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Congrats to the finalists and all who entered. Take care. Vern

I probably wouldn't even look at the author until I finished the story and might want to buy something else by said author, but then I rarely brose through book stores any more. And only on a few occasions have I bought a book (more accurately had my wife buy it for me) because of the author; most in my opinion don't repeat the excellent experience I received from the first one. I'm just too damn picky, lol. Sometimes I will pick up a book my wife is reading and just start reading wherever she has it marked and if I find it interesting will ask to read it when she finishes, or perhaps before if she gets busy on something else. I may not be typical in that regard. Take care. Vern

upper lip

You have style, lady. Take care. Vern

It seems to me  you're over complicating the situation. They either pass out from lack of oxygen and/or decompression or they don't. You then save them or you don't. They will not know one way or the other unless you indeed do save them. Any added detail is not going to change anything or make it more dramatic unless you want to go into the theatrics of a Total Recall or such other unrealistic depiction. Good luck with whatever you decide. Take care. Vern

Of what? Take care. Vern

ambrosia

Traitor or swine, like beauty, is often in the eyes of the beholder (along with the accompanying bias.) According to the relatively recently discovered Gospel of Judas, he was actually the most trusted of the disciples. Judas was given advanced teachings and thus was secretly given the task of helping Jesus fulfill his mission by "betraying" him as planned. Of course this version was not included in the canonized Bible for obvious reasons. Take care. Vern

A similar speech might be made today regarding "religious" intolerance and hypocrisy. Take care. Vern

Edited to add omitted word.

stool pigeons

obi wan kanobi (oops, one too many k's corrected)

I don't know, sounds like a lot of work getting to those places and carrying all that cement and all. And if somebody is going to leisurely sift through all that "stuff" for DNA, they've probably already sniffed out more than enough evidence to convict. BTW, Lake Washington and probably most any other is at times chock full of scuba divers looking for treasures or artifacts, prone to find that body sticking up like a Lady in the Lake (think movie with Robert Montgomery)before the murderer's demise. Take care. Vern

Edited to add R. Montgomery info)