Don't Shoot

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Don't Shoot

by Robert Zacks

EN·~25 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

Part 1

25:50

Description

A nervous narrator begins his confession, trembling at the thought of what will happen once he reveals the terrible secret he has kept hidden. He admits that the legendary “Abominable Snowman” of Himalayan folklore is, astonishingly, none other than a powerful Hollywood magnate whose very presence has become a nightmare for the film industry. The confession sets the stage for a darkly comic clash between art, ambition, and something far more monstrous than anyone could imagine.

The story unfolds amid the fierce rivalry between cinema and the rising tide of television, a battle that pushes a brilliant inventor to create a device capable of reshaping the entire entertainment world. When the magnate’s desperate bid for total control leads him to a shocking transformation, a controversial expedition to the icy peaks is organized—promising that the truth behind the legend may finally be uncovered. Listeners are drawn into a satirical, suspense‑laden tale that questions how far power will go to dominate imagination.

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Language

en

Duration

~25 minutes (24K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

Jan 29, 2016

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Robert Zacks

Robert Zacks

A little-known science fiction writer from the early 1950s, he is remembered today through a small body of short fiction that still circulates in digital archives and fan bibliographies.

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