The Sci-Fi World of Bob Bello: August 2011

Episode 6: Replica

SYNOPSIS: In 2038, a New York student of cybernetics falls in love with a Russian girl who works at the public library. She had just won the Green Card Lottery, sold everything to come to America, and is now secretly homeless. He asks her to be his valentine and offers her a place to live. However, trouble soon strikes, and they must flee to the ends of the world.

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AGENT GENE FOSS (2011) by Bob Bello

ASTRONAUT HOPE DI COROLLA (2011) by Bob Bello

ASTRONAUT MAX DI COROLLA (2011) by Bob Bello

AUNT NORMA (2011) by Bob Bello

BIOPARTS DEALER (2011) by Bob Bello

CAPTAIN JIM BRONX (2011) by Bob Bello

DIR. MARK COLE (2011) by Bob Bello

FATHER IGNATY (2011) by Bob Bello

BROTHER JARED (2011) by Bob Bello

MR. LEE (2011) by Bob Bello

MARINA BOGUMILIS (2011) by Bob Bello

NURSE BETHANY GONZALES (2011) by Bob Bello

QUEEN SOFIA OF JOVIALA (2011) by Bob Bello

VALENTINA BOGUMILIS (2011) by Bob Bello

VALENTINO DI COROLLA (2011) by Bob Bello

Episode 5: The Swim of a Lifetime

SYNOPSIS: In 1943, a mysterious woman visits a Creole teen with a proposition that will change both their lives to an extent only one of them comprehends in full. Whether the visitor is a US Navy Intelligence officer or a German spy, the teen agrees to help her carry out the undercover mission of their lifetime.

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CAPTAIN NICHOLS (2011) by Bob Bello

COACH McBRIGHT (2011) by Bob Bello

ISABELLA LIMAN (2011) by Bob Bello

U.S.N. CHIEF PETER LIMAN (2011) by Bob Bello

RAMONA LIMAN (2011) by Bob Bello

CHAMPION ROSA LIMAN (2011) by Bob Bello

Episode 4: The Mystery of Paddleboat Italia

SYNOPSIS: In 1886, a steamship is mysteriously stranded without fuel in the dense fog of the Mediterranean Sea. A private detective on vacation is called to investigate, but unless he shakes off his cynical skepticism and starts fighting fire with fire, he won’t save anyone from the inevitable.

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CAPTAIN SANTORI (2011) by Bob Bello

CESUR PASHA (2011) by Bob Bello

COLONEL DONALD DUNCAN (2011) by Bob Bello

DETECTIVE LT. GIOVANNI LEONE (2011) by Bob Bello

DON CASTILLO (2011) by Bob Bello

DR. LORETTA LEONE (2011) by Bob Bello

DR. STAVRO KOSTAS (2011) by Bob Bello

GIOVANNI BATTISTA LEONE (2011) by Bob Bello

LORETTA CASTILLO (2011) by Bob Bello

MASTER LIONHEAD (2011) by Bob Bello

LORETTA LEONE, JR. (2011) by Bob Bello

LUIGI LEONE (2011) by Bob Bello

MORN, SON OF DAWN (2011) by Bob Bello

ZAHRA, THE FREED SLAVE (2011) by Bob Bello

Episode 3: Crazy Bobby

SYNOPSIS: In 1977, a concerned mother takes her teenage son to a psychiatrist. The boy is an artist, who constantly talks about hardcore sci-fi and contingency survival plans. Unexpectedly, his futuristic philosophy changes the old shrink’s worldview.

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THE SPACE ARTIST (2011) by Bob Bello

TONIA, TV BIBLIOGRAPHER (2011) by Bob Bello

PROF. DR. VASILY D. IVANOV (2011) by Bob Bello

NURSE MEGAN (2011) by Bob Bello

R.S.S. "DAWN 2" (1983) by Bob Bello

Episodes 1 & 2: The Breath of Opal

SYNOPSIS: In 2100, a habitable planet is found in Canis Major, bringing new hope for a new home to war-ravaged humanity. They have the technology, the volunteers, and the guts to check its arctic livability conditions. Three years later, a mysterious virus threatens to kill the members of the expedition. And with that, all hope for Earth 2.

Preview the illustrations for this story, published in the STARCALL Anthology, Vol.1 (2011), sold at www.amazon.com/author/bobbello and www.barnesandnoble.com/s/bobbello