The Powers That Be Short Story Collection
About this ebook
A reclusive botany professor accepts an unsolicited offer to join an enigmatic and exclusive club. The price? Leaving behind everything he holds dear—except Ruthie.
Professor Bartholomew Cobb, a New York City college botany teacher, receives a mysterious invitation to join an exclusive club with a name epitomizing wealth and privilege—two attributes he lacks in spades. Weighing his humdrum life, the circumspect scientist throws caution to the wind and accepts the unsolicited offer. However, upon entering the Manhattan highrise clubhouse teeming with power brokers and glitterati, he meets the founding member and CEO of The Powers That Be, Artemus Pennywell. The aristocratic older man invites Cobb to peer through a telescope pointing heavenward, revealing the impetus behind his fish-out-of-water presence, and further, acceptance of the offer means abandonment of all the professor holds dear, except for Ruthie.
About the author
Author and artist John Hopkins’ curiosity for what lies beyond common knowledge shapes his character-driven storytelling. Following his muse, John created Lost Cactus, a comic strip set on an off-the-grid top-secret research base—think Area 51. The strip’s quick wit, fearless lampoonery, and supernatural mythology expanded from three panels into a shared universe of edgy short stories and epic full-length science fiction novels.
Sequels and graphic novels featuring the expansive world-building of Lost Cactus and The Powers That Be shared universe are in the works. Stay tuned and keep an eye on the sky.
