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| About the Book | |
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Other Duties As Assigned is the story of Marty McCallender, a regular guy who just wants to make it through the work day without falling asleep during a meeting. ------ One day he hears a rumor that the company is planning for the launch of a new product at the field office in the town of Arroyo Desperado. ------ Marty's job has taken him there in the past, and it just so happens that he's been asked to make another trip this week. ------ As he drives through the desert in a battleship-gray company car on a lonely two-lane highway, he remembers the time he dreamed he saw a flying saucer. ------ He had this dream back when he was a kid. ------ Marty and his buddy were exploring an extinct volcano outside of town when they stopped to rest, both falling asleep. ------ The dream was so vivid that, many years later, he remembers every detail. ------ It was a dream, wasn't it? ------ Marty stops for gas in the small town of Cakeville, named for the fine pastries available at a café that closed down years ago. ------ He strikes up a conversation with the reclusive proprietor of the gas station, who lives up in the hills outside of town. ------ He has built a deck where he sits and watches for UFOs, and invites Marty to come and see it on his way back from Arroyo Desperado. ------ When he arrives at the field office, there's not much to be found out. ------ The marketing types arrived in a small charter plane, picked up the manager and left. ------ Back home, Marty is soon asked to make another trip to the field office. ------ He's been told a Miss Green has asked for him specifically to assist in standardizing the office's product ordering and inventory systems. ------ Who is this Miss Green?
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| About the Author | |
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Jim Kreuch is a retired accountant who lives in Denver, Colorado. He was born and raised in New Mexico, where he used to travel the two-lane highways in a battle-ship gray company car. For reasons that will become clear to you when You have read Chapter 32 of Other Duties As Assigned, he does not own a cat. |