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The Age of Paranoia

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1he Age of arano|a

8y Ioseph Genovese and Lduoard Crago





















Chapter 1
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Cralg Ldwards saL on hls foldlng chalr on Lhe paLlo of hls recenLly rulned fraL
house 1he parLy lasL nlghL had been a full on rager and he was feellng Lhe effecLs
of a bruLal hangover PeaL and sunllghL from an already blazlng new Crleans
summer were noL helplng maLLers elLher 1he only reason he was ouLslde rlghL
now was because Lhe cable had gone ouL and mosL of Lhe Llme ln Lhls clLy was
way more lnLeresLlng Lhan anyLhlng on cable anyway And slnce he and hls fraL
broLhers were poor college klds Lhe Lv gave off LhaL sLaLlc black and whlLe glow
and whlLe nolse Cralg had grown accusLomed Lo LhaL growlng up and lL acLually
served Lo sooLhe hlm Loday Pe felL llke a zomble and he could relaLe Lo Lhe
behavlor rlghL now All Lhe sympLoms were Lhere blank sLare mouLh sllghLly
agape low guLLural moan whenever asked a quesLlon or engaged ln Lhe sllghLesL
hlnL of conversaLlon equlllbrlum off kllLer causlng a walk resembllng LhaL of
someone ln rare form on 8ourbon SLreeL Pls broLhers were all sLlll passed ouL or
aLLempLlng a wake up whlle slmulLaneously drlfLlng ln and ouL of consclousness
MaLL Cambllng seemed parLlculary odd Lhls afLernoon conslderlng he was sLarlng
aL Lhe sLaLlc Cralg debunked Lhe oddness due Lo Lhe large amounL of poL MaLL
had smoked for hls dally wake and bake oLheads amused hlm buL ln Lhls case
he would Lake anyLhlng Lo geL rld of Lhe paln Pe goL up Lo Lake a walk Lo 8lLe Ald
buL before he could geL far someLhlng else sLruck hlm as serlously odd 1he
CuleL
lL was a beauLlful fall day ln new Crleans buL Lhere wasn'L a soul ln slghL
Clear sky sun shlnlng perfecL LemperaLure of 68 and a nlce breeze made for
some beauLlful ouLslde advenLure weaLher buL Lhe bears of nola seemed Lo be
hlbernaLlng Loday Lven lf lL was Sunday and Lyplcally a day where 90 percenL of
Lhls area were sLlll sleeplng off hangovers he had a really bad feellng LhaL
someLhlng was up And lL wasn'L Lhe economy or Lhe sLock markeL ln a clLy where
loud brass bands and funky [azz overpopulaLed Lhe alr and lnvaded eardrums Lhls
sllence was deafenlng and way Lo eery for hlm Lo bare Pe declded Lo walk
anyway and LhaL's when he saw whaL made Lhls day even sLranger lf LhaL was
even posslble aL Lhls polnL
A 8uddhlsL monk
SLandlng ln Lhe mlddle of Lhe sLreeL
SLarlng rlghL back aL hlm
Cralg had a feellng shlL was abouL Lo geL real and [usL Lhen lL happened
1he sLaLlc on Lhe old school Lelevlslon swlLched off and a warnlng message
soundlng someLhlng llke Lhe emergency broadcasL sysLem he normally heard on
Lhe radlo began Lo play
Coddamn l'm hungry"
Moybe tbe mook woots loocb

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