The Standardized Man
The Standardized Man
Free DownloadThe dilemma of "The Man in the White Suit" was but a minor irritation compared to Charles and his "all-weather" suit!
Book Excerpt
ad been absolutely stable for more years than he knew about. What would happen if it suddenly became unstable? A fluctuation of even a fraction of a cent would cause widespread panic; it would jolt the Public's faith in its infallible economic system. And the panic would cause further deviation in the Dollar's purchasing power, and--more panic.
He wiped his brow. If the situation in the Textile Industry was as critical as Edwin said it was, then Edwin and his superiors weren't going to be at all happy when Charles told them about the suit--and Charles was going to be the fall guy.
But of course he had to get back and tell them. Because Edwin was all set to start production on the all-weather suit immediately, and if he actually went through with that and got a few million of them onto consumer's backs, the result would be not panic, but disaster.
And Charles' present problem was how to get home without being arrested.
* * * * *
It was then that one individual got an extremel
FREE EBOOKS AND DEALS
(view all)
Popular books in Short Story, Science Fiction, Post-1930, Fiction and Literature
More books by Stephen Bartholomew
(view all)
Readers reviews
0.0
LoginSign up
Be the first to review this book
Popular questions
(view all)Books added this week
(view all)
No books found
FEATURED AUTHOR - Toni M. Andrews developed her love for creative writing in elementary school with the encouragement of teachers and classmates. In college, she shifted to journalism and is currently a communications and public relations professional working in higher education.
The Road to Second Chance is her first novel. As our Author of the Day, she tells us all about it.