Charlie McGregor lived a simple life. Most of the time he read. Not out of any form of necessity, but because he loved it. His love of reading flowed from the many years he had served as a Professor of Classical Literature at Julliard. He awoke early every morning and read. He would also crawl into bed with a book and read late into the night. Each week he could read through volumes of books of every subject and genre. He had the time to do so. He never had anywhere to go, and he never had anything to do. The only time he ever went anywhere was when the guards would come to his cell, cuff him, and escort him to the cafeteria.1
He claimed to be innocent. But, so do most of those held behind federal bars. Charlie McGregor is not like most of those held behind federal bars. He was exceptionally more intelligent than most, not just of those in prison, but of most people. Which is where this story begins taking the shape of a story. Not at its beginning, but at its climax. If this story had been recognized at its beginning, it would have never had time to build to its climax. It would have never been a story at all.2
Now the story begins. At the climax. Where the beginning will begin playing into the end. Where Dr. Hogan Daniels walks into Charlie’s life and opens his mind to a world of possibilities. Thus begins the climax of the story. 3
Author notes
A Brief Prologue... a foreshadow, if you will...
A contest entry
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Freakin' AWESOME! I want to read more, more, more!
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Both odd and Gripping at the same time, I'm very much interested in this character and hope to read more.
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Hmmm.. At first I thought it was going to be a slow beginning but then you mentioned that he was in jail. That sparked my interest it kind of reminds me of Hannibal Lector with the whole part with the genius in jail kind of thing. I like it and am every interested on how it all works out.
thanks for entering this into my contest.
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Very interesting, there's not much here to comment on but its still gripping. I like how you phrased it, how you decided to start at the climax and go to the end, very creative. Thank you for entering my contest and good luck.
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this was very amazing. Right at the first scentence I was hooked. if you don't write more i will go utterly insane. this is an amazing prologue. messege me when you have written more.
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Wow! If you stop now I will be depressed. Please continue.
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Very good. You did well with capturing my attention in a very brief amount of time which is what a good prologue is all about. Well done. Write the rest of it, please.
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