Hola Mi Lunaticas,

Let me go ahead and start with an almost apology for this story. As it is a short story, I am going to make this a short apology. A Guy Named GOD, is not for everyone. Hell, maybe even not for anyone really? I guess we shall see.  

So like a lot of things this story started out as something else entirely, a funny bar story. In the case of A Guy Named GOD, a somewhat sadly true story about a day at Venice Beach. And so over the last couple of years as I worked on other projects, always had this weird and wacky tale bouncing around in the back of my head. And like a lot of writers who dabble in the strange places with strange people, I started catching myself laughing about stupid stuff and thinking errant pieces of memories.  

But before you just jump in feet first without looking to the deep end, I feel I should probably explain a few things ahead of time. First and foremost this isn't probably what you think it is ...a super spiritual story where I share my personal journey into the divine. Or maybe it is exactly that, just probably not the way most people think divine journeys should happen. 

Second, and I cannot stress this enough...if you are TOO OLD, TOO YOUNG OR MODERATELY TO EASILY OFFENDED BY SLIGHTLY IRREVERENT QUASI-RELIGIOUS THEMED STORIES ...THEN THIS STORY IS REALLY NOT FOR YOU. There are many wonderful and intelligent stories out there in Wide Wolrd of Watt, and you can find more than a few good ones to choose from on my "Seriously Cool Stories" list. But trust me ...this is probably not one of them.

So with that being said if you decide to venture past this dire warning and continue onward into Insanistani with A Guy Named God  ...that's on you and I really don't want to hear any complaints about it. But please feel free to try to bully me or this story whenever the mood suits you.

"Warning: this book contains strong language (which might be unsuitable for adult children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and unprofessional psychological advice (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors). So consider yourself cautioned to exercise some care and cautioned against letting children under the influence think or read unattended.

TV-14 - The following work may contain some material that normal parental units could possibly find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age, and/or people born before the Viet Nam War.

D - Sexually Suggestive dialogue (Yeah, a little?)

BL - Bad language (Some but not overdone. Including but not limited to A, B, C, D, F, G, M-F, S ...and of course the Z word will make its usual appearance.)

S - Sexual content (None, nada, zero, zilch.)

V - Violence (Not really. And definitely, nothing trigger-worthy. Unless you are super duper deep into your own religion to the point where you can't see the irreverent amusement in the world. Then this story will probably cause you to have grand mal seizures.)

Also let me apologize ahead of time for any spelling errors, grammatical errors and/or unintentional incongruities. Please feel free point any suck occurrences out in the comments, but I probably won't care enough about this shit to fix it anyways. But if you see something funnier than what I did, please let me know so I can use it. And then hopefully dedicate a chapter of this masterpiece just for you!  :)

With all that being said ...I hope you have as much fun reading A Guy Named GOD as I had remembered that strange day I spent with a dude who thought he was a deity.

Oh yeah, and if you do try to steal my stuff, some very very bad things will start to happen to you and yours. It's called Karma...and it's a bitch. So to all plagiarists who think it might be cool to copy, I give unto you the immortal words of Zero Cool: "F*ck with the best ...die like the rest!" (But please feel free to retell this tale verbally in any bar, barbeque or family gathering in which someone tries to force their particular brand of religion down your throat.)

Copyright © 2018 by Setting_Sun

All rights reserved. Pretty much any part of this publication (A Guy Named GOD) that's mine may not be copied, quoted, reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including translated, photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of parody, critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. All people named within this work are mostly fictional, and any relation to real people is purely malicious.

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