Have you ever found yourself contemplating something you wouldn't admit to anyone? Do thoughts sometimes enter your mind that seem to be not your own? Do you want to ignore them? Can you ignore them? No, really, deep down, have you ever wanted something so bad that you would do absolutely anything to get it: As long as nobody saw you do it? Who are you when nobody is looking? Are there forces outside of you, bigger than you are, more powerful, too powerful to ignore? Or are you the master of your own fate? In this coming of age story, Tommy Flack encounters not only his own greed and disillusionment, he also encounters a familiar Princess, a body morphing dog, piranhas, giant first graders, the Gabbernaught, drivable tornadoes, flowing volcanos, falling helicopters, racing horses, Sigmund Freud selling hot dogs, dancing pirates, slavery, his long-lost father, tap shoes, Unicorn Boy, the Freedom Riders, Anne Frank, Adolph Hitler, Abraham Lincoln, and Pablo Neruda on a journey to eliminate or become New Evil. Consider it a game of Devils' Tag. Are you it?

Devils' Tag

By John Schaeffer

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Copyright © 2012 John Schaeffer
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ISBN: 978-1-4685-3813-7

Contents

PART ONE: External Locus of Control........................................................................1CHAPTER ONE: Stacked.......................................................................................3CHAPTER TWO: Penny Parkman.................................................................................7CHAPTER THREE: Doggy-Go-Round..............................................................................12CHAPTER FOUR: Swollen Want Glands..........................................................................14CHAPTER FIVE: Master Of My Own Domain (Just Take It).......................................................17CHAPTER SIX: The heist.....................................................................................20CHAPTER SEVEN: his Father's Right hand.....................................................................26CHAPTER EIGHT: The Naked And The Bound.....................................................................30CHAPTER NINE: Forget The Anger.............................................................................33CHAPTER TEN: Meet The Princess.............................................................................39CHAPTER ELEVEN: King Of The Silly..........................................................................44CHAPTER TWELVE: Amazon Tug Of War..........................................................................51CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Silent Bubbles...........................................................................57CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Going For The Gold.......................................................................59CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dog In Lemon Jell-O.......................................................................60CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Jungle Doctor Safari......................................................................61CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Dorothy Day Olympics....................................................................69CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: hunting Tornadoes........................................................................97CHAPTER NINETEEN: Johari Window............................................................................105CHAPTER TWENTY: Lavamoeba Lollipops........................................................................142CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Play The Guitar........................................................................149CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Volcanic Eruptions.....................................................................153CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Girl With The Voice Of An Eagle......................................................159CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Cave Paintings And Siamese Fighting Fish..............................................165CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: his honor, The Master Duck Surgeon, Sir Doctor Tommy Flack!...........................171CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Kami The Nurse.........................................................................183CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Ripped From The Page.................................................................185CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Tornado Race.........................................................................187CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Mrs. Cleveland........................................................................190CHAPTER THIRTY: Wherever You Go, There You Are.............................................................206PART TWO: Internal Locus of Control........................................................................213CHAPTER ONE: The Choice....................................................................................215CHAPTER TWO: Feel The Want.................................................................................219CHAPTER THREE: Measuremeanewville..........................................................................224CHAPTER FOUR: Tap Dancer Boy...............................................................................232CHAPTER FIVE: Sigmund Freud, The hotdog Salesman...........................................................245CHAPTER SIX: The Joker's Apprentice........................................................................250CHAPTER SEVEN: Spinning Tops...............................................................................257CHAPTER EIGHT: Leaders Lead The Followers Come Later......................................................270CHAPTER NINE: The Opposite Of Evil.........................................................................283CHAPTER TEN: Empty Armor...................................................................................298CHAPTER ELEVEN: Enter The Father...........................................................................307CHAPTER TWELVE: Tommy Becomes Mayor........................................................................310CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Auctioning Naked Girls...................................................................313CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Your Own Mother..........................................................................321CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Impeached.................................................................................329CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Moral high Ground?........................................................................335CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Parental Obligations....................................................................343CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Who's Hitler?............................................................................345CHAPTER NINETEEN: Become The Metaphor......................................................................358CHAPTER TWENTY: Vengeful Bones.............................................................................364CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Sniper.................................................................................374CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Free The Slaves........................................................................387CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: It's What You Do When Nobody's Watching That Defines Who You Are.....................392CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: The New York Submarine................................................................400CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Michele Warner And The Freedom Tribe..................................................407CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: The Ox-Orchid..........................................................................414CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Tom The Destruction Worker...........................................................418CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Discover Yourself At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art..................................423CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: A Painful Reality.....................................................................425CHAPTER THIRTY: The Journey Begins.........................................................................428CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: Anne Frank's Place.....................................................................430CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: Dancing in Fields of Thorny Sunflowers.................................................436CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: Pablo Neruda.........................................................................441CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: I have A Dream........................................................................449CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: New Evil Exposed......................................................................461CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: The homecoming.........................................................................474CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: The Amazon Project...................................................................478

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