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    Once Upon a Gas Tank
    Once Upon a Gas Tank
    Once Upon a Gas Tank
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    Once Upon a Gas Tank

    By Tia Nevitt

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    When their only family car is stolen, Ty and his kid brother Joel can't believe it when Pa buys a horse-n-buggy instead of another car. But Pa has decided to accept the reality of a world where fuel is getting scarce. Ty and Joel must now adapt to a life reminiscent of the 19th century while listening to their grandfather relive the good old days of the 21st. And while evading a gang that won’t leave them alone.
    Then, Joel decides to join the gang and rips a hole right out of Ty’s heart.
    “Once Upon a Gas Tank” is a short tale about two brothers in a world where progress is stuck in reverse.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTia Nevitt
    Release dateApr 22, 2012
    ISBN9781476390253
    Once Upon a Gas Tank
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    Tia Nevitt

    Not even a stint in the military as an aircraft mechanic could erase Tia Nevitt’s love of fairy tales. To this day, she loves to read (and write) books that take her to another place, or another time, or both. Tia has also worked on an assembly line, as a computer programmer, a technical writer and a business analyst. Over the years, she has suffered from TMI (too many interests) syndrome, and under its influence she also dabbles in calligraphy, violin, piano and songwriting. All these activities occasionally distract her from her true calling, the writing of fiction, but she always comes home. She lives in the southeast with her husband and daughter. Tia's novella, The Sevenfold Spell, recently won an EPIC award.

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      Once Upon a Gas Tank - Tia Nevitt

      Once Upon a Gas Tank

      When their only family car is stolen, Ty and his kid brother Joel can't believe it when Pa buys a horse-n-buggy instead of another car. But Pa has decided to accept the reality of a world where fuel is getting scarce. Ty and Joel must now adapt to a life reminiscent of the 19th century while listening to their grandfather relive the good old days of the 21st. And while evading a gang that won’t leave them alone.

      Then, Joel decides to join the gang and rips a hole right out of Ty’s heart.

      Once Upon a Gas Tank is a short tale about two brothers in a world where progress is stuck in reverse.

      ONCE UPON A GAS TANK

      A Fairy Tale in Reverse

      Petroleum Sunset, Episode One

      Tia Nevitt

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      Copyright (c) 2012 Patricia Nevitt. All Rights Reserved.

      Cover Art Photo Copyright (c) 2012 Patricia Nevitt. All Rights Reserved.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without permission of the author. This book is a work of fiction. Characters, places, companies, and events are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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      Chapter One

      After the car got stolen, Pa just gave up on 'em altogether.

      It's too much trouble and expense, he said, to keep cars runnin' anymore.

      My kid brother thought Pa was just grousin'. So did I. Of course, we'd get a car--somehow. Only poor folk weren't drivin' no more and we

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