Changes to The Pump Jack Potion: a short story by Jeff Posey

Holly J approved Jeff Posey’s request to change the contributors of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

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Jeff Posey edited the description of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

What will petroleum be worth after we use up the easy reserves?
It’s the year 2349 and American society has remade itself to run off of sustainable energy. But they’ve also found that crude oil contains something so magical and useful it’s one of the most valuable substances on the planet.
This is the story of a petroleum prospector of the future, wandering the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico, the stomping grounds of the First Anasazi 1,300 years earlier, as well as the immigrants who flocked there after the first collapse in 2054 to establish a Second Anasazi colony — these were the ancestors of petroleum prospector Richard Langhorne Serles.
"The Pump Jack Potion" is a single short story that will take average readers less than a half-hour to read.

Jeff Posey edited the contributors of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

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Jeff Posey edited the memorable quotes of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

Added a quotation: “"Religion and money and politics can destroy anything good if you’re not careful."”Richard Langhorne Serles
Added a quotation: “"The funny thing is, the tragedy, is four hundred years ago when people drilled these wells and erected this pump jack, they got millions, billions of liters of petroleum and they were so ignorant of what they could do with it that they just burned it. Burned it like donkey dung."”Richard Langhorne Serles

Jeff Posey edited the ridiculously simplified synopses of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

Added: An abused wife meets a man who either has the keys to everlasting life or is delusional.

Jeff Posey edited the summary of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

Gloria Matilda Esteban escapes her abusive husband and flees into the desert of the year 2349 in the American San Juan Basin. She meets Richard Langhorne Serles, a prospector for the last tiny deposits of petroleum, which is the most valuable substance on earth because it can be made into a cure for almost anything.

Jeff Posey edited the characters of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
Added a character: Gloria Matilda Esteban: A childless woman abused by her husband. She takes his rucksack and his best donkey and flees into the desert.
marked the description of Gloria Matilda Esteban as not a spoiler
Added a character: Richard Langhorne Serles: A petroleum prospector and grandson of the man who invented the Serles Sheet during the Second Anasazo period, a fabric that pulls drinkable water out of even the driest air.
marked the description of Richard Langhorne Serles as not a spoiler

Jeff Posey edited the first sentence of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

In a fit of rage, Gloria Matilda Esteban took her husband’s rucksack and his best donkey and fled into the desert toward the distant mountains.

Shelfari edited the subjects of The Pump Jack Potion: a short story Monday, January 16, 2012.

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