Chicago,Illinois
December 29,2003

Well,it`s been a truely great run here at the Icecastle.I`ll be back in a couple of months with the new Icecastle as well as Running for Clover and a few surprizes!Peace and May God Bless,Johnny
Beauty tips from Audrey Hepburn: For attractive lips,speak words of kindness... For lovely eyes,seek out the good in people. For a slim figure,share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair,let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise,walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone... People,even more than things,have to be restored,renewed,revived,reclaimed,and redeemed;never throw out anyone. Remember,if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older,you will discover that you have two hands;one for helping yourself,and the other for helping others.
Lisa Peake


PROLOGUE:ALL OF US IN THIS CRAZY,MIXED UP CARNIVAL WE CALL CIVILIZATION ARE RUNNING TO OR FROM SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.I WASN`T SURE WHICH ONE I WAS DOING.THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE HAD BEEN WORSE THAT ANY NIGHTMARE SCENERIO I`D EVER IMAGINED.YET,I STILL BELIEVED IN GOD,I WAS STILL SEARCHING FOR LOVE,AND I WAS STILL RUNNING.FROM MYSELF?PERHAPS.ALONE AT NIGHT,LYING IN MY BED WANTING TO GO TO SLEEP AND THEN NOT WANTING TO,EVER.RUNNING FROM THE NIGHTMARES?SURE.WHAT OTHER CHOICE DID I HAVE?BUT,EVERY MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP,WHEN I`D LET UP THE WINDOW SHADE SO THE EARLY MORNING SUN COULD SHINE IN,OR IF IT WERE RAINING-TO FEEL THE COOL,DAMP INVIGORATING AIR-EVERY MORNING AS I`D SIP MY FIRST CUP OF COFFEE,I`D GO OVER TO MY DESK,GET THE PENCIL I`D TAPED TO THE BOTTOM,AND WRITE DOWN MY GOAL ONE MORE TIME.YOU SEE,I WAS RUNNING ALLRIGHT.I WAS RUNNING FOR RAY CLOVER.AND I HOPED GOD WOULD HELP US ALL,IF I FAILED.
Nick Forrester

The Former Novis State Mental Facility
Abandoned June,2005

novis state mental facility crd#227790 dr.jacobs release:date:12/29/03

"IT`S HARD TO EXPRESS IN WORDS THE DEPTH OF MY THANKS TO YOU,DR.JACOBS AND TO YOUR RESPONSIVE AND CARING STAFF.I LOOK AT MY STAY AT NOVIS AS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME.I`VE LEARNED TOOLS HERE THAT I WILL USE MY ENTIRE LIFE.I`VE LEARNED NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.I`M BETTER WITH MANAGING STRESS,AND HAVE A LOT MORE PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE.NOW,I CONTROL MY REALITY.THANKS TO YOU,I FEEL LITTLE ANGER.I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THERE IS NO ACTUAL PERSON NAMED RAY CLOVER.THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME FIND MYSELF.I CAN GO ON WITH MY LIFE NOW."[statement of patient upon release]

In Tribute to Robert Ryan



Featuring Nadezda as Veronica Stallings

Six years later,Brazil 2009

Featuring Jamal Thomas as "Arch" Collins




And Christian Eduardo as Miguel Hernandez

"How much is enough?At what point does the average human overload?Even if they signed up for a correspondence course for a high school degree from an ad on the back cover of a Marvel Comics?In a leap year.I could throw another dart at the old board to make a decision and the meaning would be,more than likely,the same-more than likely,Gertrude,I`d have better results.Unless you took me out to the Senor' Prom in Quadalahara.I might even win a prize for dunking Ray Clover in the cesspool one more time.How do you fight the devil?You don`t.You just hope that somewhere an angel has written your phone number on a napkin.Exit one Rico Quinton.Arch and I wasn`t clear on how it happened exactly.Evidently Quinton`s police cruiser just went up in a Cobalt blue flash,about five hours before he asked us to meet him.His boat was what you might term vaporized.

I remembered the pledge I took as Boy Scout.To always be brave,thrifty and clean or something in that neighborhood.Well,I guess some might have called me brave.I know at NASA I was always giving advice to others.At Novis Mental,I faced down Stebbins-the night guard who beat up Tom Norton for no apparent reason ,except maybe he didn`t like the aftershave Tom was wearing.If fact,I stuck Stebbins head first in the local facility,flushed it and then asked him to recite the Gettysburg Address twice,once in English and once in Spanish.I think that might have been the reason they gave me another six months for observation!I laughed and finished the gin and tonic on my desk.

Veronica allways liked Quinton and so had I.Another needless death in what was beginning to be a string of them.There was only one common thread,Raymond Gorphot' Clover.XYY."Look Mom,no conscious!" as Arch had put it.Maybe what was bugging me the most was that Rico was the only local officer who even remotely believed me.I picked up the brown folder in front of me and opened it.There was a newspaper clipping stapled at the top of it, The Phoenix Sun,July 25,1977.Something about a breakthrough in the design of the particle accelerator at the Regis-Strickland Labs in Chicago.There were three scientists in the picture,Judy Gray,and attractive brunette in her late twenties,Carl Simmons,a short man about fifty with a mustache and Mr.Raymond Gorphot' Clover,a fit looking guy about twenty-two with wire rimmed glasses.I stared at Clover`s face.The longer I stared at it,the more his smile seemed to transfigure itself into,well,Norman Bates on crystal meth with a dash of LSD.I took another sip of the gin and tonic.As I continued to read the clipping and stare at the image,I noticed something for the first time.Clover only had four fingers on his left hand.I knew he`d been in Vietnam and had been a prisoner of war for over a year.I could only guess the rest.I closed the folder and took a deep breath.Quinton,Stone,Veronica`s sister Kim,and almost yours truly-courtesy of an exploding Jeep CJ7 on a terrifying summer night six years ago.Except for a miracle by the name of Dr.Arch Collins coming down the highway at precisely the same time,there would be no reason for me to tell you this story because I`d already be,as Gorphot liked to call it,moondust.

I picked up the Blackberry next to the Gilbey`s bottle and punched in Arch`s number."Hey Arch,how fast can you get over here?I know we had a long night last night,but I could use some company.I just talked to Jerico Ortiz,the second guy in command at RPD.They never found any trace of Rico or or the cruiser.Like Jerico put it,it simply dissolved into the atmosphere.he said he'd stay in touch.""Nick,that`s pretty damn decent of the guy,don`t you think?I mean,he leaves his favorite TV show,"House",just so he can be a stand-up type of guy and make a brilliant synopsis on his boss`s death and also,graces us with a dissertation of cause and effect-as it relates to vanishing police boats.And he`s able to do all this while standing on one leg!Amazing!Damn amazing!""Yeah,I thought that was a pretty neat trick too,Arch.He also did excellent in the hoop-jumping competition.""That`s Alright Mama,Nick?""More like a let`s have a Clambake or I should say,Clownbake.We might be the clowns he didn`t want to meet.""Send in the clowns?""Send in the clams,Arch.""My hands are gettin' clammy just thinking about that press conference.How soon can you get here and can you stop by and get me another fifth or nerve tonic-for my rheumatism." "I`m leaving as we speak.""Ten four,amigo.Watch out for strangers lying by the road.They might ask you for a favor they can`t repay."

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