JiMC - Title - Lucky Tickets

To everybody that has sent suggestions, compliments, pointed out errors, and otherwise sent me feedback, I would like to once again thank you. I do indeed read every message sent to me, and I try to respond individually to each personal message sent. This story has, by far, attracted more attention than any other story I have written; I’m simply amazed and thrilled that so many people seem to like the story. In particular, I want to express my sincere thanks to two people — Jeff Warner and Terry — who have sent in corrections and other information related to the chapters that I had posted, resulting in changes that make the story more factually and grammatically correct.

As I hint in the Afterword above, I do intend to continue this story with at least one sequel: I’ve already written an additional five chapters which will somehow be adapted to become the beginning of the next entry of this saga, which I will start writing in the beginning of 2004.

Once again, thank you for making it this far into the story. I’m sorry if the story seems to end abruptly, but I would prefer have this story "completed" rather than keep it "in progress" for an extended period of time. After all, isn’t that what sequels are for?

JiMC (an author’s pseudonym)

Somewhere in the USA

October, 2003