Commune: Book One

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To my wife, Jennifer, who did so much to improve my writing and helped to make Amanda more real,

To my good friend, Scott Brandt, who saved me from making several stupid civilian mistakes,

To my friend, Brittany-Rose Tribulski, who helped me to understand that each person in the world must have their own Voice,

And to the rest of my friends, who assured me that this was a story worth sharing,

Thank you all.

“It’s amazing how everything breaks when you don’t have an army of people staring at it.”

This is where Jacob Martin (who we all know as Jake) decides to start his story: at the fall of everything. I would love to have him start further back than this. We would all love to hear it, truly. We have all lived with him now for various periods of time, spanning from several months to at least two years. The realities of day to day life have made him familiar to us, but the fact remains: we know essentially nothing about this man’s origin. I suspect some of the others in our community may have a pool running—the person who comes closest to guessing the details of Jake’s former life takes the pot! This is all contingent, of course, on me wheedling the details from him. Hope springs eternal.

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