabinet until December of 2019. I had a short story published in October of 2019 and it reignited my flame to write.
The Flip, was released on August 1, 2020.
The story of Dinky begins four years after the Pentacle Virus reduced the global human population by ninety percent. The world Dinky knew had turned upside down. There are no more vapor streaks pluming in the atmosphere. Very seldom is the sound of a combustion engine heard. When it is heard; you hide until it passes. The enormous stench has subsided and the whispers of natural silence penetrates the land.
Law enforcement, fire department, hospitals, utilities, phone communications and television broadcast have gone by the wayside. Citizen Band Radio still works but the remaining moral members of society stay silent for fear of being discovered and raided. Survival is the new world order.
His wife, Baby Girl, had been diagnosed and used a prescription medication to keep her Lupus in remission prior to the pandemic. The supply has depleted and cannot be found in the normal scavenging range of Barkston. He will have to travel to Anson in hopes of finding the medicine.
The story unwinds through Dinky’s memories while he and his Blue Heeler, Blue, make the journey. They endure pleasures and perils along the highway, but they press on; always with the commitment to stay alive and provide the needs of the woman they love.
(Doyle Weldon Knight, August 2020)
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