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Competition, J.R Egles, Love Letters, Marie Carhart, Sc-fi, The Kabrini Message, Write a love letter, writing
We begin with our Synopsis:
The Love Story of Lizabet and Rick
York, England 1617
Both working on a large estate in Northern England, exactly 400 years ago, Lizabet Sirene is a wash and kitchen maiden and Derrick (known as “Rick”) Moutarde is in charge of the horses and stables.
Both are madly in love with each other but already spoken for. Their relationship, therefore, they believe is forbidden. They make a pact that they will only express their feelings verbally; stoically vowing never to act upon them. They are determined to be honorable, above all else.
There is such passion, however; such a magnetic and seductive quality surrounding them, that although they fight their feelings for as long as possible…one evening in the stables, the unexpected (though greatly desired) happens.
Tremendous guilt follows, leading to self-destructive behavior in the form of disproportionate self-punishment, the enabling of emotional blackmail, manipulation and ultimately for each of them…varying forms of exile and incarceration.
Yet, through all of this, their emotions only grow stronger. The more Lizabet tries to move on, the more she cannot forget. The more Rick tries to think of something…anything else, the more he can think of nothing and no one BUT Lizabet and their one night of passion in the stables.
Though separated, each endures a similar, confusing montage of mixed emotions: The euphoria, the feeling of freedom, elation and perfection of their one encounter of ecstasy, unlike any either of them has ever known or even dreamed of before…juxtaposed against the torment from those seeking to advance their own vindictive agendas: All out psychological warfare and exploitation of already overwhelming and seemingly never ending burdens of nothing but guilt, duty and obligation. Until finally, one day…an epiphany: This is futile, pointless and unbearable as well as ultimately…unnecessary.
Eventually realizing it is impossible to deny their true feelings and inevitable destiny; against all odds and despite tremendous challenges, Lizabet and Rick begin to find creative ways to communicate – ultimately breaking free from their (ironically, mostly self-imposed) respective sentences of house arrest and imprisonment.
Notes:
Although there were other methods utilized as well, Lizabet and Rick’s primary means of communication was a hollow tree in which each left messages and small tokens for the other. The messages they left were always seemingly innocent enough that should they be stumbled upon by the wrong set of prying eyes (in particular, their captors); no incriminating or self-identifying evidence could be found in them. They were careful to express what they wanted to convey, but in a way only they knew the full meaning of. This might seem to be a tricky situation, but being so in sync with each other; sharing one soul as twin flames do – they often entered each other’s dreams, read each other’s minds and felt what the other was feeling anyway, so it was not as challenging for them as one might think.
The Contest: Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
Pen your best Love Letter and deliver it to “the hollow tree”.
You may assume the role of either Rick to Lillabet or Lillabet to Rick – your choice.
For our purposes, to “hollow tree” will be a post office box. OK, OK, I know…it’s not very romantic, but it works. And yes, old-fashioned “snail mail”!
In fact, if your letter is actually hand written on real stationery…better yet (We are traveling back to the year 1617…Helloooooo???…there were no computers, tablets, email, etc.!)
Choose one of these two themes for your Love Letter. Either:
- Passionate (throw caution to the wind and just LET IT FLY!
- Or…Loaded with “Dog Whistles”…meaning: Seemingly innocent if discovered, but containing lots of useful information as to possible ways to accomplish one or more of the following goals:
- Communicate
- Escape
- Tryst
*Hollow Tree Address:
Mr. Rick Moutarde
P.O. Box 630
Absecon, NJ 08201
The most fabulous Love Letter will be awarded a $50 Amazon Gift Card.
The Kabrini Message
J.R. Egles
609-553-5652
Science Fiction/Adventure
Word count: 73,943
They had finally made contact. And the world would never be the same…
Jeffrey Driscoll is a rugged yet charming adventurer with a hidden consciousness: when he gazes through the eyepiece of his telescope, he senses someone is looking back. Haunted by the stars since boyhood, he sets off on an exhilarating quest that takes him across the planet. Not quite sure what he seeks, Driscoll only knows he must keep moving. Throughout his reckless escapades, Driscoll is often accompanied by Mondo (a childlike, affable young African), Mohammed (a surly, sun-blasted Arab) and Goldstein (a cynical New York Jew), an unlikely trio that never fails to plunge face-first into hilariously perilous predicaments.
When an uptight British archeology professor hires the ragtag crew for a dig on the Greek island of Delos, Driscoll stumbles upon a miraculous find: ancient crystals with celestial coordinates that will connect mankind with the Kabrini, a highly advanced alien civilization. Driscoll’s groundbreaking discovery ultimately leads to Planet Earth’s first global space effort, the Legacy mission.
Years later, when Driscoll Mining and the U.S. Army complete deep space construction of the Kabrini communications network, the Legacy mission is deemed a success. Mankind finally makes contact…only to discover the Kabrini Message isn’t exactly what we want to hear. The Kabrini view our civilization as one of heightened intelligence yet no spiritual enlightenment—a dangerous combination. Although the wise alien race has the ability to offer mankind limitless knowledge and staggering technological advances, they fear our barbaric people will only use the information for evil.
As if to prove the Kabrini right, a fanatical terrorist group’s hunger for revenge leads to an explosive turn of events, threatening the Kabrini network; but Driscoll will stop at nothing to save the project. As his obsession with the Kabrini grows and the Legacy mission spirals out of control, he risks losing it all—his company, his grasp on what’s most important and the one thing he’s ever truly loved: his wife, Carol.
This thrilling Adventure meets Sci-Fi saga takes readers across the globe and beyond, from the jungles of Africa to London, from Los Angeles to Greece, from Washington D.C. to Egypt, from Jamaica to Vienna and finally to the deepest depths of space. Join Jeffrey Driscoll and all of mankind on an unforgettable journey to alien contact and universal enlightenment in The Kabrini Message.
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http://kabrinimessage.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-story-behind-story.html
One afternoon the Hamstahs,
