{"id":2311,"date":"2017-01-20T06:59:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T06:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2017-01-20T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T06:59:04","slug":"free-fiction-soul-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/new\/free-fiction-soul-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Fiction: Soul Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. After last month&#8217;s lighthearted free short story <i>(<a href=\"http:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/?product=gateway-blood-buck-tales\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gateway Blood<\/a>)<\/i>, one of the readers asked for something darker. Well, below is <i>Soul Survivor<\/i>, a short story I believe fills that request. Fyi, it&#8217;s a supernatural tale set in my <i>Cause Beyond Reasonable Control<\/i> universe slated to debut in 2018.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #24890d;\" width=\"200\" \/>\n<p>After a fight with another know-nothing commanding officer, John Snider finds himself reassigned into the real deep shit. During the Viet Nam war, joining up with any advanced forward unit promised death. Thinking his troubles with commanding officers were behind him, John gladly reassigned to Boudraux\u2019s Bad Boys. Worst decision of his military life.<\/p>\n<p>To survive Viet Nam, John Snider must first survive his unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoul Survivor\u201d by Ezekiel James Boston, is free on this website for one month only. The story\u2019s also available as an ebook through various online retailers and <a href=\"http:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/?product=soul-survivor-buck-tales\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. <span style=\"color: red;\"><b>As a warning<\/b><\/span>, this is a fictional story about a soldier during the Viet Nam war\/conflict. As such, it contains rather strong language.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><center><span style=\"color: black;\">This story was available for free from:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">January 20, 2017<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: black;\">to<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">February 20, 2017<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: green;\">&#8211;EJ&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><center>Cover and layout copyright \u00a9 2017 Elsewhere Publishing<br \/>\nCover art copyright \u00a9 Dechik<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. After last month&#8217;s lighthearted free short story (Gateway Blood), one of the readers asked for something darker. Well, below is Soul Survivor, a short story I believe fills that request. Fyi, it&#8217;s a supernatural tale set in my Cause Beyond Reasonable Control universe slated to debut in 2018. 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