tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61103669837631140342024-03-13T09:00:54.932-07:00HALLOWEENPALOOZA Authors, Book Giveaways and Excerpts Designed to Celebrate HalloweenWPotockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09369966164819380027noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110366983763114034.post-21174928660742591152017-10-31T05:56:00.000-07:002017-10-31T05:56:01.799-07:00JOE HART: INTERVIEW AND GIVEAWAY<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Joe hart</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by Joe Hart</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">On behalf of Halloweenpalooza, thanks so much for agreeing
to participate. I’d like to start with a few quickies that’ll help us get to
know you a little better.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite color:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Gray</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite food:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Sushi</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite horror movie: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Way too
many to narrow down, but with a gun to my head I’d say </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Aliens</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite scream queen:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Drew
Barrymore (see what I did there)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite film scene (one that made you get all queasy and scream
for help ):</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> The corn scene from </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Signs</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Guilty Pleasure:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Bourbon</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Have you ever carved a pumpkin:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
Hundreds.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite place to write:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> My
office. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">1. Why horror? What is it that attracted you to
horror?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My
sister is ten years older than me and a longtime horror fan. At an early age
she started passing down her Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Robert McCammon
books. Fell in love with the feeling of being afraid and wanted to provide that
feeling for others.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">2. How do you know something you’ve written is scary? Do
you rely on others to tell you or do you just know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">If
I can creep myself out while writing the scene I know I’ve done it. Although
readers generally find their own terrifying moments that hit them personally.
Being afraid is so uniquely different for everyone. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">3. What do you hope your readers take away from reading
one of your novels? What do you hope to get across—other than full-blown
panic?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I
hope they really fall in love with the characters and are able to feel their
struggle/happiness/sorrow. Characters and their interactions are what make any
good novel and are especially important when trying to create fear. If you
don’t care about the characters you aren’t going to be afraid for them.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">4. Since you’re the author of several wildly popular
novels, could you please post an excerpt where you think nailed it and done
horror proud?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sure,
this is from my novel </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">THE WAITING.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He hadn’t flipped any lights on when they entered, and
the house held a smoky quality with shadows beginning to give up their posts. Evan
walked to the kitchen and observed the mess he’d created in his frenzy to find
the winding key. He sighed. As tired as he was, he’d have to clean that up
before Shaun rose for the day. He didn’t know if the boy would understand or
not, but he was embarrassed by the scene of chaos. Silverware on the floor,
towels strewn out of cupboards, plates and dishes stacked in uneven piles. Evan
placed the heel of his hand against his right eye and wondered when he’d begun
to lose his mind. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You haven’t lost it yet, bub. Get your shit together,”
he said to the room and strode toward the front door. The blanket from their
trip sat at the edge of the living room along with the rain slicker. Evan
picked them both up intending to put the blanket out on the porch to dry and
the jacket back inside the closet. As he picked up the slicker he caught a
powerful whiff of something. Evan paused, pulling the jacket to his face and
inhaled. It wasn’t the jacket and it didn’t smell like mold or mildew, more
like something rotten. It smelled like the moment he’d opened the refrigerator
on their first day in the house. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Scowling, Evan sniffed once more, wondering if a mouse
had crawled into the house and died. If so he couldn’t see it in the dark.
Snapping on the light near the entry he turned around to put the slicker away. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Two sets of toes poked out from under the closet door. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Evan stopped, the hand reaching out to pull the door open
frozen, fingertips shaking. He opened his mouth as every inch of his scalp
cinched tight to his skull. The toes were discolored, the skin patched with
purple and green like mottled bruises or rot. The smell of decay grew stronger
and Evan found he couldn’t look away from the toes. Some of their nails were
missing and some were broken, sticking up like open car hoods. As he watched
the toes wiggled once, a wave of motion from one direction to the other. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Evan wheezed out a strangled breath and dropped his hand
as he stepped back, his momentary paralysis broken. There was someone,
something, in the closet, waiting on the other side of the door. Evan felt his
jaw tremble and the thought of speaking died in his throat. As if reading his
mind, the feet attached to the toes shifted, like whatever waited there was
eager to come out, to open the door and rush at him. He didn’t want to see what
was attached to those feet, oh God in heaven, he didn’t want to see it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Evan didn’t realize he was moving backward until his arm
brushed something beside him and he spun, raising a fist. The table lamp he’d
bumped rocked on its edge and he caught it before it fell to the floor. It was
made of a heavy piece of lacquered oak with a burnished brass base. Its cord
draped out and led to a nearby outlet in the wall. With a jerk, Evan pulled the
cord free while yanking the lamp’s shade off. He gripped the lamp’s smooth
torso like a batter waiting for a fastball. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Come out,” Evan croaked at the closet door. He watched
the toes for a reaction but they sat still like lumps of decaying clay. Maybe
it was a joke. The thought capered through his mind in ribbons of hope.
Someone, Jason or Jacob had come here in the middle of the night and put these
fake toes in his closet for a joke. Ha! Ha! So funny! Now it can be over and we
can go back to a sane reality where dead things didn’t hide in closets and
wriggle their toes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Evan took another step, his muscles so tight beneath his
skin he thought soon he would hear the snapping of his own tendons. The image
of Shaun, defenseless and asleep in the other room hardened his crumbling
resolve. What if it got past him? What if it got to Shaun? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Evan lunged forward, gripping the lamp with one hand while
he reached for the knob with the other, ready to bash whatever came out of the
closet into paste. Before his fingers could graze the handle, the closet door
flew open with a bang and Evan leaped back, his bowels loosening almost past
the point of no return. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A solid stench hit him, so strong and putrid, he gagged.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">5. You’re walking alone down a dark alley. What’s the one
character you’ve created that you would most not want to encounter and
why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’d
hate to run into the little man in the black suit from my short story The Edge
of Life because after that point I would most likely be put in the worst moral
dilemma anyone could encounter- kill an innocent stranger to save someone you
love. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">6. As you know, our theme this year is Friday the 13th.
What about this date? Are you at all superstitious? Do you at least have a pair
of “good luck” writing socks?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m
not so much superstitious as I am afraid of randomness/fate. Numbers don’t
bother me but when you can see either the universe aligning perfectly to cause
harm or just simply dumb luck changing something for the worse, both of those
mystify and worry me greatly. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">7. Ever have encounters with the supernatural? What do you
think of people who experiment with occult items like the Ouija board?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Strangest
thing I ever encountered that I couldn’t explain was one night staying up late
with my sister in her room we both heard a strange noise, almost like a quiet
“click”. Then there was a blinding white light that lit the entire room for
maybe a second before disappearing. All of the lights were off in the house and
we lived way out in the country. Never figured out what it was but it was very
strange. Anyone who experiments with a Ouija board has more guts than I do! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">8. In terms of Halloween, is it a big part of the Hart
household? Any favorite memories that standout?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It
is! We always carve several pumpkins and decorate as much as time allows us.
We’ve done horror movie marathons before in the evening which is really a
blast- my daughter’s big into scary stuff so I guess I have a movie pal for
life. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">9. In terms of your fans, do you like receiving feedback?
What’s the nicest thing a fan has done?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Love
receiving an email or seeing a review for my work, it really makes all of the
toiling behind the keyboard worth it. Not sure if I can pick out just one
instance but several readers have reached out to say they know authors hear
critical feedback a lot and wanted to make sure I knew how much they loved my
work. It’s wonderful to get messages like that. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s next for
Joe Hart? We all want to know what you have planned!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I
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It’s about a neural radiologist whose daughter is diagnosed with a new form of
Alzheimer’s that can strike any age. In an effort to further her funding and
research she accepts a mission to space where strange and deadly occurrences
are plaguing a crew of astronauts. Very excited for everyone to read it! </span></div>
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and the perfect way to spend </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">HALLOWEEN!</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> But there’s more we expect from this holiday sooooo
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Pain, horror, fear- These are the things that bestselling novelist Lance
Metzger's life have been comprised of. His childhood remains a riddled
wasteland of abuse by a sadistic father and the abandonment of an apathetic
mother. In turn, his only refuge became his writing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">When Lance loses his ability to write and becomes haunted by a nightmare
that he'd thought was buried, he is drawn inexplicably to a house on the shores
of Lake Superior where he finds his muse once again, but something is waiting
for him when he arrives.</span></div>
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uncover the mystery of his own broken past before he loses his sanity, and
perhaps his soul.</span></div>
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find meaning in his life while struggling with a deformity that has kept him
from leaving the only home he has ever known. On the eve of his departure a
sudden and deadly virus sweeps across the nation, killing nearly all it touches.
Within days Quinn is left to fend for himself in an empty world.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But there is something still very much alive beyond the walls of his
sanctuary, its malicious intent clear all too soon.</span></div>
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cross a dangerous and silent America in the search for refuge and a truth that
may shatter his sanity and strip him of the last things he holds dear.</span></div>
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Joe Hart was born
and raised in northern Minnesota. Having dedicated himself to writing horror and
thriller fiction since the age of nine, he is now the author of eleven novels
that include The River Is Dark, Lineage, and The Last Girl. When not writing,
he enjoys reading, exercising, exploring the great outdoors, and watching
movies with his family. For more information on his upcoming novels and access
to his blog, visit www.joehartbooks.com.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">EXCERPT of REDEMPTION</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">John everson</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by John Everson</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">SIX FINGERS CURLED around Alex’s neck and shoved her hard
against a rock wall. At least, she supposed there were six fingers because
that’s how many that there were on the hand that pinned Ariana to the wall
across from her. The realization chilled her when she absentmindedly counted
the fingers around Ariana’s neck… and then counted them again to be sure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They were long, dark, gnarled. The demon itself – well,
at least Alex assumed it was a demon – leered at her with teeth that seemed too
large for its heavy jaw. They glistened in the dim room.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Were you looking for something?” it asked. The voice was
a low growl; like a chain dragged across an iron bucket.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Ariana answered, from the opposite wall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“We were looking for you,” she said. Her voice was
artificially sultry. Alex wanted to barf. The woman was smooth as plastic, and
just as real.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The demon didn’t buy it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yeah, and I was looking for dinner. Thanks for coming
when I called.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He leaned in and bared dark teeth. It looked as if he
were going to chew out Ariana’s neck.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But then she dropped the act.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Wait!” she demanded. Her voice was cold. Hard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The demon stopped. It raised an eyebrow. Or, at least,
the ridge where a human eyebrow would be. This creature didn’t seem to have any
hair. It resembled a human close enough, but obviously differed too. Its eyes
were longer, as if someone had grabbed it by the corners and pulled. It wore no
clothes, and its chest and belly were scarred with the dark lines of past
wounds. Its sex looked heavy, and dangerous. Alex thought there might be spines
at its end. She didn’t lust to become the object of its “affections.” It might
be a tryst she wouldn’t survive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I can help you,” Ariana said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Alex raised an eyebrow. She couldn’t wait to hear where
this was going.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No place good,” Malachai whispered in her head.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The demon laughed. “I wasn’t looking for any help,” he
said. “I’m perfectly capable of ripping the two of you limb from limb by
myself. And I don’t think you’d want to help me with that anyway. What are you
going to do to help me?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I can help you open the door between worlds,” Ariana
said quietly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The demon paused. It looked at her more closely.
Considered.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“And why would I believe that?” it asked.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“We’re here, aren’t we?” Ariana said. “How do you think
that happened?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“How do I know you are the one who found your way
through? There are many of us who have reached through the walls between worlds
and brought back a toy. I’d guess that you are the toys of someone else.
Someone who will probably be looking for you. Them, perhaps?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The demon gestured back in the direction they’d come
from. There was noise at the entrance of the hall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Voices. Feet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“If you don’t get us to someplace safe quickly, I won’t
be able to prove anything to you,” Ariana warned. “You know they will torture
and play with us until we are dead.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The demon nodded. “As will I.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“If you don’t get us out of here in about ten seconds,
you’ll never know what you had.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“If you are not serious, I will make sure that your death
is far slower and more painful than you would have received at the hands and
feet of the mob,” the demon said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It yanked them from the wall, and pushed them in front of
its legs, already in motion, forcing them to a staggering run. After they
rounded a corner, it stopped, and slipped one arm around each of their waists.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Alex felt her feet lift the ground and her head tilt
forward. And then the demon was carrying them, and they were flying through the
dark. Twisting through silent corridors and vaulting up winding stairwells. The
air grew warmer, and smelled of something heavy and bitter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The sounds of the other demons disappeared behind them,
and eventually, their captor slowed his pace. Alex’s feet touched the ground
but she wasn’t free. The demon’s long fingers crushed around her arm, and
dragged her into an alcove in the black rock of the corridor. She was pushed
ahead, and Ariana’s bare skin suddenly plastered itself against hers. The demon
held both of them with one arm, as it opened the door ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Welcome home,” it growled, pushing them into the dark
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A flame guttered into existence on the wall ahead and
suddenly Alex could actually see the room. The fire flickered and grew on its
sconce. There was nothing else on that wall, but there was a collection of
trophies displayed on the far one. A human skull decorated the center, but
around it was a mélange of bones and other skulls; she saw what looked to be a
ram’s head, with curled horns hanging from the wall, but most of the bones were
from creatures that Alex couldn’t identify.</span></div>
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through the room and opened another door. Without warning, a heavy hand shoved
her in the back and Alex fell forward. Her feet left the ground and she landed
on her shoulder, rolling down a short ramp to crack her head against the ground
at the bottom. Ariana’s hip smashed into her face. She cried out from shock and
pain. From above, the demon laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Make yourselves comfortable. When I come back… we’ll
have much to talk about.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Alex hadn’t really thought of what would happen after she
dragged Ariana through the portal to close the gate between worlds. She hadn’t
given sacrificing herself a thought, she’d just wanted to end the demonic
summoning before it was too late.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But when Alex wakes up on the other side, in the world of
the Curburide, she has to think fast if she ever wants to see Joe Kieran, or
Earth, again. Her only ally is an occult serial killer. Demons are searching
for both of them, and there’s nothing demons love more than human fear and
pain. They feed on it. In the world of the Curburide, demons are everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The stunning conclusion to the story that began in
Covenant and Sacrifice!</span></div>
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John Everson is the Bram
Stoker Award-winning author of nine novels of erotic horror and the macabre,
including his latest, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">REDEMPTION</span></b>,
the conclusion to his demonic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Curburide Chronicles
trilogy</span></b>. Other novels include the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Fountain
of Youth</span></b> erotic thriller <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">THE FAMILY TREE</span></b>,
the Bram Stoker Award-nominated tour de force <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">NIGHTWHERE</span></b>,
the Bram Stoker Award-winner <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">COVENANT</span></b>,
its sequel <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">SACRIFICE</span></b> and the standalone novels
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">THE 13TH, SIREN, THE PUMPKIN MAN, and VIOLET
EYES</span></b>. He also is the author of four collections of short horror
fiction, including his latest, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">SACRIFICING VIRGINS</span></b>.</div>
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John shares a deep purple
den in Naperville, Illinois with a cockatoo and cockatiel, a disparate
collection of fake skulls, twisted skeletal fairies, Alan Clark illustrations
and a large stuffed Eeyore. There's also a mounted Chinese fowling spider named
Stoker, an ever-growing shelf of custom mix CDs and an acoustic guitar that he
can't really play but that his son likes to hear him beat on anyway. Sometimes
his wife is surprised to find him shuffling through more public areas of the
house, but it's usually only to brew another cup of coffee. In order to avoid
the onerous task of writing, he occasionally records pop-rock songs in a hidden
home studio, experiments with the insatiable culinary joys of the jalapeno,
designs book covers for a variety of small presses, loses hours in expanding an
array of gardens and chases frequent excursions into the bizarre visual
headspace of '70s euro-horror DVDs with a shot of Makers Mark and a tall glass
of Revolution Brewing's Anti-Hero IPA.</div>
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Learn more about John on
his site, www.johneverson.com, where you can sign up for a
direct-from-the-author monthly e-newsletter with information on new books,
contests and occasionally, free fiction.</div>
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Want to connect? Follow
John on Twitter @johneverson, or find him on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/johneverson.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">by KEALAN PATRICK BURKE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by Kealan Patrick Burke</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the weeks after the
funeral, we stripped Robin’s room bare. Down came the curtains (pink with red
hearts) and the matching lamp shade. Away went the fluffy pink rug. We put all
Robin’s toys and her mobile into black plastic bags and stowed them in the
closet alongside the boxes of her clothes and the skeleton of the deconstructed
crib. We broke down a lot that day, and every day after. I thought after the
horror of finding Robin cold and unresponsive that awful Monday morning and
then watching as her tiny coffin was lowered into the ground, that nothing
could hurt me more. I was wrong. Erasing all trace of her from inside our home
was just as bad. We justified it by telling ourselves that leaving everything
where it was would ultimately do more harm than good by serving as a constant
reminder, and yet systematically shoving everything into sacks and boxes and
tossing them into the closet felt so much worse. Like we were being
disrespectful of her memory. Like we didn’t care, and now only wanted to get on
with our lives. And to a certain degree, you must try to get on with things or
the grief will destroy you. You must put away the reminders of loss to have any
hope of surviving. And we did. We locked them all away, like you lock all the
pain away in your heart and wait for time to build a shield around it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">All but the blanket in
which we’d swaddled her while we waited for the paramedics. Only now did I
realize I never knew what became of it. I guess I assumed it went with her to
the hospital or was lost somewhere along the way in that long grim process
between institutions of hope and the desolation of the grave.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Now, door open, my hand
still on the knob and my lungs shuddering with the strain of holding back the
tears, I finally knew where that blanket had ended up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was sitting there before
me on the floor of her room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">WOO
HOO!!!! I know you want to read more and you’re in luck! Today Kealan Patrick
Burke is giving away mobi’s of his new book </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BLANKY!</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 13.0pt;">FIVE ECOPIES ARE UP</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> for grabs and if you win, you’ll be one of the first
to read it!!!! By now, you should know the drill, but I’ll go through it again
to those who are new… to enter to win, click on back to the FB Event Page and
comment, “I WANT TO WIN!” in today’s post!!! Good luck to all!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the wake of his
infant daughter's tragic death, Steve Brannigan is struggling to keep himself
together. Estranged from his wife, who refuses to be inside the house where the
unthinkable happened, and unable to work, he seeks solace in an endless parade
of old sitcoms and a bottle of bourbon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Until one night he
hears a sound from his daughter's old room, a room now stripped bare of
anything that identified it as hers...except for her security blanket,
affectionately known as Blanky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Blanky, old and
frayed, with its antiquated patchwork of badly sewn rabbits with black button
eyes, who appear to be staring at the viewer...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Blanky, purchased
from a strange old man at an antique stall selling "BABY CLOSE" at a
discount.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The presence of
Blanky in his dead daughter's room heralds nothing short of an unspeakable
nightmare that threatens to take away what little light remains in Steve's
shattered world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Because his
daughter loved Blanky so much, he buried her with it.</span></div>
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the Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 13.0pt;">SOUR
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Born and raised in a small harbor town in the south of Ireland, Kealan
Patrick Burke knew from a very early age that he was going to be a horror
writer. The combination of an ancient locale, a horror-loving mother, and a
family full of storytellers, made it inevitable that he would end up telling
stories for a living. Since those formative years, he has written five novels,
over a hundred short stories, six collections, and edited four acclaimed
anthologies. In 2004, he was honored with the Bram Stoker Award for his novella
The Turtle Boy.<br />
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Kealan has worked as a waiter, a drama teacher, a mapmaker, a security guard,
an assembly-line worker at Apple Computers, a salesman (for a day), a
bartender, landscape gardener, vocalist in a rock band, curriculum content
editor, fiction editor at Gothic.net, and, most recently, a fraud investigator.
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When not writing, Kealan designs book covers through his company Elderlemon
Design. <br />
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A number of his books have been optioned for film.<br />
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Visit him on the web at www.kealanpatrickburke.com.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Excerpt from CREEPZ</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">BY RUTH BAINBRIDGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by Ruth Bainbridge</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">PROLOGUE</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It’s the things right under your nose—<br />
the things you don’t notice<br />
—that get you killed.”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> <br />
—<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Detective Grace Jarrod, NYPD</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The express train thundered down the
subway tracks, speeding past the commuters huddled on the platform. The breeze
broke the solid wall of heat, giving the crowd on the underground platform some
relief from the steam bath they were caught up in. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A sigh rippled through the human herd
as they edged away from the mechanical beast clearing the station. When the
last car was swallowed up by the darkness of the tunnel, they eased back into
position and anticipated the arrival of a local that would stop at the 72<sup>nd</sup>
Street station. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the commuters’ minds, getting home
took precedence over everything, even the colorful graffiti spray painted on
the tiled wall. If only they’d divined the signs right before their eyes, they
could have prevented a war.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">CHAPTER 1</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The summer started like a hellion on
crack.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No one was expecting it … no one was prepared. The mild spring
weather had lulled the denizens of the Big Apple into thinking it would always
be that way. But before they knew it, the fantasy was swallowed by a rapacious
heat that burrowed its way into the concrete and wouldn’t let go. And now? Now
there was heat. Overbearing, suffocating heat that came up from the bowels of
hell and melted the hardest of hearts, reducing them to sweat and then steam. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">For two weeks, the people suffered under the sun’s merciless rule,
and the weather forecaster’s oral fandango only promised more of the same. A
burst of a turbulent red sky at sunset turned that threat into a reality as New
Yorkers braced for another brutal repeat of today. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The day dwindled into twilight as the light was snuffed out by a
phantom’s hand. A strong ocean breeze pushed the mugginess aside long enough to
breathe. The beleaguered New Yorkers were grateful to have survived and sought
solace in the blackness of the oasis offered. Apartment dwellers oozed into the
streets in droves—all to enjoy the cooler evening temperature crowned by a
silver moon tinged by the color of blood. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Da da dum dum da da doo doo hey … </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the horde of people, the strange little man humming a tune went
unnoticed. The crowd at 34<sup>th</sup> Street was enjoying itself too much to
care about one more drifter … one more oddball that New York seemed to attract.
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">BY JASON PARENT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by Jason Parent</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Running.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Abigail wondered if there would ever be an
end to it. Well, surely, if those things caught her… </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Better
not to think of it. Better to just run</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Bo had been the first out the door when the
light went out. The creatures had been waiting. They’d swarmed him, covering
his skin, like ants on a piece of candy that had fallen in the dirt. Any brains
they might have possessed were trumped by insatiable hunger. They’d ripped
through Bo like sharks through chum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His hollering for help, his anguished pleas
for his brother, anyone, filled the night air with a soundtrack Abigail
couldn’t block out. She didn’t help him. No one did, not even his twin brother.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Instead, they ran. Bo had taken one for the
team. His screams had accentuated Abigail’s shame.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Better
not to think of it. Better to just run</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Her penlight was all the protection she had
against an army of those mud-skipping motherfuckers. She saw them everywhere,
even the places they weren’t, and heard them nipping at her heels. The
flashlight’s beam half circled up in front of her then moved behind her with
the sway of her arm. She tried to aim the beam erratically with each backswing
to keep those leech bastards guessing. Because if even one got past that
pathetic excuse for a light—</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Better
not to think of it. Better to just run</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Cool air rushed into her lungs. Hot air came
out. Abigail wondered how long her legs would hold up after all they had been
through, or her feet after all the punishment they’d endured. She had let the
mud take her remaining sneaker as soon as she exited the shack, knowing she’d
be faster barefoot. Her endurance surprised her, but she knew it couldn’t last.
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Maybe
I don’t need to hold up the longest. Maybe I just can’t be the slowest</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The thought of the others vying with her, and
she with them, in a game of survival of the fittest made the horror worse. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Better
not to think of it. Better to just run</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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dense Bavarian forest outside the town of Rattenberg has long been rumored to
harbor something sinister, something wild — mythical beasts that vanish into
the shadowy woods after each attack, leaving carnage as the only evidence of
theirexistence. Many villagers turn a blind eye to what is happening, but those
who believe tremble at the mere whisper of the word: werewolf.</span></div>
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are those who stand and fight, however. Konrad is one such boy. Too poor to
live in the village, he and his mother fend for themselves in their forest
hovel alone for months at a time, his father preoccupied with mysterious
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a vicious assault on their homestead, Konrad finds himself buried beneath his
mother’s mutilated body, escaping death only due to his father's chance return.
Alive, but taking no comfort in the presence of the man who had left him and
his mother to face death on their own, Konrad soon discovers that his father’s
work has followed him home…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">In his head, Jason
Parent lives in many places, but in the real world, he calls New England his
home. The region offers an abundance of settings for his writing and many
wonderful places in which to write them. He currently resides in Rhode Island.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">In a prior life,
Jason spent most of his time in front of a judge . . . as a civil litigator.
When he wanted a change, he traded in his cheap suits for flip flops and
designer stubble. The flops got repossessed the next day, and he's back in the
legal field . . . sorta. But that's another story.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">When he's not working,
Jason likes to kayak, catch a movie, and travel any place that will let him
enter. And read and write, of course--he does that too sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Please visit the
author on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJasonParent?ref=hl">https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJasonParent?ref=hl</a>, on
Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorJasParent">https://twitter.com/AuthorJasParent</a>, or at his website,
<a href="http://authorjasonparent.com/">http://authorjasonparent.com/</a>, for information regarding upcoming events or
releases, or if you have any questions or comments for him.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Excerpt from DWELLER</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">BY JEFF STRAND</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by Jeff Strand</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">PROLOGUE</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">1946</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"We
should've brought more ammo," Thomas said, wiping the blood out of his
mustache. He brushed his wet fingers along the oak tree he leaned against, then
picked up his empty rifle by the barrel, holding it like a baseball bat. Phil
was surprised the metal didn't burn his hands. "Why the hell didn't we
bring more ammo?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Phil
didn't answer. They all knew why: because they weren't fighting Nazis this
weekend, they were camping by the lake. The only reason they'd brought the
rifle in the first place was because Christine was paranoid about bears. Phil
had humored her--there was no reason not to--but he'd never expected to need
any weapon more powerful than a fishing hook. The war was over. One fully
loaded rifle should have been more than enough to protect them from nature for
a couple of days. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It
hadn't protected Christine, though. She'd been the first to die. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The
creatures had gotten Darla, too, but instead of ripping her apart they'd
dragged her away. Thomas, Phil, Mikey, and Nancy had chased after her, racing
through the woods and screaming her name. When they found her half an hour
later, she looked worse than Christine. They probably wouldn't have recognized
her at all if it weren't for those elegant shoes she insisted upon wearing,
even on a camping trip. They sure wouldn't have recognized her once-white
blouse. Or her face. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mikey
had screamed and vowed revenge. And he'd fought like a brave soldier after
those things ambushed them. Had they known how many creatures were out there,
though, Thomas probably wouldn't have wasted the mercy bullet he put in Mikey's
forehead before they fled. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">At
least their enemies had fared worse. Three dead humans, five dead creatures.
Unfortunately, that left at least five more of the creatures--that they'd
<I>seen</I>--and Thomas wasn't going to be doing any more running
on that leg, maybe ever. Phil's vision was still fuzzy from bashing his head
against the ground when a creature pounced on him. Nancy was the only one of
them not in terrible shape. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Do
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"I
don't know. They've got two arms and two legs--I don't see why they couldn't."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Maybe
they can't, though." Thomas coughed, and a rope of red spittle dangled
from his lower lip. "Let's not kid ourselves. I'm not going anywhere.
Unless you want to carry me on your back, you need to hide me somewhere and
leave me behind."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Phil
nodded. "You and Nancy hide in the tree. I'll go get help."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"No,"
said Nancy. "I'm going. You're hurt too bad."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"I'm
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Your
head is bleeding and your words are slurred. I'm going."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"I'll
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Honey,
you'll slow me down." She reached for Thomas' rifle. "Give me that so
I can beat them to death if I need to."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Thomas
hesitated for a moment, then handed it to her. Nancy gave him a quick kiss on
the lips. "I'll bring back help. I swear." She looked at Phil.
"Don't let anything get him."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"I
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nancy
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Getting
Thomas up the tree wasn't easy, but when they heard a rustling in the nearby
bushes it encouraged Thomas to move more quickly, ruined leg or not. They
climbed to about thirty feet high and waited. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They
saw the first creature about three minutes before it saw them. It immediately
shouted out in the guttural sounds of an ape, and was soon joined by two more.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But
though it sounded like an ape, it couldn't climb like one. The creatures
punched at the tree, kicked at it, and tried to shake it, yet didn't seem able
to actually ascend the branches. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We're
safe for now</i>, Phil thought.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Thomas
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">By the
end of the second day he was talking to himself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The
youngest one, the runt, was hungry. He was also getting impatient waiting for
the food to fall out of the tree, so he searched for bugs. Caterpillars were
his favorite. He let a bright green one crawl along his talon, then popped it
into his mouth and chewed slowly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Loud
noises everywhere. His father moved toward him, arms outstretched, but several
red holes popped in his chest, all at once, and his father fell to the ground.
The youngest one screamed and scurried away, just like his mother and father
had taught him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He hid
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">When
he finally went back, food was helping other food out of the tree. Some more
food was poking at his brothers and sisters with the same kind of stick that
had made his oldest brother's eye explode two days ago. All of them were dead,
even Beka.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He ran
and ran, as fast as he could, so that the food wouldn't kill him, too.</span></div>
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creepy reading…the horror in this tale of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>twisted friendship is relentless.”
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Alex stared at the red pocketknife shown to him by his daughter. A
pocketknife owned by somebody he hadn't seen in years…</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">CHILDREN</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">They met first in boarding school at age twelve. Alex Fletcher, shy and
scared. Darren Rust, always furiously scribbling away in a private journal. It
was not an immediate friendship, but then one night Darren convinced his
roommate to sneak off school grounds to see something glorious. There was a
sleazy strip club, you see, and every once in a while the back door opened just
long enough to maybe catch a quick glimpse…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Though a bond was formed from their pre-pubescent interest in naked
women, Darren had another interest. A morbid curiosity about death. A curiosity
that turned into something much more sinister.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">FRIENDS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">They crossed paths again in college and became the best of friends. But
Darren wasn't just looking for a friend. He had dark, ghastly urges squirming
around in his head, and he believed he saw the same things—the urge to hurt,
the urge to kill—in Alex. He was looking for somebody who understood. A
partner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">But Alex could never become a monster. Not even when Darren tried to
bring out his friend's most deeply buried feelings of rage. Not even when
Darren tried to show him the euphoria of having that much power over another
human being. It just couldn't happen…right?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">ENEMIES</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Now Alex has a wife and a daughter. And Darren is back. He's hiding.
He's patient. His mind is twisted in the worst possible way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">And he's seeking a soul mate.secret on the island, Shane begins to
wonder if any of them will survive their two night stay on </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">When Toby Floren was eight years old, he discovered a monster living in
the woods behind his house. A ghastly, frightening creature with claws, fangs,
and a taste for human flesh. As he ran out of the forest, Toby felt that he'd
been lucky to escape with his life.<br />
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Years later, Toby finds comfort with the creature. It's his own special
secret--something that nobody else in the world knows about. Somebody to talk
to. Somebody to confide in. Sure, Toby has concerns about his own sanity, but
really, what boy wouldn't want to be best friends with a monster in the woods,
especially if he's being tormented by bullies? The creature, who he names Owen,
may be the answer to his problems...<br />
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From Jeff Strand, the author of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">PRESSURE</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">, comes the story of a macabre, decades-long
friendship. A relationship that will last their entire lives, through times of
happiness, tragedy, love, loss, madness, and complete darkness.<br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">DWELLER</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">.
The lifetime story of a boy and his monster.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Jeff Strand is a
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">EXCERPT FROM WOLVZ<br />
WHISPERS OF WAR</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">TONEYE
EYENOT</span></b></div>
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2017 by Toneye Eyenot</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">1.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Night
of the Luniacs</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">(The
First Slaughter)</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Terrified, agonised screams echo throughout darkened
lanes, and blood-soaked streets are littered with the mangled human debris.
Survivors scramble for the presumed safety of indoors. There is no hiding… no
escaping. This is our night. Our glorious night, awash with the radiance of the
Moon at her fullest. A night I share with my lupine sisters and brothers, in a
bloody orgy of murderous lunacy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Claude is our Alpha. A charismatic leader, both in human
skin and in his true form. He saunters casually through the chaos, swatting
nonchalantly at the frantic and piss-weak prey like annoying insects, as the
pack rampages through the insultingly named town of Wolfhaven. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Wolfhaven…grrrr. This place isn’t, and hasn’t been for a
long time, a haven for our kind. The surrounding forest, our home for hundreds
of years, has gradually been decimated and reduced in its splendour to nearly
half by these parasitic humans. They have hunted and killed many of our
brethren; in their quest for domination of a land that never belonged to them,
so now they pay in blood and eviscerated gore.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I am Shona, a fourth generation, pureblood Lycan bitch.
Tonight is an especially personal one for me. In fact, this raid is executed in
honour of my fallen mother, Pharo. She was the latest casualty, and the
unforgivable spark, that has ignited this hellish war on the human population
of our territory. It won’t end here, either. Claude has shared his vision with
the pack. It is a plan that will see the demise of the human race, and a
welcome end to the raping of this wondrous planet. It begins here, right now,
in Wolfhaven, and will spread like a plague such as never before seen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A wretch stumbles and falls at my feet. The sweat of this
thing beneath me reeks of fear and panic, intensified as I pin it to the ground
under my paw. Mesmerised by the vengeful blaze in my eyes, it remains still,
petrified. Only the desperate pounding of its weak heart betrays it as still
living. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As my glare burns through its face, my weight slowly
pressing on the brittle ribcage, I imagine this one with an entirely different
expression, as it parades through town with my dead mother held proudly aloft.
I recall how once Pharo strode proudly through the forest, her head held high,
eyes bright with intelligence and her chest tight with emotions that some think
we don’t feel: pride, loyalty, regret, and affection. When she was slaughtered,
she held back her whimpers of agonizing pain and locked rage-filled eyes on her
predator, brave and beautiful to the end, her gaze promising retribution of the
most terrible sort. When it carried her up in the air as if she were its
personal trophy, Pharo was lifeless, her fur incinerated, eyes closed on the
severed head resting precariously on her chest, and without the spark of fearlessness
she was known for. She was just a bag of charred flesh and no more; she was no
longer splendid.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She was far more to me than a trophy. She was the
ignition of my fury and the pitiful being beneath my sharp claws is now the
nothing, the unimportant, weak, terrified thing that is the source of my wrath.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My snarling breath hot on its face, it gags on a scream,
as saliva drips from my jaw to fall and slide down the back of its throat. I
always like to revel in their fear and inhale it, but I have spent enough time
gloating with this prize. One by one, my claws penetrate the chest and then
slowly, I drag down, opening the body up from neck to groin. It screams. Its
final vision is of my gaping maw, descending to tear away its head from the
struggling body.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We are one hundred strong, our pack alone. Seventy of us
have descended upon Wolfhaven to exact our immediate revenge. The rest have
been assigned with the task of carrying out Claude’s greater plan. Sent out in
every direction, as emissaries, they are to spread this message of revolution
to all our Wolfkind. Our Wolhaven pack, and our Alpha, Claude in particular,
have a fierce reputation among the Lycans and Werewolves, all across the land
and sea. Territorial pissing will be put aside, for the most part, as we spread
our message of hate and the war on humanity begins. Wolfhaven is ground zero,
as the mangled corpses continue to pile up. The injured, we leave and move onto
the next. Snapped bones, crushed and ripped organs and muscles, and angled limbs
prevent them from fighting anymore; they are too injured to battle on but they
are not yet dead. Their cries indicate they wish to die, but they will heal; by
the full moon they will turn, and they will either join us, or be torn to
pieces by the pack.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The Lycan presence in the pack is still very strong, but
that will change under Claude’s plan. I am beginning to wonder if that’s a good
thing. The Wolfhaven pack is a merging of two; a significantly smaller pack
with a name which is now lost to me over the centuries, whose Alpha readily
submitted to the ever-dominant Claude. They did, however, boast a greater
number of Lycans in ratio to Werewolves, which didn’t escape Claude’s
attention. The Lycans of both packs bred vigorously, thus growing the Wolfhaven
pack to a formidable size. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The lesser, mixed blooded Werewolves are aggressively
discouraged to breed within the pack. Claude is very vigilant about maintaining
order amongst the hierarchy. Banishment and sometimes death is the result if
Werewolves are caught mating and Claude enforces it personally, with a
bloodsoaked claw. What does Claude know that the rest of us are unaware of?
Doesn’t he see the inevitable outcome, when the balance of power tips and the
half-casts outnumber the Pureblood? Our war on humanity may well become a three
sided battlefront, thus greatly weakening our cause. Our beloved Alpha is not
unwise. He never does anything without careful planning and consideration. This
couldn’t possibly have been an oversight on his behalf, so what exactly is his
‘Grand Plan’?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">With each kill, the stench of hysteria mounts amongst the
populace of Wolfhaven. The mounting hysteria, in turn, spurs the pack on with
bloodlust abandon. There is truly no hope for any single one of these
parasites, as we systematically hunt, rend, and continue on our murderous
rampage. The dead are beginning to outnumber the living, and the screams of the
few who manage to slip away from the outskirts of town sound through the night,
as they are scented out and tracked down. It is imperative that nobody escape
our vengeful raid. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The element of surprise is a powerful advantage. Word
must not spread within the human population of our strategy to extend, town by
town, village by village. As our numbers swell and our territory expands, soon
we will move into the cities to continue the eradication. As it stands now, the
cities are victim only to the odd rogue Werewolf, or small and insignificant
renegade packs. Braving the threat of detection in pursuit of an endless,
tantalizing smorgasbord of human flesh, these lone wolves and rag-tag packs,
with no real structure or direction, present a threat to our plans. Without the
discipline of an organised pack, they are enslaved to their hunger, and kill
with abandon, jeopardising the widely held opinion that our kind are merely the
product of vivid imaginations.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I pick up the scent of a small child, as it cowers
beneath the corpse of its mother. Swiping the inert slab of decimated flesh and
bones from its helpless spawn, I gaze upon it with malice for a few moments.
Terror courses through its veins and I savour the moment. Slamming a vicious
paw down on its head, I proceed to gorge on its guts. The tender, sweet flesh
stirs my soul to rabid proportions as I devour this morsel. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Should I feel remorse? Hell no. Young and defenceless,
this child may be, but I know what they become. I know exactly what they grow
to be. Senseless, ignorant of the world they inhabit. Selfish and greedy,
destructive and cruel. Humanity is the single most vile blight on this planet,
and this small creature will only perpetuate the disease, if left to flourish
and proliferate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No other species is so selfish and foolish as to take far
more from nature than what they give back; no other beings pillage the lands until
only dust remains or hunt their prey until it becomes extinct. We hunt for
protection, training, and food, and formerly without the cruelty we show now,
while they have always hunted for enjoyment - for trophies of our kind - with
extreme hatred and malice. Claude once explained it in a simple manner: only
they use terrible metal traps to maim and capture us, leaving us prone to their
hunters’ bullets or blades, and then leave us to rot into the forests, not even
returning to claim our glorious fur.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I think of how wasteful they are. How selfish and mean in
sprit. They have no loyalty between mates nor respect for order. Indeed, they
have not a bit of bravery or pride, and any compassion that the species ever
had, is certainly gone now. They care for only themselves, the individuals, not
the whole.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No sooner do I swallow my last mouthful, than a panicked
young man of around twenty years comes tripping over the mother’s discarded
corpse, sliding in the slick blood and bits of offal left from the small child
to fall hands and knees at my side. He shrieks with shock as the child’s
lifeless blue eyes stare back at him. I turn my head slowly, with a lupine leer
of malice. This one could prove useful to the cause. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He falls stiffly over and onto his side in submissive
terror, eyes wide and mouth agape in a voiceless scream. My contemptuous growl
rolls and turns in the pit of my stomach; reverberates through my chest to
spill out onto the gore laden breeze, while this creature lays petrified. I
would sooner have this thing for a meal, than allow it to turn. Tonight, in my
eyes, is a mission of vengeance, but Claude had been very explicit in his
orders for this raid. Who am I to disobey the Alpha? I spring from the remains
of the child I have just devoured, to land heavily on the prone human filth.
Its silent scream suddenly finds a voice, as my bloodied fangs tear into its
shoulder. It takes every ounce of my will to not keep tearing, but I rise from
its mauled body and bound away, enraged by what was deprived of me, and now
stirred into a frenzied search for one not so suited to my reluctant mercy. I
am just getting started.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Surveying the street, I am struck with an ardent sense of
urgency. The pickings grow slimmer by the moment. We had descended upon the
populace in silence. Our numbers were easily enough to surround the small town
completely. Our stealth and cunning leaving them vulnerable and completely
unaware that these were to be the final minutes of their human lives. With a
howl that tore through the night, like gravel rubbed between two plates of
steel, at Claude’s command, the circle closed on Wolfhaven.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Seventy strong, we stormed the town. Nobody saw it
coming. Nobody expected to see massive hulks of snarling, yipping fur, and
gleaming, salivating fangs in every direction they turn. Claude had stayed back
from the town, and near the trees. His command to strike would have just been
taken by the townsfolk as the howl of an ordinary wolf, and paid no heed, as he
rushed swiftly and silently through the night to join us in the slaughter.
Every thirty or so feet around the perimeter, one of the pack would stay back,
to run down any stray humans who manage to slip through the luniac circle of
death. The rest of us went in for the kill. There was no way in any Hell I was
going to be waiting for scraps outside. Tonight is my night, more than
anyone’s. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We’ve all lost family before, but my mother was loved by
all the pack. She had indeed taken on the role as Mother to the Wolfhaven pack.
There was that, plus the death of Pharo is still fresh in the minds and hearts
of every pack member. She embodied the essence of what a mother should be:
kind, comforting, wise and brave, strong and swift, because that is what she
taught all of the litter-cubs. We had all tried to mimic her graceful gait and
her prideful carriage, we pretended to be as kind and clever as we hunted frogs
and mice, sometimes allowing them escape and sometimes pouncing. We ended up
tripping on our own small feet before we learned, but in our minds, she had
always had flawless grace. In our hearts, she was perfection.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A growl escapes my throat as my fury returns and I try to
escape the memory of seeing her lifeless corpse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The humans had played their final hand, and we are now
biting it off. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The pungent smells of blood and eviscerated flesh, and
the sight of small piles and scattered bodies of the dead and gravely wounded
are assaulting my senses, cheering me somewhat, although it does little to
assuage my anger. I walk slowly through the corpse littered street. My mind is
in turmoil. I need to calm down, but my craving to tear these things to shreds
is overwhelming. I’m trying to regain some focus, and differentiate the smells
and sounds of the already fallen from that of the ones who may still be in
hiding.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Just as I begin to find some semblance of calm… there it
is. I hear a whisper carried on the wind, from an upstairs window to my left. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Instantly, I charge the building, bursting through the
flimsy door and up the stairs. As I reach the top, I stop and listen. The air
is cleaner in here and I breathe it slowly in through my nose. To the left…
there’s somebody in that room. Several people, in fact, I pick up as I quietly
approach the closed door. Standing silently for a moment, and hearing panicked
whispering and quiet sobs, I rise to two feet, clench my fists and hammer it
clear across the spacious bedroom. The whispers turn to screaming, as my
hulking form engulfs the splintered doorway.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I set my gaze around the room. There is an entire family
holed up in here. Three generations of living, screaming flesh huddle in the
furthest corner of the room. A grandfather and grandmother, a daughter in her
mid to late twenties and her husband, who looks to be at least forty, and a
little baby grandson, whose screams are louder than the rest of the family
combined. The husband does his best to look brave, by stepping forward shakily
in defence of his wife, child and the in laws. I push my way through the
doorway and into the room to meet him. He stops advancing as I stand to near my
full height. I still need to bow my head slightly beneath the high ceiling. I
step towards this fool and give him a dismissive wave of my claws, taking half
his face off, and sending him headfirst into the wall across the room. I will
save you for later.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The grandparents futilely attempt to shield their
daughter and her precious offspring from my advance. The old ones can perish.
The child too. I am still undecided on the terrified young woman with her babe
held tight in her arms. See what kind of fight she puts up. I will allow the
husband to turn. He showed a bit of guts, so I won’t gorge on his. Leaning
forward with a snarl, my face comes to within inches of the trembling old
woman. Her husband punches me in the side. I let him. He screams at me to leave
her alone and continues to land punches wherever he can land them. As you wish,
you dried up piece of tough meat. Grabbing him by the head, I easily tear him
out of his wife’s arms and into my grasp, where I bite down on his neck. His
wife is hysterical and keeps running to help her husband and back again to
shield her daughter and grandchild, whilst I snap his collarbone in my powerful
jaws, and dig my claws into his stomach, tearing him open and spilling guts on
the floor in front of what remains of his family. Rending the flesh from chest
and shoulder, I toss the old meat aside. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">All the while, my eyes have been locked on the young
mother, who is crying in a sing song voice and shaking uncontrollably with
horror, yet still clutching that baby to her tight. I will allow you to turn
too, but I am sorry, that child is mine. Without averting my stare, I reach for
the now petrified grandmother. Grabbing my claws into her shoulders, I pull her
around to stand before me, and proceed to rip out her throat. The young woman’s
cry turns into a demented wail that keeps rising in pitch and volume. Just as
it begins to make the transformation into a full blown scream, I throw the old
woman on the floor, turn and slash my claws across the top of the mother’s
back. She becomes airborne for a few feet across the room, and loses her grip
on the child, sprawling out face down on the floor. I pick up the screaming
infant by its head, just as the mother rolls onto her back. I leer at her for
several moments, challenging her to come and rescue her baby, and she stares
back, frozen and speechless. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I raise the child to eye level, still watching the
mother. She tries to say something but the words won’t come. I know she is
pleading for her child’s life, but no mercy will be shown in Wolfhaven tonight.
Tearing the infant in half in one bite, the mother screams a real scream, as
the little leg bones snap and splinter between my teeth. One more bite and it’s
gone, apart from the head, which I toss at the hysterical woman on the floor.
This was very satisfying, and I thought I had run out of prey.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I turn and leave the devastated mother, exiting the
bedroom and down the stairs. She has been marked and the moon is full. Come
next Full Moon, she will be one of us, as will her husband when he wakes up. My
return to the street is met with disappointment. My brothers and sisters sit
around the piles of corpses, feeding. It seems there are none left to decimate
after all. I pick up an amputated leg as I sit myself on the ground, and chew
away at it thoughtfully.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The rage fades and I feel a proud confidence move in to
take its place. Wolfhaven is ours. No-one escaped, the pack has grown, and the
word is being spread. Soon the world will be our very own Wolfhaven. Tonight,
my mother Pharo, Mother of the Pack, has been avenged. </span></div>
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I don’t know about you, but I want to read more!!! And one of you will be able
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FIRST WINNER RECEIVES THE SCARLETT CURSE, SECOND </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">…</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;"> JOSHUA</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">’</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">S FOLLY AND SO ON!!!
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">The Scarlett Curse: Book I in The Sacred Blade of
Profanity series </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Scarlett,
bearer of The Sacred Blade Of Profanity for nigh on three hundred years,
untouched by linear time, unhindered by the confines of space, nevertheless has
grown weary. The ancient dagger, crafted in sorcery over eight thousand years
ago, requires the blood of the profane to sustain its power. Scarlett has
killed scores over the centuries and will continue for as long as she possesses
The Blade.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Her
chance meeting with young Dera, an 11 year old mute from the outskirts of town,
throws both of their worlds into chaos, as Scarlett returns to the busy town of
Mills Wall, to complete a failed attempt on her most elusive target to date.
Could this child be the downfall of Scarlett? The demise of The Sacred Blade Of
Profanity? Dark and troubled times are all that is foreseeable for both
Scarlett and the mysterious little girl. Indeed for all of Mills Wall.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Joshua's Folly: Book II in The Sacred Blade of Profanity
series</span></b></div>
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the very name would cause folk to look over their shoulder in terror. Not
Joshua though. Joshua Melkerin was a peculiar character. Unassuming, ordinary
looking, generously aged; he was not the kind of person one would consider to
engage in the despicable acts such as those of Jahl-Rin and his ilk. His
colourful past, a meticulously kept secret from all decent and law abiding
folk, Joshua had at last reached the point of no repent. Alone in the world and
the last of his ancestry, his zest for life all but extinguished, Joshua cared
naught for the fortunes of others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The
Sacred Blade Of Profanity had waited many years to introduce itself, through
Scarlett, to Joshua’s tainted blood. The time had come at long and final last.
The Kirlt’th sorcerers’ lineage had their motivations behind each targeted kill
throughout the extensive history of The Blade Of Power―motives that would one
day become apparent, as Joshua plodded uncertainly to his inevitable doom... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Kendrick the drifter joins a circus and becomes Marbles the Clown, he discovers
the art of transformation; an escape from the woes of his everyday life. An
unfortunate encounter with a feral child in the woods, as the Full Moon
prepares to meet the approaching dawn, sets off a gradual transformation beyond
anything Marbles could imagine. His deterioration over the following two weeks
leads to his apparent death and the circus moves on. Waking up in the morgue a
few days later, the slow transformation of Marbles the Clown begins.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In
a desperate bid to catch up with the circus as it travels from town to town,
city to city, Marbles embarks on a two week journey of nightmare carnage and
unconquerable insanity, finally reaching his destination in time for the real
and terrifying transformation to take hold. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Dead Font Walking"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Dance With the Demon (Project 26 Book 4)</span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Demons
– we all have them. Like a parasitic shadow, attaching itself and penetrating
its foul claws deep into your soul, your own personal demon feeds on your
fears. Fear – the basest of all human emotions; the one from which all our
others gain impetus and purpose – even of love. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Throughout
history, the Demon has been projected outwards, given form, given a cornucopia
of names and even hierarchies. Truth be told, they are a deeply ingrained
expression of our own psyches. Manifesting in a myriad of ways: addictions –
physical, mental and spiritual; hatred and prejudice, ignorance and
subservience – the Demon lives within us all, and choreographs the dance of
life towards death.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">As
you immerse yourself in the demonic tales within these pages, the question may
arise…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">How
much of yourself have you given away, as you Dance with the Demon</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Wolvz Whispers of War (Project 26)</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The
war on humanity has begun...</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnOaY8PUTTZE0DBwO1rfk6sAdKvIkNwMIIVi5sN0EJFOiaUV1DCYG5VTx4jEswxPZxeLOrApdzNtXo16B90Fm5fT_Z-b5bKLeGa3YSCNhVrq50olKy4MxWxrGUg-4e9V-AabmwSTbfOgL/s1600/510cFamsjGL._SY346_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnOaY8PUTTZE0DBwO1rfk6sAdKvIkNwMIIVi5sN0EJFOiaUV1DCYG5VTx4jEswxPZxeLOrApdzNtXo16B90Fm5fT_Z-b5bKLeGa3YSCNhVrq50olKy4MxWxrGUg-4e9V-AabmwSTbfOgL/s320/510cFamsjGL._SY346_.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Wolfhaven
- ground zero - none in this town will survive the wrath of the pack. The first
slaughter sparks the beginning of the end for humanity as the Wolfhaven pack
descends upon the unsuspecting townsfolk to exact revenge for the killing of
one of our own - Pharo, the mother of the pack, once feared and respected by
our kind throughout the region, is no more.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Claude's
plan is bold yet carefully thought out; to spread from Wolfhaven, town by town,
village by village, city by city; to rid the world of the human plague and put
an end to the desecration of this wondrous planet. It all begins here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As
the ranks swell, the surrounding packs forming alliances and consolidating,
select humans spared annihilation to be turned and assimilated as the moon
casts her influence. Will our beloved Alpha's grand plan come to fruition? Or,
will pettiness, arrogance, and territorial pissing end this war before it
begins?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I
am Shona, first daughter of Pharo, and here my story begins...</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">AUTHOR BIO</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Toneye
Eyenot</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> writes tales of horror and dark fantasy which have
appeared in numerous anthologies over the past two years. He is the author of </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">WOLVZ: WHISPERS OF WAR</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
a novella as part of J. Ellington Ashton’s Project 26, a clown/werewolf horror
novella titled </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">BLOOD
MOON BIG TOP</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, released with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">JEA Press</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,
plus the ongoing </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SACRED
BLADE OF</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PROFANITY
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">series
with two books, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE
SCARLETT CURSE</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">JOSHUA</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "cookiemonster"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">S
FOLLY,</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> also published through J. Ellington Ashton Press
and a third currently in the works. He is the editor of the anthologies: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DANCE WITH THE DEMON, INSECTILE
ILLUSION, PSYCHO PATH, BLACK MAGIC MASSACRE, FULL MOON SLAUGHTER</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
werewolf anthology, and the upcoming </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">FULL
MOON SLAUGHTER 2: ALTERED BEASTS</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, also with JEA. Toneye
lurks in the Blue Mountains in NSW Australia, with the myriad voices who tear
the horrors from his mind and splatter them onto the page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can most easily connect with Toneye through his
Facebook page - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Toneye-Eyenot-Dark-Author-Musician-1128293857187537/?ref=bookmarks"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/Toneye-Eyenot-Dark-Author-Musician-1128293857187537/?ref=bookmarks</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">On behalf of Halloweenpalooza, thanks so much for
agreeing to participate. Let</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;">’</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">s
start with some quickies:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite color:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Burgundy</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Male or female friends:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Male</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Guilty pleasure:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> McDonald’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite Halloween candy:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Kit
Kat/Reese’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Have you ever carved a pumpkin:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
Yes</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Would you let the police search your basement: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yes</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite horror movie:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Prince of Darkness/Lord of
Illusions</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Since there are
so many types of horror, can you please tell us about your work? What can a
reader expect when he picks up a story written by you? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Let me preface what I say below: my fiction is mainly a
collection of stories entitled </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Dark Verse</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
that comes in both the written format and the audio format (via a podcast).</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The type of my work is summarized by the boilerplate for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
Dark Verse</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">: short stories of occult, metaphysical, and fantastical
horror that will follow you to the visions of your sleep. I use those three
specific words because I feel they most accurately encompass what a reader or
listener will get from my writing. My work is also most definitely Lovecraftian
and under the weird fiction umbrella.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">When readers or listeners embrace one of my stories, they
will be taken to a window through which they will gaze upon a unique world,
realm, or universe where bizarre evils are at work that cannot be overcome.
Great abominations will be displayed and then the window will close, leaving
the readers and listeners with the scar of their visions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What got
you writing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was there one thing that
prompted you to take the plunge?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Writing is a place where the most imaginative places,
entities, and events can be brought to life. I’ve always lived in a mind full
of wonder and so writing was the best outlet to channel the inner powers of my
creativity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The one thing that made writing the best home for me was
education. I had a phenomenal English teacher for three years in high school.
She equipped me with the tools I needed to unleash my imagination onto paper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In horror,
villains are pretty much everything and often more popular than the
hero/heroine. What do you think goes into crafting a memorable villain? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I can’t speak for all villain-creators, but there is a
beautiful dread with evils that cannot be defeated. Those are the villains I
tackle--ones that do their will and there is nothing you can do to stop them.
Ingredients for a memorable villain: uniqueness, a defining characteristic, </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In terms of
writing, could you please post an excerpt from any of your works that best
exemplifies what you bring to the horror picnic table? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">From the story, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Time
into Death.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">”</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The darkness came quickly without purpose or retribution;
with blind perfection it suffocated every last glimpse of light. Where once I
was whole and complex, I became vulgar and plain. I did not remember having a
thought when the transition took place, nor did I remember any manifestation of
sensation or feeling, but when I arose into the cosmos of the beyond, the
picture of the demented dreamscape enthralled me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">With the darkness came new sight—a sight which I reluctantly
relinquished to the enlightenment of words. This sense of vision was nothing
like a projection made by retina and pupil; it was a gift of divine repulsion,
the provisional praxis of becoming new. Relatively, in its most comparable
description, it was like being in the bowels of the deepest and blackest abyss
with a moon as an eye.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Profound nightmares and horrors swirled within my first
glimpse of the nether world: the life beyond, the dark throne. On an altar
masked with silk, the master of the domain loomed before me, crouching, with
its subjects scurrying along the crypt-like grounds below in hateful glee. The
slant of its nefarious head showed its remarkable intellect while the
oscillating flesh upon its frame peaked far from anything holy. It was both
smooth and rough, and beautiful and repulsive—it could not be conceived within
the limits of a single definition of appearance. Only the imagination of absurd
and almighty necromancy could have conjured such supremacy of grotesqueness. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What scares
you? Have you had any encounters with the supernatural? Up for a ghost hunting
session? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I really hate cockroaches, and I hate it even more when I
have to kill them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My closest encounter with the supernatural was when I
received mysterious scratches on my back the day my son was conceived.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’d definitely be up to a ghost hunting expedition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since this
event is built around Friday the 13th, are you superstitious? Do you believe in
curses a</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I am actually not very superstitious. I believe that
luck/chance and effort are the main driving forces of success and failure. That
being said, I feel that the energy people have is real and tangible, and, in
that sense, you could be “cursed” by the negativity of someone’s dismal aura.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Uh oh! You
hear a noise in the basement. You go to investigate and find you’re not alone.
It’s one of the characters you created sprung to life. Which one would you most
not want it to be and why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I would pray for it not to be Delkfirkcheckt (even though
it was)--a lord of the cosmos that travels from planet to planet collecting
beings for its slave world. He is a hulking, colossal being with a single black
eye Below is an excerpt from </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Eventually we arrived at Shzivoukt, a world between
worlds. It was here that Delkfirkcheckt stored his slaves of all sizes, shapes,
and existences, tormenting them, slaughtering them, and forcing them upon the
chaos of lawlessness, immorality, and unhindered terror. The entire world had
been labored upon and manipulated—there was not a single surface that had not
been slaved upon and used for some structure, mechanism, or deed. Dead bodies
of all kinds of creatures, beings, and animals at all stages of decomposition
lay strewn across the grounds—never removed or properly disposed of, they were
worked around and on top of. Great mountains and deep canyons spread across the
land, but none of the original landscape or environment could be seen. Black,
wiry, spiked walls; sharp, knife-edged doors; and floors riddled with broken
pieces of blade and gnarled metals were discovered in every structure. Large,
cryptic machines that lived without known power sources spun thick, cone-like
drills, hammered down heavy slabs of stone, and fired rays of piercing,
cauterizing heat between and within the structures, adding to the death and
misery of this gruesome dimension. And all of this was just the platform for
the hordes upon hordes of innumerable slaves that coursed and toiled all
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">All of Shzivoukt screamed; there was not a hiding place
or darkness far enough away from the light cast by the hundreds of surrounding
moons for the screams not to reach it. From horizon to horizon, deepest depth
to highest height, a chorus of unending ululations haunted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">If it took ten slaves from ten different worlds to drive
a single stake, that stake would eventually be driven. Time did not have
bearing on this realm that never rested.</span></div>
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Halloween, what’s your best memory of the holiday? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I grew up on a cul-de-sac with a lot of kids around the
same age and every Halloween there would be a party on the block. Halloween
nights have always been great childhood memories.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">When I got older, my friends and I made Halloween a night
of pizza and the Leprechaun movies--fun memories as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fan
feedback. Do you love it? Hate it? What’s the best thing a reader has said or
done?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Fan feedback is a mixed bag. It can be the most potent
inspiration, but it can also be a dreadful emotional burden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Some great things fans have said about my work:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This is one of the creepiest things I have
ever heard. Can’t wait for the next cast. You’re twisted, man!”</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“These are tales of twisted logic, ventures
into strange realms, and encounters with incomprehensible entities. There is an
impressive range of ideas and some genuine imagination on display here.”</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I've never read something like this before.
People are comparing this to Lovecraft and others but I can't compare them
because I've never read the people they mention. I can say this, it is very
well written and consumes you.”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“For fans of horror, weird fiction, or dark
fantasy, this podcast is a must. Each of Sharkchild’s stories feature unique,
self-contained logic, and highly effective imagery. The imagination on display
here is very impressive.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In contrast, I have to share a negative remark that gave
me a good laugh:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Horrid writing. Try just writing the way you
would tell the story to a friend. A friend who is alive, not Hawthorne or Poe.”</span></i></div>
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for M. Amanuensis Sharkchild? What can your fans look forward to?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The Kickstarter project for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
Dark Verse, Vol. 4 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">hardcover book is currently ongoing until Nov. 13th. This
is my next entry into the world of creation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You can go to the project here: <a href="http://kck.st/2gSMgX1">http://kck.st/2gSMgX1</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The campaign also includes metal bookends to complete
your </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Dark Verse</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> hardcover book collection.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don’t plan on stopping </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Dark
Verse</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> anytime soon. I’m going to see how big I can grow it! So
you can expect more podcast episodes, more books, and more awesome </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Dark
Verse</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> products! I also have a dark fantasy novel out called </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
Spirit Collectors</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> that I will one day expand on… one day.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">IT</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">’</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">S GIVEAWAY
TIME!!!!</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">And
we’ve got a great one for you today!!!! Especially if you’re a</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;"> PRINT LOVER!!!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Featured
Author M. Amanuensis Sharkchild</span></b> is offering up <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">FIVE SIGNED hardcopies
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So click
on back, find today’s post featuring Sharkchild, and post </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">I WANT TO WIN </span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">and you just might!!!!!! </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">The Dark Verse</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> is a multiverse of Lovecraftian horror, spanning different realms and
times, that touches upon evils that transcend the knowable. Whether a galactic
entity that casts flesh off the wicked, a scientist harnessing the power of
metamorphosis, or a diabolical overlord that torments souls in a dimension of
unrelenting pain, there is no escape from the occult horrors that await you
within the innumerable folios of The Dark Verse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">M. Amanuensis Sharkchild is an award-winning author and
publisher of a growing series of Lovecraftian horror short stories called The
Dark Verse and of the dark fantasy novel, The Spirit Collectors. His
self-published books are praised for their illustrious hardcover binding and
artwork and have won six awards. The Dark Verse is also a podcast through which
Sharkchild releases new short stories on a regular basis. The style and
atmosphere of his writing is often compared to the works of H.P. Lovecraft.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He lives in lurid wakefulness and lucid dreams, overtaken
by visions that uncontrollably seethe in a torrent of horror and fantasy. As a
zealot of the imagination, he embraces the strange, the bizarre, and the great
unknown. His path of creation has only just begun.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Some of Sharkchild's other projects include Dark Energy
Discoveries and Gravescabs. Dark Energy Discoveries is an EBM music project
containing his rich vocal layers and soundscapes that are embodied by a virtual
group of inter-dimensional beings who have joined forces to explore the
ever-expanding reaches of existence. Gravescabs are reversible plush covers
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">N</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">IGHT</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">IS</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">FOR</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> HUNTING</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">TODD TRAVIS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "baskerville" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">from
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<b><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 12.0pt;">THE LIVING AND THE DEAD<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright © 2016 by Todd Travis</span><span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hey friends, </span><span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In honor of Halloween,
my very favorite holiday, please find NIGHT IS FOR HUNTING, which was first
featured in my horror collection <span class="Hyperlink0"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Living-Dead-Todd-Travis-ebook/dp/B00DBPLZVO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476195398&sr=1-4"><span style="color: black;">THE LIVING AND THE DEAD</span></a></span>, which was
written for every woman who has ever been stalked, harassed or hurt. </span><span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">~ ^ ~</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra got off the subway at Ninety-Sixth. She’d walked around down in
the East Village, but other than a few obnoxious comments from drunk frat boys,
her wanderings had come to nothing. So at about three in the morning she
decided to call it a night. She sat on the train on the way back home, feeling
very frustrated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Out
on the street heading for home, she realized she</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’d
picked up a tail. A man wearing a dark windbreaker darted after her a little
too casually. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She reached her building, which had two locked entrance doors, an outer
one and an inner one. You had to be buzzed in twice to get in if visiting
someone. Tamra took her keys out, fumbled a bit, offering herself up as the
bait. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She opened the outer door wide and entered, letting it close slowly. She
quickly unlocked the inner door, for she wanted the extra room to move if she
needed it. She watched behind her via the reflection of the inner door, and
just as the outer door was about to close, a gloved hand caught it and held it
open. In a second he was on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Don’t make a fuckin’ sound, you hear me?” he grabbed her from behind and
held a knife to her throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He pushed her into the lobby of her building. He was still behind her
and she couldn’t see his face. He pushed her face first up against the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Fucking whore,
don’t move ’less I tell you, unnerstand? I’ll cut you t’shit,” he growled,
fumbling at her skirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He ripped it, pulling it down. He was obviously going to rape her from
behind. Tamra responded by rubbing her rear slightly against him. She could
feel his erection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What the fuck
you doin’? You like ’dis, that it? You want it, do ya?” He pulled down his
pants and freed himself. “You want it, don’t you? Tell me you want it!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I want it, I
want it,” she whispered. ”Let me have it, let me see it, please.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Bitch, you
gonna git what you asked for,” he grabbed her by the hair and turned her
around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She didn’t look him in the eye; she didn’t want to scare him off. His
hood was drawn tight on his face, leaving a little circle that he had to see
and talk through. He held her by the hair with his left hand and with his right
he held the knife up against her throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You want it,
don’t cha? Touch it, put your hand on it, bitch,” he ordered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She reached down slowly with her right hand, putting it around his
penis, which, even though erect, wasn’t big. She could almost cover the whole
thing and she had small hands. She held it lightly, then slowly brought her
eyes up to his.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Ooo, that’s
good, you fuckin’ whore, know what you doin’, don’t ya bitch?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yes, I do,”
Tamra said, and then put the squeeze on him. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She spent twenty minutes every day squeezing a tennis ball in each hand,
so this was going to be fun. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He squealed. Tamra knocked the knife away with her left hand. It
skittered away. She then hit him with an open palm right on the nose, breaking
it. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">With one hand on his penis and the other on the collar of his hood, she
slammed him into the wall twice, then released him and he slid down the wall,
slumping on the floor, out cold. She paused, listening to see if they’d
disturbed anyone. All clear.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She picked him up, dragged him out of
there and walked him down the street, his arm over her shoulder, as though he
were drunk and she were walking him home. They reached the park outside the
projects and she dumped him on a bench, handcuffing him there by his wrist.
Tamra took a can of spray paint out her bag, sprayed the word RAPIST on his
chest and then liberated the man</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’s sweatpants
and underwear from him, so that come morning the whole world would bear witness
to the man’s obvious shortcomings. <br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">All in all it
was a pretty good night, she thought. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A week later, Tamra cruised through the city and night on foot. It was
late, sometime after one o’clock in the morning, and she’d gotten that tickle
in her chest that got her out of the apartment in the sexy getup that she wore
only for these occasions.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She walked along Thirty-Eighth Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues,
the perfect area for her dark hobby, swinging her purse as if she hadn’t a care
in the world. She’d already been propositioned twice, both times by desperate
fat white men in shiny suits, but each were too timid to even ask her anything
beyond “how much,” so she blew them off. She hoped the night wouldn’t go to
waste. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As she walked past a dark parking lot,
an arm emerged from the shadows. Attached to the arm was a hand, and in the
hand was a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Don’t make a
fuckin’ sound,” said the voice from the shadows.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Another hand darted out and grabbed Tamra by the shoulder and dragged
her into the alley between the lot and the building next to it, the view of the
street blocked by darkness and cars. He pushed her up against the wall, gun in
her face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He was a dirty man. Maybe Italian or Greek, she thought. He was only a
couple of inches taller than Tamra, but had forty or fifty pounds on her at
least. He stood there looking at her, jacked up on something, she could tell
from his eyes. He snatched Tamra's purse from her. He held it, shifting back
and forth on his feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Is that all you
want?” she asked, staring at the gun he held, a revolver, actually, which was
much better for her than an automatic. It looked like a thirty-eight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No. Shut up!” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He stared at the open cleavage of her shirt, drawn in. She wanted to
wait and see how far he’d take this before she acted. Tamra looked closer at
the revolver, a thought striking her. Then he went for it. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Take off your
shirt. And your skirt. Now!” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Or else
what?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What? Or else
what? Else I put a bullet in your head, whatta you think?” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I think it’s
not loaded, that’s what I think. I think you know that robbery with a loaded
gun is an extra five years on your sentence if you got caught,” Tamra said. “I
think YOU think you’re being smart. But you’re not, you know why?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Why? Wait, shut
up!” He was rattled by her calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Because a rape
charge is a life sentence, so you’re about to move up in the world, unloaded
gun or not.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Shut up! Shut
up shut up! Get your clothes off and shut up, whore!” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">When she didn’t move, he jammed the revolver in her face.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You wanna find out if this gun is loaded, do ya?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sure,” she said
and snatched the gun right out of his hand before he could react. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Shit, give that
back!” he said. Tamra brought the weapon up, pointed it at him, pulled the
trigger and it CLICKED on an empty chamber. She pulled it a few more times with
the same result. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Empty. Just
like I thought,” she tossed the revolver on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You … you … you
fuckin’ whore! I’m gonna … I’m gonna …” he sputtered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re gonna
what?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After looking at her for a moment, he
made a run for it, dashing for the street. Tamra anticipated that and countered
with a spinning low sweep that caught him right at the ankles and sent him down
hard on the grimy concrete. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re not
getting away quite that easy,” she said, standing over him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She moved between him and the street, blocking his escape route. He
scrambled to his feet. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m gonna
fuckin’ hurt you, I’m gonna fuckin’ hurt you bad,” he said. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra just stared at him. He rushed her. She shifted her weight, evading
him but grabbing his right hand before it got to her. She pressed and twisted
it, getting him in a full pressure-lock, a good one. It stopped him
immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Shit, ow, ow,
you fuckin’ whore, fuckin’ let me go,” he whined, his legs bending with the
pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Who’s a fucking
whore? Who?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You bitch,
lemme go …”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We’ve gone from
whore to bitch, so I’m sure cunt will be the next word out of your mouth. But
let’s be clear about something …”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She cranked his wrist as far as it
could go and he screamed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“… </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">the only BITCH
here now is YOU!”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He kept his curses to himself as Tamra walked him over to where her
purse lay on the ground. She bent over and picked it up with her right hand,
never releasing his trapped hand, and walked him over to a handy trash
dumpster. Got a pair of cuffs out of her bag with her free hand. She cuffed his
hand to the dumpster, then released her grip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What … what the
fuck?” He rattled the cuffs, realizing he was trapped. “You a cop, you’re a
fucking cop?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Nope, not even close.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“If you ain’t no cop, what the fuck are you?” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“We are what we do. And you?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra grabbed him by the hair and rammed his face into the side of the
dumpster. This dazed him for a moment, blood running. She ripped the shirt off
his back, then pulled a can of spray paint out of her purse. Sprayed the word
RAPIST on his back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“This is what you do and thus, who you are.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His senses came back to him and he clawed at her wildly, like an animal.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra grabbed him by the back collar and the seat of his pants and
heaved him up and over the top, dumping him into the inside of the dumpster.
She heard the shoulder of the arm cuffed the dumpster dislocate and maybe break
as he went in. He howled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“As for who I am and what I do? I take out the trash. Trash like you.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She tossed the revolver in after him. Dusted herself off, put her purse
over her shoulder and headed back out into the night. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">All in all, the night didn’t go to waste after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Can I buy you a
drink?” the big guy at the bar asked her. It was a couple weeks later, and
she’d gotten tired of walking the streets and decided to see how the terrain
looked in other areas. She picked a trendy hipster bar, one that pretended to
be blue collar with a pool table and jukebox, but still had six-dollar beers
and ten-dollar cocktails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m fine,
thanks.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Randi! Set her
up with another one, on me,” he said to the bartender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So,” he began
with a quarterback smile, “my name’s Sean.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Like it was supposed to mean something. “Hello, Sean,” she said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Big guy, six foot two at least, and about two hundred twenty pounds
maybe, not a whole lot of it fat. Dark hair cut short, pug nose and a look of
genuine insincerity in his eyes. Dressed all in black. Weightlifter from the
look of the arms and pectorals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Definitely thought that he was the shit, no doubt about it. He kept
looking at her and then finally started laughing. She turned to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Aren’t you
going to tell me what your name is?” he said, still grinning. <br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Is that all you
want from me?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It’s a start.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I see,” she
sipped at her club soda. He kept grinning. Then he laughed again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Randi, another
Jack and Coke over here, I’m gonna need it,” he said. “You know, I’ve never
seen you in here before, you’re new.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Are you sure?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Oh baby, I’m
sure. I would have remembered seeing you before,” he eyed her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tamra was again decked out in her sex
outfit, except for the shoes; she had her boots on, she just couldn</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’t deal with heels today.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“So what do you do?” he fished some more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Different
things.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He grinned, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It’s gonna be like that, is it? You’re gonna make me work for it, is
that it? Make me sing for my supper?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She shrugged. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m into real
estate, here’s my card,” he said, flipping it down on the bar. “And let me tell
you something, this is a great time to be involved in this business. It’s
booming, baby, it’s booming! You wanna know who I just showed off a spacious
loft space to?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tamra shrugged again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Shia LaBeouf
and his girlfriend, whatever her name is, I forget, they looked at one of my
properties downtown just yesterday. I think they’re gonna finally shack up
together. They were pretty cool, though he was lot shorter in real life than I
thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I told ’em if he ever wanted to hang out, grab a drink, I’m the guy to
see, I am Mr. Party. I think they’re gonna spring for the loft too, it’s a
steal at the price tag I offered them. How about that, huh? How about that
shit?” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tamra didn</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’t have the slightest clue who he was talking about. Sean stood up and
signaled for another drink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Okay, Miss
Mystery Woman, I’m going to the men’s room to see a man about a mule. Don’t go
anywhere, okay?” and with a grin he ambled off. Tamra watched him go. She felt
a tug on her arm and turned to see Randi, the tattooed bartender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hey, you’re new
here, right?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yeah, so?” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So watch out
for Sean, okay? I’ve seen him do his thing in here before, just be careful with
him. I don’t usually say anything but you seem nice. Don’t tell anyone I told
you nothin’, but watch your drink around him, you know what I mean?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My drink?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yeah, watch
that he don’t put anything in your drink, you know? I’ve never caught him doin’
it, but I know he does. And don’t tell anybody I told you anything, he spends a
lot of money in here and he’s friends with my boss, okay? Watch your ass,”
Randi went down to the other end of the bar. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Well, Tamra thought, this evening just
got a whole lot more interesting. The big man came back and slapped the
bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Okay, I got it,
you know what?” he said, touching her leg lightly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What?” she
asked, looking over the rim of her glass of soda with half opened eyes. She
knew men loved that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Since you won’t
tell me your name, and that’s cool, I can respect that, then this is what I’m
gonna do. I am gonna guess it, I am gonna read your name from your face, I got
a talent for that, how ’bout that?” he touched her knee again, flashing capped
teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">All right,” she
said. Why not?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I get three
guesses, and if I get it right, then I win.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You win what?” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What do I win?
That’s what I want to know.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What do you
want?” She crossed her legs, just for him. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It worked; he ran his eyes up and down her thighs. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What do I want?
Well now, that’s the question,” he smiled at her yet again, and she allowed
herself a small one back at him. This seemed to energize him. “I tell you what,
I guess your name right, I get to see you again soon, how ’bout that?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Maybe. I’ll
think about it,” she said, playing coy. Let’s test him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Maybe! Isn’t my
job hard enough? Okay, I’m not complaining. Okay, I gotta concentrate. Are you
ready? Let’s see … you are a … Diane?” he gently took her chin with both hands
and tilted her face up as if to get a better look at her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra hid the urge to pull away from his touch. She felt very vulnerable
with those strong weight lifting hands holding her face. One simple twist, my
neck’s broken and I’m nothing but a memory. She shook her head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nope.
Sorry.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Okay, okay, I
get two more. You are a … Catherine, you look like a Catherine!”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sorry.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Okay, I got one
more, one more. You have the face of a … Tuhhh … Theresa!” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">How’d you do
that?” Close enough for her. Now to play it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hey. I got
skills. Now I get to see you again, Theresa,” he rubbed her knee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don’t know, I
said maybe, remember?” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Ahh, come on, I
played the game and I won. You ain’t gonna front me like that, are you? Come
on!” he pouted like a little boy now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Let</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’s see just how
greedy he is, Tamra thought. “Well, to be honest, I’m not in the city for very
long. In fact, not long at all.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">How long?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Not very long.
Leaving real soon. Otherwise I would, you seem like a nice guy and all, but I
don’t want to promise you something and then … you know.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Oh damn, that’s
too bad. I thought we were getting along real well. Damn.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We were, we
were. I’m just not here too long, you know? I’m flying back out of town real
soon.” Come on, take the bait. Perfect and safe, that’s what I am. I don’t know
anybody, she willed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">At least let me
walk you home, where you’re staying, I mean.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No, that’s all
right, I’m taking a cab.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Where are you
staying?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Somewhere
downtown.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Downtown
where?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Somewhere.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You don’t like
to say much about yourself, do you?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Well,” Tamra
allowed, giving the full effect of her eyes and smile, “a girl has to be
careful these days, don’t you think?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re right,
you’re absolutely right. I tell ALL my female friends that very same thing,
’cause there are a lot of assholes out there and you gotta watch out for
yourself, you do,” he said, playing the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra saw in his eye that he had another ace up his sleeve, though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You think you
might be coming back this way again sometime soon?” he asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don’t know.
Maybe. It all depends.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Depends on
what?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">On work. If my
work brings me back here, then I will come.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What’s your
work, you never told me. Wait, you’re not gonna tell me, are you?” He smiled at
that, and she smiled back. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So let’s play
the game again,” he began, “I'll guess what your line of work is, three
guesses, and if I’m right, I win something.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You win what?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tell you after
I win,” he grinned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What if I don’t
like what you won?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You will, you
will.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don’t know
about that, Sean.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">That was the first time she used his name and he liked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">How about this
then, I guess your profession, then I, at the very least, get a good night
kiss. How about that?” He was throwing down the glove now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A kiss?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A kiss. A GOOD
kiss, whatta say?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don’t
know.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">C’mon, just a
kiss. What can it hurt? I been a nice guy, buying the drinks, the whole deal, I
think I deserve a kiss.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Some fire in those eyes now. He felt entitled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Maybe. I’ll
think about it. Maybe.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Another maybe,
damn, you’re killing me here, Theresa, you’re killing me!”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tamra just smiled at him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Okay, you think
about it, and I will tell you your occupation. And you know what, Theresa? I
don’t even need three guesses. All I need is one. I got you figured. Are you
ready for this?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Fire away.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Okay, first of
all, you don’t live here, you come here on business and you have to leave right
away, right? And pardon me for saying, but you don’t look like a fortune five
hundred executive flying in for a board meeting and flying right out again, no offense,
but I seen women like that before and you just don’t got that cold hard-up
business look about you. And you’re an attractive woman, I’m saying that to you
now, you are one hell of an attractive woman, one that puts other women to
shame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You could be an actor, but if you were famous for movies or something,
I would’ve heard about it, no offense. Plus, you don’t got that actor-y way of
talking, actors always have to talk about themselves, like on Letterman.
Getting you to talk is like pulling teeth, so I don’t think you’re actor. You
don’t move like an actor, either, you move well, you move like someone that
knows her body real well, right?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Basic, but so far correct, Tamra
thought, nodding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But I still
think that you’re some kind of performer, the way you hold yourself, like you
know somebody’s always watching. So I think that you’re a dancer. Not one of
those ballet dancers, no offense, you probably got the talent, but those
dancers are snooty as hell and wouldn’t be caught dead in a place like this
where regular people are.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So what kind of
dancer am I?” she asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I think, that
as hot as you are, and as careful as you are about telling guys who you are and
what you do, I think that you are an exotic dancer. You know?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oh my God, Tamra thought, a stripper.
He thinks I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’m a stripper!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">And not just
any exotic dancer, I think you’re one of those famous ones, that pose in the
magazines, do the movies, then get flown in to headline at the big clubs. I
seen shows like that before, they get all these name gals in the adult business
and fly them in for a show. That’s what I think you are, a famous exotic
dancer, and if I’m wrong, which I don’t think I am, then you SHOULD be one,
’cause you are one hot babe and move like you know it. That’s what I think you
do and I would put money on it,” he finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whoa, I didn</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">’t see that coming, Tamra thought. She looked at him for a moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Well, Sean,”
she said, lifting her glass to toast his, “congratulations. You hit it.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sean slapped his thigh, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I told ya, I told ya I was good at this stuff, didn’t I?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You sure did.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So how about my
kiss, I think I earned it,” he said, leaning forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m still
thinking about it.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Come on, you
can’t play me like that, I’ve been good, I’ve been a good boy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’ve been
behaving yourself just so you could collect a kiss?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Well,” he
confided, “do you want to know what I really wanted to play for, what I really
wanted to win?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A dance. A
private dance for me, back at my place,” he held his hands up. “But I don’t
want to be too forward, I don’t want to pressure you. You’re a beautiful woman
and I can’t help myself, that’s what it is. But think about it, okay?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A dance now?
Now you want a private dance?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sure. We go
back to my place, it’s this great loft, it’ll knock your lights out.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don't think I
know you QUITE that well.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">How well do you
need to know me? You know I’m a nice guy, and it’s not like you’ve never done
it before, right? I’m a gentleman, I got some champagne, we’ll have some laughs
and good times before you gotta fly out again,” he pushed even harder. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m still
thinking about the kiss,” she got up off the stool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hey, I EARNED
that kiss, I worked for it. You can’t play me like that now after I put all
that effort into it,” he grabbed her arm. A glimpse of hardness there. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sure I can, if
I want. I’ll think about it, and you, when I’m in the bathroom,” she said and
walked away. Very conspicuously left her drink at the bar, nearly full. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Come on, she thought, let’s see if you go for it. Dose my drink and then
I got you. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She went downstairs where the signs said the bathrooms were, down a
twisty staircase to three doors, one for the gents, the other for the ladies
and the last one marked private. She walked into the ladies room and blanched.
What a pit, it had to violate some sort of health code. Just as well she didn’t
really have to go. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After taking a moment, she washed her
hands, threw her purse over her shoulder and headed out the door. She was
surprised to find Sean waiting for her right outside the bathroom door, leaning
on one meaty arm against the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hey, we gotta
stop meeting like this,” he grinned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">That’s what
happens when you hang out outside the women’s bathroom, isn’t it?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Maybe. So
listen, how about that kiss?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What about it?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Why don’t we
just, you know, get it over with, whatta say?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Maybe later,”
she smiled slightly and walked passed him and headed for the stairs. He grabbed
her arm and stopped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What’s wrong
with right now?” he pulled her gently but firmly toward him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Why are you so
impatient?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It’s unfinished
business between us, gets in the way of everything. We had a deal, I played and
I won, you gotta pay up,” he said, a dangerous glint in his eyes. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Well, Sean, I
say when and where I have to kiss someone, and I say that you’re just gonna
have to wait,” she replied. She turned toward the stairs again. Once more he
pulled her back. Tamra had to bite back the urge to dislocate his
shoulder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You wanna know
what I think, Theresa?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What do you
think?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m thinking
that you don't have ANY intention of kissing me, I’m thinking that you sat
there and drank the drinks I bought you and let me entertain you and after all
that you’re just gonna cut me loose cold, that’s what I think.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He positioned himself between her and
the stairs, cutting off her line of retreat. In this cramped space, the
advantage was his, owing to his bulk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So what I think
is that you owe me a kiss, and I think you should pay up, otherwise you’re
nothing but a cock-tease, and there’s nothing worse than a cock-tease.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You can think
whatever you want, I don’t care,” she made another move for the stairs, but it
was just a feint to see if he was gonna get rough with her. He did. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Give me the
goddamn kiss!” his grip on her arm tightened considerably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No,” she said,
“I said no and I mean NO.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We’ll just see
about that,” he snarled. He thumped his other hand against the door marked
PRIVATE and it opened. He dragged her into a dark basement office that was
dimly lit and empty. He pushed her up against the wall and held her there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I fuckin’ hate
teases, and you’re either gonna give me the kiss or I’m gonna take it,” he
growled, his face an ugly mask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He went for her lips and Tamra moved her head away from his. He
slobbered on her neck and cheek, seeking her mouth, which kept moving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He was stronger than she expected. She got her hand free, she jammed her
left thumb into the nerve juncture in the exact center of Sean’s neck. He
gasped as the jolt of pain hit him and took a step back, holding his neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Once both arms were free, Tamra didn’t wait around. She kicked at the
inside of Sean’s right knee and he went down. She brought her fists together
and raised them up high to break his collarbone, but he shot forward like a
tackling linebacker, picking her up and crashing her against the wall. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She gasped as the wind went out of her. She got her senses back fast and
boxed his ears. He released her and grabbed them. She took the opportunity to
knee him in the groin. He grunted and went down again and caught another knee
to his face. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She grabbed his ear with one hand, raised the other to deliver a
finishing strike. But the blow never arrived as that ANOTHER MAN’s hand caught
her fist and stopped it before it landed. She turned quickly to face her new
adversary, but before she could react, the stranger touched her chest with a
stun gun and she was out, just like that. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She woke up groggy, her ears ringing. She was sitting in a chair, her
hands cuffed behind her with plastic ties and a strip of grey electrical tape
over her mouth. She didn’t open her eyes, but she heard two men talking. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“She’s from outa town, a dancer, you say?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“That’s what she said. Said she was flying out tomorrow. And I’ve never
seen her before.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Through half-lidded eyes, she took a look at who was there. Sean, his
lip bleeding, chatted with a bigger, older man with a shaved head and sleeve
tats. The bald man rooted through her purse. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No ID in her bag, but look at this,” the bald man said as he lifted the
handcuffs out of her purse and whistled. “We got ourselves a kinky one here.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“She don’t know kinky, not until I get through with her. Bitch busted my
lip.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Well, now we’re gonna party. We already had last call upstairs, just
let me get rid of Randi and the barbacks and we’ll get this show on the road.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I’m gonna have another drink, then.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Go on ahead.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The bald one stepped forward and squatted down before Tamra. Lifted her
chin up with his hand. She pretended to still be out, but he wasn’t fooled. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Come on, now. I know you’re awake. Don’t fuck with me,” he raised the
stun gun and triggered it. She flinched involuntarily and opened her eyes. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Look at that, look at those eyes. She’s a spitfire, this one,” Baldy
said. “Hey doll, you think you can come into my place, bust up my office and my
best friend? You shoulda just given Sean the kiss you promised. Now you’re in
our party room and you ain’t never leaving here. Show her, Sean.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sean grinned and opened up a cabinet. It was filled with whips, chains
and other S & M gear. He lit a candle. Carried it over to her and kneeled
down next to her. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Bitch, you should have just went back with me to my place. Now you’re
in the deep end and you’re not climbing out,” Sean said. “You like to play
rough? So do we. It’s our most favorite thing to do.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sean dripped hot wax on Tamra’s bare leg. It sizzled but she didn’t
move. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You’re gonna scream, trust me. You’re gonna scream and beg,” Sean said.
He dumped more wax on her legs and still she didn’t move or take her eyes off
him.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Not now, bro, we don’t want her making too much noise, at least not
yet,” Baldy said. “Let me get rid of the staff upstairs, first. Go get a drink
or two, I’ll have one with you. She ain’t going anywhere. Once the help is
gone, then the fun begins.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Baldy zapped her in the chest and like that she was out again. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She woke up, alone, but she could hear them upstairs. She wiggled in her
chair. Her hands were cuffed with plastic ties, as were her feet, but
thankfully she wasn’t cuffed to the chair itself. She hoped beyond hope that
this trick she’d once read about would work. She slid her rear forward and got
her hands under her butt. Brought them down under her legs. Now they were in
front of her. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She looked around for scissors or a letter opener. Nothing. She knew she
didn’t have much time. She put her arms out in front of her, took a deep breath
and brought them in quickly to her chest. The plastic ties held. Didn’t break.
The trick didn’t work. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She thought for a moment and then glanced at the burning candle. Held
the ties over the flame. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The flame melted the plastic and it worked. She freed her feet, then got
up. Tried the door. It was locked on the outside. She took a deep breath to
calm herself. She was trapped in a small space and two men who outweighed her
by eighty pounds each could easily overpower her without room to move. And they
had a stun gun, too. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra rooted through the desk looking for a weapon, for anything. There
was nothing there but papers, junk and a couple of bottles of vodka, no laptop,
no phone, nothing. She was stymied. Just as she heard a key fit into the lock
of the office door, she got an idea and went with it. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sean and Baldy waltzed on in the private office. Their victim sat in the
chair in the same position they’d left her in, hands behind her back, her head
hanging down. They were so confident they didn’t notice her feet were no longer
cuffed with plastic ties. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Okay, here we go!” Sean said. He slapped her head a couple times to
wake her up. “Come on, hotness, let’s rock and roll, you’re gonna dance for me
one way or another tonight, baby!”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She looked up finally, eyes angry, and shook her head. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I’ll make you dance,” he picked up the candle again, leaned down over
her to pour more hot wax. “I’m gonna start at your knees and work my way up.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Baldy noticed something amiss from his desk, but couldn’t figure out
what it was. Then it hit him. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Sean, wait!”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">With her free hand, Tamra tore the tape off of her mouth and spit a
mouthful of vodka that she’d been holding right at the burning candle. The
alcohol turned into a burning ball of fire that caught Sean right in the face
and he screamed, his hair and shirt aflame, and scrambled backward. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra caught the candle just as Sean dropped it, brought the vodka
bottle to her lips and inhaled more of it, whirled to face Baldy, who broke out
of his freeze and leaped at her. She spit out another ball of flame. He ducked
under it and jabbed at her with the stun gun. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She batted the stun gun away with the bottle and kicked Baldy in crotch.
He went down on his knees and she kicked him in the chin. Baldy flew backward,
some teeth falling out of his mouth as he went. Tamra stomped on the inside of
his knee, breaking it. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sean screamed as he rolled on the floor, trying to douse the flames.
Tamra took another big drink, held the candle up, spit and blew out another
fireball at Sean, this time lighting his pants on fire. He howled again and
kept on rolling. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She walked around the room, using the vodka fireballs to light up the
desk, the cabinet, the cheap posters on the wall. In moments the entire room was
aflame. Sean got to his feet, his skin blackened and his cheap slacks melting,
and rushed for her. Tamra dodged, swung the vodka bottle and broke it over his
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sean went down, burning even brighter than before. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tamra took in the two fallen men for a moment, then hawked and this time
spit her own fluid on the floor. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Now it’s a party,” she said.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She stepped out and locked the office door behind her. Made her way out
of the bar and crossed the street to a bus stop. She sat on a bench and watched
Baldy’s bar burn. The sky turned pink as daybreak approached, and Tamra sighed,
tired and ready for bed. She was used to going to bed with the sunrise. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She preferred the night for hunting, after all. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the
product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
to actual events or places or persons, living, dead or undead, is entirely
coincidental. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book
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Today is an extra special giveaway!!! Todd is giving </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">FIVE ECOPIES OF THE HAIL MARY AWAY</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">THE HAIL MARY </span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">is his brand new
book and is a continuation of the insanely popular thriller-diller Emma Kane and Jacob Thorne series!!!! How new? So
new he’s still writing it and it doesn’t even have a cover yet!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the five winners will receive their copy
when it’s done – and it will have a cover!!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So click
on back, find today’s post featuring Todd, and post </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">I WANT
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They call it the Heartland
Child Murders. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Everyone else calls it a nightmare. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Locked doors don’t stop him. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He leaves no trace behind. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He only takes little girls. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His nickname … </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The Iceman.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A deranged serial killer roams wintry rural Nebraska, targeting little girls,
with a demented purpose no one can fathom.<span style="font-family: "ms gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">FBI Special Agent EMMA KANE, a former DC cop considered to be damaged goods, is
assigned to babysit burned-out profiler JACOB THORNE as they both fly to
Nebraska to catch this maniac.<span style="font-family: "ms gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">
</span>Thorne is erratic, abrasive and unpredictably brilliant,
but what he and Kane find in the heartland is much more than anyone bargained
for, especially when the Iceman challenges them personally, where it hurts
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The clock is ticking and a little girl’s life is on the line. </span></span><br />
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Different types, with different backgrounds, most with a lot of debt, few
friends and no close family to speak of. Gone.</span></span></span></div>
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But the only man who can help her, famed profiler Jacob Thorne, is no longer
speaking to her. The clock is ticking and Kane herself is now a target of
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purpose the abducted women serve, the real question is not only will she
survive what she finds, but can she handle what she discovers about Thorne and
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emma Kane and Jacob Thorne are back in this
thrilling sequel to Todd Travis’ pulse-pounding debut novel CREATURES OF
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In 1989, a school
bus filled with young children disappears. It drove into a tunnel, a tunnel
with no exits, and did not drive out. Witnesses saw the bus go in. No one saw
it come out. It vanished into thin air as a community panics. Everyone panics. <span style="font-family: "ms gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">
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2004, three people are brutally murdered in Roanoke, Virginia, two of them in a
sealed panic room, a room locked from the inside. <span style="font-family: "ms gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">
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is a single hair from the suspect. A suspect that has been dead for three
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another man is murdered in a hospital, a crime caught on tape, nearly everyone
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Everyone, that is,
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It takes… TALENT.</div>
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TALENTS - An Emma Kane /
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Todd Travis's
interests include conspiracy theories, the poetry of Michael O'Donoghue and pop
music and movies of the 80s. He is single and moves around a whole lot. His
current whereabouts are at this time unknown. He doesn't like cable news, views
cellphones with suspicion and don't even get him started on email. He also
believes poker is not a sport and therefore should never be allowed on ESPN.<br />
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He is the author of the thriller <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">CREATURES OF APPETITE</span>, its sequels <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">TROPHIES</span> and <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">TALENTS</span>, which
feature Emma Kane and Jacob Thorne, the horror novel <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">SEX, MARRY, KILL</span>, the novella <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">DERELICT </span>and
the horror collection <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">THE
LIVING AND THE DEAD</span>. More books are on the way. You can contact him via
a Facebook fan page that a friend set up for him.<br />
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Sign up on Todd's Amazon author page to be notified when his next novel is
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Nicki?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I wait for her, sitting Indian style inside our
second-hand pup tent, taping my finger against my thigh. We bought the tent
together at a thrift store in SoHo, one of our first purchases together. The
opening tarp is torn and a noisy flap rattles against the side panel. Please,
please don’t fall over. The physical ordeal to erect the damn thing took far
too long. What did I know about tents? I’m from the City, a City Boy. No, this
was all Nicki’s idea, our big romantic weekend getaway, free from classes at
FIT, the Fashion institute of Technology. I was a sophomore, Nicki a junior. I
know, I know, robbing the cradle. We met early on in my freshman year, first
semester. It was really cool, that crazy-dope feeling you get when you know you
really want somebody, and then you find out that they really want you too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Nicki, hey, what’s taking you so long?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She needed to pee. I told her we should have stopped at
that Mobil station we passed by in Montague, but she insisted on driving
further. And, being the Pioneer Woman she is, she decided to go and do her
business in nature. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I crawl to the
opening and stick my head out. Night’s upon us. We only brought one flashlight
with us and that rusty old thing barely worked. I can’t even remember the last
time I used it. When we opened the case to check the batteries, the two triple
A’s had orange goo covering them. Nice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Wind whistles like a soft rainstorm behind me. It was
that time of year, leaf season, a virtual brain freeze of vibrant color. We had
rented the car in the City and drove west over the George Washington Bridge to
I-80. Fifteen miles out, BAM, we’re smack dab in the middle of a gigantic flush
of colorful foliage. Her grandfather owned a small cabin somewhere in the area
and she was on a hunt to find it. Memories of childhood. So here we are… lost
and pitching a tent on the side of the road in a forgotten park waiting for
morning light to GPS ourselves back to a main road and civilization. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Hey, c’mon, you’re making me nervous now.” I sound like
a wimp. Am I actually pleading?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We had pulled into the park way too late. It was already
dusk when she turned onto an off road and decided to stop. We upped the tent
virtually in the dark. I wasn’t much help. I’m kind of scrawny, a bit of a
geek, big wiry glasses and nice teeth. (From all those years of wearing
braces.) We were finally getting all cozy inside, you know, spreading out the
sleeping bags, combining them together in order to make one BIG love nest when
she decides she has to go pee. Of course.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m taking my first steps away from the tent now. The air
is brisk, clean, that wonderful fall smell of firewood and smoke. “Nicki?” I
don’t have a light with me, it’s hard navigating the terrain, only a big black
sky splattered with plump stars and an iridescent sliver of a moon. I’m moving
forward though, my arms crossed in front of me conserving energy and heat, when
I hear a twig snap to my left and a moan or a whimper. “Hey, what the… is that
you?” I turn and rushing feet are powering toward me. Fast. “Hey, watch out!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Chris!” Nicki reaches out and grabs me, obviously shaken
up by something.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What? What’s going on?” I ask. “Where’s the flashlight?
You didn’t lose it, did you?” I hold her in my arms, calming her down, but
she’s shivering. “Talk to me, what happened?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In between gasps, “I was walking down that little ravine,
right over there…” She points to a grassy slope to the left of us. “… and I
stooped by a tree to take a pee when I heard this voice, like a little kid…”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“C’mon, you’re giving me the creeps.” I hold her closer.
I massage her arms for warmth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Chris, I’m dead serious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I couldn’t make this shit up.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Okay, so…”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I walk a ways
further and I hear the voice again.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“And… what did it say?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It was kinda hard making out the words, so I kept
inching closer. Then I pushed through some bushes and came upon this big lake,
like right in front of me when I heard the voice again whimpering, something
like ‘help me.’ I got spooked, dropped the flashlight and ran back. I fell on
the way up the hill… Damn!” She leans over to brush off her knee. “Ouch. And I
still have to pee.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Let me take a look at that. Let’s go up to the car where
there’s some light and I’ll clean it up.” We walk toward the rental but Nicki
keeps turning back. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No. We have to go find out who’s there? It could be a
little boy trapped or kidnapped down there, something horrible could be
happening.” She stops. “We need to get the flashlight, Chris.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Why? It doesn’t work, anyway.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“C’mon.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I roll my eyes in protest, thankful she can’t see. “Okay,
okay, I give up. I’ll follow you. Show me the way, Dear.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m learning early on in this relationship
game that arguing is futile. I tag behind her like an eager puppy meandering
through a dark maze of tall trees and low growing shrubs. We stop for a second
to listen, but all I hear is silence. “I don’t hear a thing… let’s go. I hope I
can find our way back. I should have left the car door open.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Chris! We have to find out.” Nicki can be very
persistent.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We barrel through a wall of thick hedges and land on the
lip of a beautiful still lake. “See, I told you.” Nicki says, triumphantly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The water glistens like shiny ice in the moonlight. “Wow.
How random, huh? Beautiful, but kinda spooky too, right?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I still can’t hear any voices. I turn my head to the side
to listen, but all I can make out is the rhythmic kiss of water lapping against
the shoreline. “Let’s go! This is freaking me out. Aren’t you cold?” I pull at
her hand. “C’mon.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nicki leans over and picks up the flashlight. It rattles
when she turns it on. A flickering tunnel of light hovers above the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What’s that?” She’s inches closer to the
edge, the beam skims the top of the lake’s steely surface.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Watch out! Don’t stand so close.” I stand behind her
now, peering into the water, ready to grab her at any second. “Nicki, there’s
nothing in that water except maybe some fish.” I turn to go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Chris, I swear I saw something floating under there…
something white…”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“We’ll check it out in the morning.” I reach for her arm
again to pull her with me, but she slaps me away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Stop it!” She streams the light over the lake again. A
soft mist rises. The sound of bullfrogs and crickets begin serenading us, but
no voices. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I’m going back. Stay here if you want.” I follow the
path back through the hedges and into the forest landing. “You coming?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pause. “Nicki, are you coming?” I turn around
and she’s gone, vanished, nowhere in sight. “Nicki?” I yell out. “This isn’t
funny. I am not laughing. Nicki?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In my peripheral vision, a flash of something streaks in
between some trees. A flimsy blur of white. Interesting how quickly my senses
respond, supernatural almost. The slightest breeze targets each individual hair
on the back my neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I move toward the
trees, eager to rescue Nicki and return to camp. The sound of batteries
wiggling inside the metal casing makes me stop, but there’s no light. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Who’s there?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">That’s when I think I hear a voice, whispering, ‘help
me,’ tiny and frail, in a child’s timber, high-pitched and garbled, like
through a cave of water.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Where are you?” I move faster to the tree line, toward
the voice, but I still can’t see a thing. Maybe I’m imagining all of this.
Maybe Nicki went back to the tent. I stop and do a complete circle from where
I’m standing. I take in the lake, the path, the tree line. I zip up my FIT
jersey and hurry back to the trail. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">How could she have gotten past me? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m walking faster now, tense, my entire body clenched
like a tight fist. I push through the waist-high bushes and weave my body into
the heart of the forest. Limbs slap at my face, my legs. All around me, eyes
seem to be watching, stalking me. White, ghostly images spark between trees,
teasing me, making my heartbeat race inside my throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My eyes are adjusting, somewhat to the
darkness. I can make out the slight slope leading up to the campsite. I can’t
see our tent, not yet, but the rental car comes into view, a shiny globe of red
accented by an anorexic moon. My foot catches on a root, or a twig, something
makes me fall, and I land, hard, on my stomach. It knocks the wind out of me.
My glasses fly off my head and land with a crack. My knee explodes in
excruciating pain. I’m blind without my prescription, I need my glasses. I stay
silent, still, adjusting my weight, accessing the condition of my body. Then,
my hands fan out and scour the ground, searching, pulling myself up, dragging
my bad knee, raking the terrain with my fingers, gritty from the wet dirt. My
eyes get misty. A stinging feeling rises up into my throat like bile. Scared to
death!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My finger lands across the edge of my wire-rims. I seize
them and put them on. One lens is cracked, a spider web of broken glass. I
don’t have time to worry about the cost of new glasses. Not now. I’m up and
half-running, half-limping toward the car. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Where are the keys? Where did I put them? In the tent? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I can already feel my knee swelling up, my heart jumping
out of my chest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tear open the tent
flap. “Nicki… Nicki! Where the fuck are you?” I lean down on my good knee and
throw shit out of my small backpack. I open the side panel. Ah, found them.
Outside the car turns over. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nicki? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Headlights flood the tent, the even purr of the engine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I move outside, the passenger door is open, the inside
light on. Nicki?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Slowly, cautiously, I move sideways beside the tent, tiny
sidesteps to the open door. I have no weapon, nothing to protect me. I am so
dreading this, but I strain my neck to peek in. On the front seat is an axe,
the rusty blade covered in blood. Little pieces of torn skin and bone matter
stick to the edge. The front seat is smeared in the color of crimson. I must go
into shock, my body goes numb, my voice becomes frozen, a solid lump of fear
grows and fills my throat, like when I was five years old and a man in a big
green car tried to pick me up on my way to school, offering me candy and a fun
time. I couldn’t run, I couldn’t scream, I just froze. Froze! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I turn to run and gasp. There in front of me is Nicki, my
Nicki, levitating almost, her face drenched in blood from a gaping hole that
separates her head into two pieces where the axe made contact. One of her eyes
hangs to the side.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She gurgles, “Chris…” and flings herself on me. All I can
feel is the claw of her nails scratching at my throat. I scream; a voiceless
rattled croak as my body convulses and I hit the ground with a thud.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Chris, Chris… wake up!” Nicki is pushing at my side with
her foot. “What the hell are you doing?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I open my eyes, afraid to see what’s in front of me,
wondering if I’m dead, if this is the afterlife. The only thing I see is the
glow of morning seeping through the skin of our tent. I start awake, jump up
and turn around quickly. I pinch myself, I touch Nicki’s face, feel the texture
of her beautiful skin, her beautiful smile, her hair funky and ratty from
sleep. And then, I cry. Literally, I cry, from joy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What? What were you dreaming? You scared the shit out of
me. Is this what I have to look forward to?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I smile at her, at our future, cast here, together in
this tent.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But it was too soon, I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t tell her
about the nightmare, not yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We moved quickly that morning, loading up the car,
throwing the tent and gear into the trunk. I couldn’t wait. Nicki took it as an
opportunity to make fun of me. I didn’t care. That nightmare clawed at my soul.
I asked Nicki to drive. I was still too shaky. She didn’t mind. We were still
on a mission to find her grandfather’s house. It was very early when we finally
backed out onto the road. Dew glistened on the grass, sparkling like itsy-bitty
diamonds. A deer feeding on a bush in the distance looked up, then fled, its
white tail bobbing into the forest. We turned onto the main entrance and passed
by a large wooden sign. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It read: Boy Scout Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco. Filmed at this
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">A WORD ON FRIDAY THE 13TH</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">RYAN
MULLANEY</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by Ryan Mullaney</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As we plunge deeper into autumn and approach the ghostly
holiday of Halloween, I'd like to take a moment to ruminate on another recent
day of spooky significance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Friday the 13th has come and gone as it does every year,
but why does the superstition of bad luck on this day persist? Let’s take a
look.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Couple
that with Friday and you get paraskevidekatriaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th,
which affects as many as 21 million people in the United States. While the
sources of this fear’s origin remain in dispute (some believe it to be Friday,
the 13th of October 1307, the date Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the
Knights Templar), it is indeed possible that Thomas W. Lawson’s novel Friday,
The Thirteenth, published in 1907, aided in popularizing the superstition for
modern day America.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But what about the rest of the world? In Italy, the date
of superstition is not the 13th, but Friday the 17th (in Italy, 13 is generally
considered a lucky number). In Greece and many Spanish-speaking countries,
Tuesday the 13th is considered a day of bad luck. Many Greeks consider Tuesday
in general particularly unlucky, as Tuesday is considered dominated by the
influence of Ares, the Greek god of war. The fall of Constantinople to the
Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday, April 13th in 1204. The fall of Constantinople
to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday the 29th of May in 1453. Additionally, the
Greek name for the day, Triti, means the third (day of the week), and bad luck
is said to come in threes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The common belief in Western culture is that Friday the
13th leads to an increase in accidents and fatalities (as much is mentioned in
the popular 1980 horror film Friday the 13th). However, as research from the
British Medical Journal and the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics
concluded, the rate of accidents and fatalities is actually lower on Friday the
13th than other Fridays - most likely due to a heightened awareness of
potentially dangerous situations, as well as folks simply staying home that day
to avoid whatever influence they believe the date may have.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So, paraskevidekatriaphobia (it just rolls off the
tongue!) is a good thing, right? People are safer, crime rates drop, there are
fewer traffic accidents, etc. Well, not necessarily. In the United States
alone, businesses collectively lose an estimated $900 million dollars each
Friday the 13th from people staying home instead of going out and spending
money. Such a large swing can have far-reaching influence on other areas of the
economy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What does this all mean at the end of the day? Friday the
13th has whatever meaning we attach to it. If you view it as an unlucky day,
you’ll find yourself spotting more moments of bad luck because that’s what’s on
your mind. But good and bad things happen every day. When I ran my car into a
curb last week, it happened on Wednesday the 11th. Should I start thinking
Wednesday the 11th is an unlucky day? Instead of dwelling on the negative, I
encourage you to be on the lookout for the good moments of your day - every
day, including Friday the 13th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">October 23<sup>rd</sup>
and another GIVEAWAY!!!! Ryan is giving away one paperback copy of his
thriller-diller </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">THE CALM BEFORE THE
STORM!!!! </span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">By
now you know the drill, but for those who don’t, just click on back, find today’s
post featuring Ryan, and post </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">I WANT TO WIN!!! </span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">and you just
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needs. To get away and relax with friends, forget everything happened, get her
life back on track, and start being happy again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A stop to seek shelter from a passing storm changes everything. With the
weather too intense to continue travel, they pull their Jeep up to the only home
around in hopes that the farmhouse's owner would let them rest awhile until the
tornado warning passes and the winds and rain have settled. But when the owner
of the property answers the door with a shotgun aimed to fire and orders them
inside, Samantha can only watch, unseen, as her friends are taken inside to
meet an unknown fate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As the only hope for her friends getting out alive, Samantha must figure
out what to do, and do it soon. The storm is only getting worse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">CALM BEFORE THE STORM</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> is a suspense thriller, a
fast-paced journey of horror for a dark and stormy night.</span></div>
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Tremens</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">KYLE
ALEXANDER ROMINES</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by Kyle Alexander Romines</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have you ever felt
that you should cut down on your drinking?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett Marshall
sat alone in the dark, hunched over his desk. A storm raged outside the windows
of his spacious fourth-story office. Lightning flashed, for an instant illuminating
the white coat hanging from the door, the various plaques, awards, and degrees
mounted on the opposite wall, and the rain trickling outside. But it was to the
place where a nearly empty bottle was hidden in a cupboard across from the desk
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He closed his eyes
and listened to the bellowing of thunder in an attempt to shut everything out.
His pager went off, perfectly on cue. Garrett massaged his temples, sighed, and
dialed the callback number. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Dr. Marshall? It’s
Janet in the SICU,” a nurse answered after a protracted period. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes?” Garrett
interrupted, trying to keep the frustration from his voice. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It’s Mr. Peters,
your patient in bed three, the one status-post abdominal aortic aneurysm
repair. I’m concerned that he’s declining. He might be hypotensive.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What do you mean,
‘looks like?’” he demanded, his tone full of incredulity. “What are his
vitals?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not sure,
sir,” the nurse replied without a hint of embarrassment. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett’s grip
tightened around the phone in anger. “You’re asking me about this patient and
you don’t even know his blood pressure? You can’t even give me a heart rate?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m sorry, sir,” she offered, but his blood
was already boiling. “I can look up the values if you want, if you don’t mind
holding.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’ll tell you
what I want,” Garrett shouted into the receiver. “A competent nurse who will
leave me the hell alone unless she knows there’s a problem.” He ended the call
before he could say anything else. The last thing he needed was another
disciplinary hearing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He tossed the
phone aside and slammed his pager onto the desk, glaring at it like the enemy
it was. How many times over the years had he been paged on his call nights over
simple, trivial matters? More than he could count, mostly whenever he’d finally
managed to fall asleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The lightning’s
glow filled the office again, and once more his eyes were drawn the cupboard
that hid his scotch. Garrett rummaged through his desk drawer until his hand
closed around the familiar lowball glass that had been a constant companion
over the years. He licked his lips, his mouth already dry with anticipation.
Before he knew it, he had crossed the room, and then he was back in his chair,
the bottle now sitting on the desk. When he noticed the glass shaking in his
hand, Garrett’s lips curled downward in a frown, and he put the glass down,
still empty. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Everything I
worked for,” he whispered to the shadows. “Gone.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Four years of
college. Four years of medical school. Five years of surgical residency. He was
already well into his thirties before he was making any real money, already in
debt up to his eyeballs from student loans, with a family to support. And for
what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This wasn’t how
his life was supposed to turn out. It was almost impossible to remember his
passion for art, a dream his mother had killed in college when Garret told her
that he wanted to pursue painting. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You can come home
with a medical degree like your father, or not at all,” she’d said. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett hadn’t
painted in years. He was no longer even certain he could. That part of himself
had died years ago. He’d done as his mother asked. Medicine didn’t come as
naturally to him as art, but he’d worked harder than any of his peers. He threw
himself into his studies, leaving time for nothing else. It only got worse in
residency. While his dexterity and deftness of hand served him well as a
surgeon, surgery was the most demanding, stressful, and time-consuming field in
medicine. It swallowed him whole and ate his soul for dessert. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett was too
proud to admit he was depressed. He thought a family would change his life and
give him something other than medicine to care about. But he quickly discovered
that his family found itself on the losing side of a never-ending tug-of-war
for his time with his career. He barely saw his kids, was a stranger to his
wife. In time, they grew to resent him for it, even as he worked himself to the
bone to provide a life for them—which caused him to resent them in turn. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have people
annoyed you by criticizing your drinking? </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>His cell phone
shrieked out, rending the silence in the room. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What?” he shouted
into the receiver, blindly answering the phone. He expected to hear a nurse’s
voice on the other end of the line. Instead, it was his ex-wife. His first
ex-wife, at any rate. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Garrett?” she
asked, a familiar edge in her voice. It was hard to remember a time when she’d
treated him with anything other than contempt. “Are you free?”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m just starting
call,” he said, leaning back in his chair. He felt weary just talking to her.
“What do you need?”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You were late on
another payment,” she answered dryly. “That’s the second time in three months.”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He should have
known. It all boiled down to alimony. Empty rage welled up inside him and
dissipated just as quickly, leaving him hollow. It was a feeling he’d come to
know all too well. “I must have forgot. I’ve just been busy with work. You know
how it is.” He winced as he slurred the words. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There was a slight
pause on the other end of the line. “Are you drinking? On a call night?”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This time the
anger was white hot. “For God’s sake, leave it alone, Kelly.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t talk to me
like I’m one of your nurses,” she shot back. “And don’t make me contact my
lawyer.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He wanted to
scream, to throw something at the wall. It was bad enough that she’d robbed him
of everything in the divorce: the kids, the house, even his dignity. “I’ll take
care of it,” he said finally. He wouldn’t give her the victory of admitting the
truth. He hadn’t forgotten to send the check—he was having trouble affording
it. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett mumbled
something that he hoped she would take for a peace offering and promised to
have the check in the mail in the morning. The promise of money seemed to
satisfy her enough to let him have peace. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have you ever felt
guilty about your drinking?</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He reached for the
glass in defiance, with reckless abandonment. As the amber liquid from the
bottle flooded into the glass, twin feelings of release and disgust tore at him
like boxers in a ring. What would his mother say if she could see him now?
She’d hadn’t cared about the rest, only that he’d become a successful doctor. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There was really
only one solace in his life: his patients. Whatever his faults, he was very
good at what he did. In fact, he was probably the best vascular surgeon in the
city. His hands had saved hundreds lives, people that were only alive because
of him. It was only in his work that he found any reason for living at all. Now
they’d taken that from him, too. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The letter of
resignation loomed under the shadow of the bottle, waiting for his signature.
One week earlier he’d been summoned to the hospital administrator’s office and
been given an ultimatum: resign quietly, or be fired in disgrace. Deep down
Garrett understood he had only himself to blame. He could only show up to the
operating room drunk so many times. Someone was bound to turn him in
eventually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve lost
everything, he thought. The certificates and awards on the walls were all lies,
false promises of a life that never was. Even now they mocked him, boldly
proclaiming there was nothing left but the drink. Medicine had taken his life
from him. Garrett couldn’t even remember the last time he was happy.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have you ever had
a drink first thing in the morning as an eye opener, to steady your nerves, or
to get rid of a hangover? </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Searing pain
throbbed between his temples. Garrett choked down the scotch and filled the
glass again as he waited for the headache to subside. He stared down the second
drink, the four questions repeating themselves over and again, like splinters
in his mind. The questions were part of the CAGE questionnaire, a screening
test to check for alcoholism. When his primary care physician had administered
the questionnaire during a routine checkup, Garrett had privately scoffed at
the woman. She was, after all, a lowly family medicine doctor—barely a doctor
at all, in his opinion. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But as time went
on, he found himself dwelling on the questions more and more. He’d answered yes
to all of them. Alcohol had started as a cushion, and then a lifeline, until
finally it became the monster he could not overcome. On his days off from work,
he drank all day. He felt sick if he didn’t. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As the wind howled
outside his office, Garrett regarded the bottle of whiskey with increasing
contempt. Out of impulse, he hurled the bottle across the room in a dark
frenzy, where it shattered loudly against the wall. Fortunately, the hour was
late, and he was alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Perfect, he
thought, watching the liquor trickle down the wall. Another mess I’ll have to
clean up in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>His gaze returned
to the glass remaining in front of him—the one he’d already filled. Maybe just
one more, he thought. There was no point letting it go to waste. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett lifted the glass to his lips and
drank it dry. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Time seemed to
slow. The hands of the clock ticked in synch with the thunder. He felt his eyes
grow heavy. The pager sat quietly where he had discarded it, as if afraid to
disturb him. Garrett closed his eyes and surrendered to sleep, the taste of
liquor still on his lips. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He woke with a
start. The empty glass remained in his hand. Garrett rubbed his eyes while at
the same time wanting nothing more than to return to the fleeting refuge of
sleep. He glanced around the office in confusion, unsure what had aroused him.
For a moment he thought it might be the thunder, but it was too soft, almost comforting.
No, it wasn’t the thunder, or the storm that continued to bellow outside the
hospital. It was the pager, which was buzzing furiously on his desk. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett dropped
the glass in surprise. It rolled somewhere beyond his reach, vanishing into the
darkness. He fumbled with the pager, hardly able to make out the numbers
screaming at him from the screen. He recognized the number at once. It was the
trauma unit. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What time is it?
Garrett wondered, his thoughts disjointed and hazy. He reached for his cell
phone. It was almost three in the morning. Garrett managed to squeeze in a
string of profanities as he punched in the number to the trauma unit, praying
they didn’t need anything of importance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The voice on the
other end of the line was urgent. “Dr. Marshall, we need you right away.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>is it?” he croaked, his throat parched. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A new patient just arrived by ambulance after
being involved in a high-speed collision. Imaging has confirmed an acute type-A
aortic dissection. It’s bad.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett’s pulse
quickened. The aorta—the largest artery in the human body—supplied all the
oxygenated blood to the human body. An aortic dissection, usually caused by
uncontrolled high blood pressure or trauma, resulted from a tear inside the
artery. A ruptured aorta had an incredibly high mortality rate. Many patients
died before they ever reached the hospital. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He stumbled out of
his chair and tore out of his office. “Why didn’t you call be about this
before?” he demanded, heading for the elevator. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“We’ve been trying
to page you since we were first notified the patient was en route,” the voice
replied with a hint of irritation. “You’re the only vascular surgeon within
reach of the hospital, and it’s too dangerous to air evac the patient to
another hospital.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The elevator doors
swung open, and Garrett punched the button that would take him to the second
floor. “Prep the operating room. I’m on my way.” He ended the call and swore at
the top of his lungs. A splitting headache reverberated through his head,
perhaps teasing worse to come. Garrett doubled over in pain and leaned against
the elevator doors for support. Get a hold of yourself, he told himself as the
elevator began its descent. He felt sick, accompanying an all-too familiar
sensation: he needed a drink. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett fought
back the wave of nausea and forced himself into a standing position as the
elevator reached its destination. The trauma ward was unusually quiet, even
given the time of night. He felt like a ghost haunting the walls of the hospital.
Garrett located an abandoned computer terminal, logged on using his
credentials, and pulled up the patient’s information. He scanned through the
pertinent vitals, labs, history, and imaging as quickly as he could, knowing
the patient was being prepped at that very moment for emergency surgery. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>April Summers, he
read. My God, she’s only seventeen. She has her whole life ahead of her. Or at
least she did at one time. The odds were sharply against her, and they worsened
with every minute. Garrett jogged down the lonely hallway that led to the
doctors’ changing room, where he threw on shoe covers and a surgical cap and
facemask to go with his scrubs.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The intercom
roared to life. “Dr. Marshall, they’re ready for you in operating room three,”
a voice declared flatly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He left the
changing room and started down another abandoned wing, one that ended in front
of a set of massive wooden doors with a red warning sign. Garrett swallowed
hard and scanned his ID at a panel beside the doors, and they parted, granting
him access to surgical wing. Cool air rushed toward him as he crossed the
threshold and struck him head-on. The air felt good, and his nausea subsided
temporarily. He marched across the lifeless title floor, his footsteps echoing
down the hallway. Operating room three loomed at the end of the corridor,
waiting for him. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I can do this,”
Garrett muttered to himself. His confidence grew with each step. He might have
made a mess of things in the real world, but here, in the operating room, he
was a god. Garrett had done the procedure many times before, and in his heart,
he believed he was the best there was at it. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He stopped just
outside the room at a sink to wash his hands, a familiar ritual known as
“scrubbing in.” Warm water and soap flooded down the drain, and when he was
finished, Garrett approached the door to the OR and entered the room, his wet
hands held high. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The operating
theater was a wide, spacious room awash in bright white light that made him
wince. Thick, monochromatic walls masked the sound of the storm raging outside.
A digital clock overlooked the operating table in the center of the room, where
the patient lay anesthetized. Garrett looked up at the red numbers on the wall.
The time read 3:35. It was going to be a long night.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The other members
of the surgical team were already inside the operating room. Garrett recognized
most of them. Paige Sullivan, an overweight nurse technician in her
mid-forties, stood on the opposite side of the operating table beside trays of
freshly opened surgical instruments. Natalie Lawrence, a resident doctor still
in training, was already gowned and gloved, waiting quietly for instruction.
Garrett spotted a rather severe-looking charge nurse he didn’t recognize
watching him with her arms folded across her chest. Cullen Burrows, the nurse
anesthetist, sat in a chair at the head of the table, monitoring the patient’s
vital signs. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The team looked on
edge—even Cullen, who normally had his nose buried in a book during surgeries.
Garrett turned his eyes to thin frame of the young girl spread across the
operating table. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“She’s so young,”
he said softly. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It was a horrible
accident,” Cullen volunteered. “I saw it on the news. All her friends were
killed, along with the driver of the other car.” He shook his head. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The girl’s skin
looked pale as a sheet. Garrett took a look at her vitals. She’s barely hanging
on. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The charge nurse
helped gown and glove him, and Garrett approached the head of the operating
table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Dr. Lawrence,” he
said to the resident by way of greeting. “Paige.” Neither answered, so he
cleared his throat and held his hand flat in expectation. “Let’s begin.
Scalpel.” The nurse technician laid the scalpel flat in his palm, and Garrett
closed his hand around it. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As he started to
lower the blade, something caught his eye. He glanced at the end of the room,
where one of the overhead lights flickered for just an instant. It was as if
there was a distortion in the room, like a heat shimmer on a summer day. An
unpleasant sensation spread through him, like ice spreading through his veins.
Then it was gone, just as soon as it came. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett lowered
his scalpel and made the first incision, drawing blood. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He was over an
hour into the procedure when it started. The symptoms came on slowly. Garrett
was fast at work, so deep in concentration, he hardly felt the withdrawal until
he noticed the sweating. Suddenly, the room seemed one million degrees at once.
Sweat ran down his brow like water bursting forth from a dam, unceasing, in
torrents. It took all his effort to force himself not to wipe the sweat away
himself, but if he touched his brow with his gloves, it would contaminate the
sterile field. At last it started burning his eyes. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Paige, suction,”
he said, stepping away from the table. “Someone get over here and wipe my face
with a towel.” As the charge nurse obliged, Garrett studied the operating
field. There was blood everywhere. It covered his gown and gloves, the drapes,
and the floor. Two units of blood transfusions were running simultaneously at
the head of the table, replenishing what had already been lost. “Come on,” he
barked to the charge nurse, who was taking her time retrieving the towel. “Get
on with it. I don’t have time to stand around.” Garrett took another look at
the patient, and he felt his anxiety level rise. “Finally,” he muttered when
the nurse finished wiping the sweat away. He shot her a dark look and stepped
back to his place. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The headache
returned, worse than ever. It was as if someone was stabbing each temple with
an ice pick. “Dr. Lawrence, clamp that vessel,” he said, trying to ignore it.
“It’s obstructing my line of sight.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She squeezed too
hard, breaking the vessel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett swore.
“Where the hell did you go to medical school?” he demanded, ripping the clamp
away from her. He let it clatter to the ground. “I can’t believe they gave me a
resident to do a surgery like this.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m sorry, sir,”
Dr. Lawrence replied. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett glowered
at her. “Keep your mouth shut unless I ask you a question,” he said, his pulse
racing. “I’m trying to save someone’s life here. It’s hard enough without you
making things worse.” He stared at Paige. “What are you looking at? You should
focus on holding that retractor.” The nurse technician kept silent, obviously
wary of drawing his wrath. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There was ringing
in his ears to join the headache, and then he was sweating again. His heartbeat
pounded loudly in his chest like a drum. Without warning, the scalpel began to
shake in his hand, and he knew at once what was happening.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No, he thought.
Not now. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He was going
through alcohol withdrawal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Most alcoholics
began withdrawal 6-12 hours after their last drink, but some—like Garrett—had
built up such a tolerance that symptoms started much earlier. Besides the two
glasses of whiskey he’d consumed before smashing the bottle in his office, he’d
hardly had any alcohol over the course of the day, and now his body was making
him pay the price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He looked at the
others, praying they hadn’t noticed the slight tremor. Come on, he told
himself. Focus. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That was when he
saw it for the first time. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He might not have
noticed it, if the light at the back of the room hadn’t begun flickering again.
Garrett gazed up from his work, and what he saw shook him at his core.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Someone—no, something—was
lurking in the shadows in the corner of the room. Though it appeared humanoid
in form, the thing’s features were distorted and blurred. The lurker’s skin had
a grayish quality. Its eyes appeared as two enormous whitish orbs that were
fixated on the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And then it was
gone, as if it had never been there in the first place. Garrett nearly dropped
the scalpel in surprise. “What the holy hell was that?” he muttered before he
could stop himself. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dr. Lawrence
frowned. “What?” she asked. “Sir, is something wrong?” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett stopped
himself. I was just imagining things, he thought. “It was nothing,” he snapped.
“Get back to work.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">***</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was five
forty-five in the morning, and he felt like hell. Garrett couldn’t remember the
last time he had gone so long without a drink. The symptoms were constant now.
Alcohol withdrawal always came in stages. He knew this much from the clinical
knowledge he’d attained in medical school, but he had never experienced it to
such a degree for himself. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The first phase
consisted of the “shakes.” Hand tremors, headache, profuse sweating, and
increased anxiety and stress were just some of the more common symptoms. He was
going through all of them at once. It was a small mercy the others hadn’t
noticed, only due to the intense focus demanded by the case. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Despite his best
efforts, the surgery was going poorly. The damage the patient had suffered in
the accident was catastrophic. It was a miracle she had survived this long.
Garrett found himself wondering what her life was like in the hours before the
accident. Was she an honor student? An athlete, perhaps? The girl was at that
perfect age when the possibilities were endless. Garrett could only dimly
remember what that was like—what he was like, before medicine. Before he’d
given up his dreams and ruined his life. His family was gone, his career was
over, but maybe—just maybe—it wasn’t too late to save her. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Clamp,” he
rasped, his voice grating against his raw throat. The thirst was insane. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A jet of blood
squirted up and hit his goggles. Immediately an alarm rang out. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Her blood
pressure is dropping,” Cullen said. “Oxygen saturation, too.”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Tell me something
I don’t know,” Garrett answered. “We need more blood!” The lights flickered
again, and he cast his gaze toward the corner of the room. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He could see the
lurker’s features more clearly now, though the light around it remained
distorted and mingled with shadows. Its skin was not gray after all, but
translucent, except there was nothing underneath the surface to reveal. There
were ripples spread across the folds of its body, as if the skin had been
stretched too tightly. The thing’s arms and legs were disproportionately long
and thin, the arms terminating in four elongated, claw-like fingers. Its feet
didn’t quite touch the ground. In fact, he couldn’t see its feet at all. They
seemed to disappear into the refracted light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And there was
something else. This time, it was closer. It was unmistakable. When he first
saw the lurker, it had been pressed up against the wall in the corner of the
rom. Now, it hovered somewhere between the wall and the operating table, its
gaze still set on the patient. It lingered longer than before until at last, he
blinked and again it was gone. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett’s legs
went wobbly. He could hardly stand. He suddenly felt extremely claustrophobic.
“She’s stable for now,” he managed to say. “Dr. Lawrence, take over. I have to
break.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He saw the alarm
register in the others’ eyes. “Is something wrong?” the charge nurse asked
coolly. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I need a bathroom
break, that’s all.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was unusual,
but not unheard of, for the head physician to break in the middle of a surgery.
It did happen, particularly during larger surgeries. It meant he would need to
be gowned and gloved all over, for starters. Garrett remembered an elderly
surgeon with a bad prostate who had a penchant for taking frequent bathroom
breaks. He had always seen it as an admission of weakness. Now, it was all he
could do not to throw up across the operating table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett
practically fled from the table, tearing his gown and gloves away and stumbling
out of the OR. He ripped open the door to the bathroom down the hall and
collapsed to his knees, vomiting into the toilet. He grabbed hold of the sink
to steady himself and turned on the faucet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As he splashed
cold water on his face, Garrett caught a glimpse of his reflection. He looked
bad. His face was flushed, his hair badly disheveled. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It isn’t real,”
he told himself, but his reflection didn’t look particularly convinced. “You’re
seeing things.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seeing things. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In the second
stage of alcohol withdrawal, symptoms became more pronounced. Patients were at
risk for full-fledged withdrawal seizures, but perhaps more importantly, they
were in danger of experiencing visual and auditory hallucinations. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Without warning,
Garrett’s knees buckled. He felt himself twitching uncontrollably from side to
side. The seizure stopped abruptly, and he vomited again, this time missing the
toilet. He wiped the residue from his mouth and rocked back and forth in the quiet
loneliness of the bathroom. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Surely he couldn’t
return to the operating room in such a state. If he had another seizure while
he was holding the scalpel…Garrett shook his head. But, he thought, the
resident can’t do this surgery on her own. It was far too late to transport the
patient to another hospital, and by the time another vascular surgeon could be
found, the girl would be dead on the table. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No, Garrett
realized. It has to be me. I’m the only one who can save her. There isn’t
anyone else. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He gritted his
teeth, forced himself into a standing position, and wrapped a shaking hand
around the doorknob. He took one step out of the restroom, then another, and
made the long return to the OR. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Dr. Marshall,”
the resident said when he returned. “Thank God! She’s running out of time.”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He nodded grimly
and waited to be gowned and gloved. The charge nurse was watching him more
carefully now, with what seemed like suspicion in her eyes. Garrett averted his
gaze and took his place in the operating field. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Suture,” he said
to the nurse. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Every motion was a
new torture. It took all his energy to concentrate. All the while, he knew he
could collapse at any moment. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Work through it,
he ordered himself. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“We need to pick
up the pace,” he said, monitoring the patient’s vitals. “She can’t take much
more of this.” <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Just hold on, he
said, looking at the girl’s face. It was free of blemish—innocent. She didn’t
deserve to die this way, naked and spread over a cold table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wouldn’t either, if he had any say in the
matter. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The light fixture
in the back of the room began to flicker more rapidly. Garrett felt the
lurker’s presence before he saw it. It was as if he could taste it. The
creature reeked of hunger. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It stood inches
away from the foot of the table, close enough now that he could finally see the
thing’s face. It was hideous, a horror born out of a nightmare. A rounded head
sprouted off an abnormally long neck. The lurker’s translucent skin peeled away
in a web near the center of its face to expose a circular mouth of narrow
yellow teeth. Its white eyes were partially obscured under its skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was such a
vivid image it was almost impossible to believe the others couldn’t see it. For
the first time, Garrett wasn’t sure if he was hallucinating or if the lurker
was in fact, real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is it? he
wondered in feverish desperation. The creature seemed fixated on the girl. Each
time it had appeared, it was closer to the table than before, which seemed to
coincide with a decline in the patient’s health. If the lurker was real—still a
fairly big if—then it wanted something from her, hungered for her. Garrett
could sense it. Perhaps it was some form of reaper, come to claim her life. Or
maybe it was there to take the soul from someone on the verge of death, at her
most vulnerable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But why could he
see it? Either he was hallucinating (still the far more likely scenario), or
the delirium from his withdrawal had allowed him to see something meant to
remain invisible to human eyes. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Before he could
decide, alarms went off across the operating room. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“The patient is
flatlining,” Cullen shouted. “She’s going into cardiac arrest!”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett started to
respond, but the full force of an explosive headache threatened to knock him
off balance. He felt himself on the precipice of a seizure. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Start CPR,”
Garrett stammered, his hand shaking violently. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Dr. Marshall?”
the resident asked, concerned. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Just do it!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“She’s going into
cardiac arrest,” Cullen shouted, and the others watched in terror as Dr.
Lawrence began chest compressions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It’s tamponade,
Garrett thought. Blood was surrounding the heart, preventing it from beating.
If he didn’t act quickly, the girl would be dead in minutes. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The lurker was now
hovering over the table, its mouth inches away from the girl’s face. Its teeth
parted, and it seemed to drain the life force from the girl’s body. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett’s body
shook uncontrollably. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Delirium Tremens
was the third and final stage of alcohol withdrawal, associated with
alterations in consciousness, heightened hallucinations, and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whatever his lot
in life, it was the result of the choices he had made that put him there. The
girl, on the other hand, was innocent. He didn’t have anything left, but she
had the world to live for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I won’t let you
win,” he said to the lurker, snatching a syringe from the equipment tray. He
plunged the syringe into the patient’s pericardium and drained the blood in one
fluid motion. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The alarms died
away, and the patient’s vitals returned to normal. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You did it,” Dr.
Lawrence said, awe in her voice. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The syringe
dropped from his hand to the floor, and Garrett collapsed. He heard the others
begin to scream as he began to seize. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It’s okay, he
thought. She’s going to be okay. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But the lurker was
no longer floating over the table. Now it hovered over him. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Garrett stopped
seizing and lay flat, paralyzed beside the trail of blood left behind by the
syringe. He smiled defiantly at the lurker. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I did it,” he
said as it lowered its face toward him. “I beat you.” </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he closed his eyes and fell still. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">GIVEAWAY</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Another
day, another SPECTACULAR GIVEAWAY!!! I know a lot of you like print and here’s
your chance to win!!!! Kyle is giving away </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">FIVE
PRINT COPIES OF KEEPER OF CROWS </span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">FOUR
PRINT COPIES OF A SOUND IN THE DARK!!!! </span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Just
head on back to HALLOWEENPALOOZA V, find today’s post on Kyle, and COMMENT: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">I WANT TO WIN and the name of the book you want to win!!!!! </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">If you want to
win </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">BOTH</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">, put </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">I WANT TO WIN BOTH</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> and you’ll be
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weekend camping trip with a small group of friends seemed like the perfect
distraction from a messy personal life, but as Zack and his friends made their
way to the camping ground at Drifter’s Folly Memorial Park, he couldn’t shake
the feeling something was terribly wrong.</span></div>
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the only ones in the forest. Someone else is watching—someone with dark
intentions. And he wants to play a game...</span></div>
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discovers when a wave of death grips the rural Kentucky town of Gray Hollow in
terror.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Following a very public humiliation, Thomas is looking for a story to
get him back on the map—and free of the small town newspaper where he serves
out his exile. The apparent murder of a stranger seems to be just what the
opportunistic reporter needs, until he discovers the death is merely the start
of something bigger.</span></div>
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approve of Thomas’ sensationalist intentions. Mounting deaths force the pair to
set aside their differences to confront a force that threatens to destroy the
entire town.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">At the center of the mystery is the disappearance of a boy named Salem
Alistair, who designed a series of grotesque scarecrows for his parents’
farm—scarecrows that are turning up at each subsequent crime scene. Thomas
begins to doubt his uneasy alliance with the sheriff when he realizes Jezebel
has her own secret history with Salem Alistair.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Thomas and Jezebel are completely unprepared to face the supernatural
force at odds with Gray Hollow. As the killings continue, and the town slowly
begins to yield its dark secrets, the truth will pit Thomas and Jezebel on a
collision course with true evil.</span></div>
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Kyle Alexander
Romines is a teller of tales from the hills of Kentucky. He enjoys good reads,
thunderstorms, and anything edible. His writing interests include fantasy,
science fiction, horror, and western.</div>
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Kyle’s lifelong love
of books began with childhood bedtime stories and was fostered by his parents
and teachers. He grew up reading Calvin and Hobbes, RL Stine’s Goosebumps
series, and Harry Potter. His current list of favorites includes Justin
Cronin’s The Passage, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, and Bone by Jeff Smith. The
library is his friend.</div>
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Kyle's debut horror
novel, The Keeper of the Crows, appeared on the Preliminary Ballot of the 2015
Bram Stoker Awards in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel.
His next book, a western, is scheduled to be released in 2017 by Sunbury Press,
which has also accepted the sequel to The Keeper of the Crows for publication
in 2018.</div>
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He is a graduate of
the University of Louisville School of Medicine.</div>
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You can contact Kyle at
thekylealexander@hotmail.com. You can also subscribe to his author newsletter
to receive email updates and a FREE electronic copy of his horror/science
fiction novella, The Chrononaut, at http://eepurl.com/bsvhYP.<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 36.0pt;">Interview</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">On behalf of Halloweenpalooza, thanks so much for
agreeing to participate. Let</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;">’</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">s
start with some quickies:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite horror movie:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> I would have to go with the best
werewolf movie ever, An American Werewolf in London, winning by just a
lycanthrope hair over The Thing (1982). I love the practical effects used in
both movies, something we rarely see nowadays with modern movie makers relying
so much on CGI. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite guilty pleasure:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
CHEESECAKE!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Dogs or cats:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Definitely a dog person (I have
four of them), but I love cats, too. The problem is, I’m allergic to them. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "ms gothic"; font-size: 24.0pt;">☹</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Ever carve a pumpkin: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yes, but that was many full moons
ago. I can’t remember exactly when, but I was a kid the last time I had a real
pumpkin on Halloween. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite Halloween candy: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Anything
chocolate. I know they aren’t official “Halloween” candies, but my choices are
Snickers and M&Ms. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite color:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Blue, no---aaaaaaaaah! ~ Monty Python and the Holy Grail </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui symbol" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">😊</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite quote:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> “It’s just a flesh wound.” ~ The
Black Knight, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Favorite monster:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Lycanthrope, which coincides
with my favorite horror movie. The werewolf in An American Werewolf in London
is my absolute favorite. I love the design of that particular werewolf and the
bone-chilling sound of its howl. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
brought you over to writing about the dark side? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My first horror story is inspired from something that
happened to me when I was a kid. I can’t remember my exact age, but when I was
somewhere between ten and twelve years old, my sister introduced me to a parlor
game that supposedly would allow us to speak with the dead. The game had a
planchette and a board with letters and numbers painted on it, along with four
complete words: Yes, No, Hello and Goodbye. I knew what a Ouija board was (and I
had seen a movie about it), but I had never played with one before. It seemed
like innocent fun . . . until I started using it by myself. Apparently, you’re
not supposed to do that. Meh, I didn’t care. It was just a game, right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I don’t have a story about ghosts throwing me across the
room or demons possessing me. None of that happened, but aside from
experiencing horrific nightmares and anxiety attacks, what really terrified me
was an incident that happened at approximately 3 a.m. in my bedroom. I woke up
feeling an intense amount of pressure against my chest, and I could not
breathe. It was then that I noticed something hovering above me, just inches
from my face. Fear paralyzed my body when a pair of demonic eyes appeared
within the silhouette. I wanted to scream, but the pressure on my chest somehow
left me completely mute. To this day, I have never been so terrified about
anything in my life. Finally, my lungs filled with air and I let out a
hysterical cry for my parents. The apparition disappeared as soon as Mom and
Dad rushed into my bedroom and turned on the lights. I burned the Ouija board
in the fireplace the next day and haven’t played with one since.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">After doing a bit of research, I’ve now learned that
incident in my bedroom was more than likely a common phenomenon known as sleep
paralysis. I’ve also had it happen to me as an adult. Basically, you wake up
and are unable to move, speak, or react. It’s almost like you’re somewhere
between sleep and waking up. Your brain and body haven’t quite synched up to
reality. The “demon” I saw was probably a hallucination from a waking dream . .
. or was it?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">While there is a scientific explanation about what
happened to me that night, it didn’t make it any less frightening for me as a
child. But what if it was real? What if I had broken some sacred spiritual rule
and inadvertently summoned a demon? What if there was an ancient curse
involved? While Devil’s Nightmare is only loosely based on my childhood
experience with the Ouija board, it still gave me the heebie-jeebies when I
thought about it while writing late at night.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Here’s a short blurb of Devil’s Nightmare, which you can
pick up free today (always free to read with Kindle Unlimited) on Amazon:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">* * *</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Detective Aaron Sanders is up against a murderous demonic
force in this suspenseful blend of mystery and horror. Nothing could have
prepared the seasoned detective for the mutilated remains of an eleven-year-old
boy's parents or the equally vicious deaths of three more victims at a nearby
cemetery. As Aaron works to solve the homicide cases and protect his only
witness, Cody Sumner, he realizes a disturbing connection between the orphaned
child and all five victims. Cody's testimony is beyond belief, but when Aaron
comes face to face with the perpetrator, he's left questioning everything he's
ever believed. True evil often hides in plain sight. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Devil's Nightmare is an occult suspense horror novel by
Robert Pruneda, who shakes readers with his visually graphic scenes,
supernatural twists, and disturbing settings in this first installment of the
Devil's Nightmare series. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">* * *</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is it
about your work that you’d like readers to take away?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As a horror author and fan of the genre, my primary goal
is to entertain my readers with a good story while creeping them out in new and
creative ways. My desire is for readers to care about the characters I write
about and even relate to them if possible, enough to trigger an emotional
response. You know, in case I decide to give them the axe. :-) Another goal of
mine is to attract new readers to the horror genre. It’s one reason I try to
focus on the atmospheric type of horror while throwing in a bit of gore here
and there. It’s the creepiness factor that I’m aiming for the most. While fans
of extreme horror are not my target audience, I do include the occasional
graphic scenes that I believe are quite memorable. There is one particular
scene in Devil’s Nightmare: Premonitions (Book 2 of the Devil’s Nightmare
novels) that I probably enjoyed writing a bit too much. It is very satisfying.
Mwahahahaha!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could you
please give us a small excerpt from any of your books that exemplifies what you
do best?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Here’s an excerpt from Devil’s Nightmare (Book 1), which
readers can download free today on Amazon. Readers can also read my stories
free at any time with Kindle Unlimited.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"># # #</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Cody’s lungs burned with each frenetic breath as he made
his escape toward the gated entrance of the old cemetery. He ran past rows of
tombstones and lost his footing several times, whimpering in fear as he picked
himself up. His blood curdled from a distant scream. A loud explosion of
thunder startled him as he checked over his shoulder and slipped, collapsing
onto the wet, muddy ground. He pushed himself backward, his hands frantically
splashing in puddles of muddied water. The darkness of the cemetery made it
impossible to see anything more than a shadow, but Cody knew what stalked him.
He knew the evil coming.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He screamed and jumped back to his feet. He ran as fast
as he could on the slippery ground. Another loud crash of thunder followed a
bright flash of lightning. He was so close, so close to the entrance to the
cemetery, but the rain, stronger than before, hammered down upon him. He
splashed through puddles of water, flinching from the sheets of rain slapping
his face. He struggled to increase his speed, his tears blending in with the
rain. Four bicycles lay scattered on the ground near the entrance of the
cemetery. Cody yanked his bicycle upright off the ground and checked behind
him, but there wasn’t anything there. He hesitated, his heart breaking at the
sight of his friends’ bikes lying next to his.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I’m so sorry,” he cried before mounting his own bike.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The mud, caked onto the soles of his shoes, caused his
feet to slip on the wet pedals. He peered into the dark depths of the cemetery
again and found the familiar shadow creeping towards him. Whimpering again,
Cody reached down to scrape the mud off with his bare hands, and then pedaled a
mile to his home in the heavy rain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Rain-drenched, Cody jumped the curb in front of his house
and dropped his bicycle on the lawn. He ran to his open bedroom window,
stumbled through it, and fell onto the floor. His bedroom curtains flapped
inward as rain splashed onto the hardwood floor. Picture frames on the walls
rattled as Cody grabbed his bedroom window and pulled down on it several times
until it slammed shut. He dropped to the floor and wept below the window with
his head lowered and arms wrapped around his legs, tucking them close to his
chest.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Cody lifted his head when the bedroom light came on. Two
adults stood in the doorway. His mother rushed inside the room while his
stepfather, Tony, placed a hand on the door frame, his jaw clenched and eyes
narrowed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What in hell’s wrong with ya, boy?” Tony said in a deep
southern drawl. His eyes dropped to Cody’s wet shoes and the muddied floor.
“And why in hell ya soakin wet? Goddammit, boy, ya sneaked out again, didn’t
ya? And where in the hell is that—?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What’s wrong, honey?” Cody’s mother broke in, noticing
her son trembling. “Are you—?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“He’s in deep shit, that’s what! Told ya we couldn’t
trust this little bastard.” Tony pointed a stern finger at Cody and warned, “Ya
pull this shit again and I’m gonna bust yer ass! Now get yer ass up and—”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The lights flickered and went dark.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Goddammit!” Cody’s stepfather yelled. “Piece a shit
electricity always goes out when it rains.” He grabbed his wife’s arm. “Carol,
get me the goddamn flashlight. And a mop so this little shit can clean up his
mess.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A flash of bright light shot through the curtains as
Carol stepped towards the hallway. Cody’s eyes grew wide. He scooted backwards,
mumbling and whimpering.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What in hell’s yer problem?” Tony said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Cody’s face whitened. Tears flowed from his eyes. He
whimpered “No” repeatedly as he scooted further away, only to find himself
trapped in a corner of the dark bedroom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Heavy rain poured outside as a web of lightning scattered
across the sky. Intense thunder muffled the screams and breaking glass. A
moment later, all was quiet. The rain stopped, the lightning dissipated, and
the thunder grew faint in the distance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Download your free copy of Devil’s Nightmare on Amazon
worldwide here: http://viewbook.at/DevilsNightmare</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What scares
you?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My nickname is Sharky, so I’m a bit embarrassed to say
I’m afraid of swimming in the ocean. It’s not knowing what is lurking beneath
the surface of the water that probably frightens me the most. Thank you, Steven
Spielberg! Having said that, I am fascinated about sharks and know enough about
them to understand that getting bit by one is extremely rare. So, I don’t fear
sharks, I have respect for them. The ocean is their territory. I’m more afraid
of jelly fish (particularly the man-o-war) than anything else in the water.
While you won’t ever find me swimming off the coast of any ocean, one thing I
do have on my bucket list is experiencing a close encounter with sharks in a
controlled environment . . . in a cage, of course. vV””Vv</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme
this year is Friday the 13th? Are you superstitious? Or is it just another
day?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Meh, it’s just another day. I’ve never been
superstitious, so when Friday the 13th comes along each year, my routine
doesn’t change, but it does give me an excuse to throw a bag of popcorn in the
microwave and enjoy a Friday the 13th movie marathon. The first couple of
movies are the best. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you
like to do when not writing? Any hobbies? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess it’s more
of a favorite pastime than a hobby, but when I’m not writing I enjoy playing
video games. I’ve been a gamer since the days of Pong, before the Atari 2600
and Intellivision video game consoles hit the market in the late 70s and early
80s. I’ve been addicted to video games ever since. I remember when 8-bit
graphics were considered an amazing achievement in technology. Now we have Xbox
Ones, PlayStation 4s, and virtual reality headsets. I can only imagine what
video games will be like ten to twenty years from now. Kids these days are so
spoiled. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "segoe ui symbol" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">😊</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">My favorite video game genre is survival horror. Silent
Hill 2 is my all-time favorite video game.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the
best memory you have of celebrating Halloween?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">This was within the last few years when I purchased a
Halloween “jumping spider” prop from Spirit Halloween. I had a foot trigger
wired up just inside the front door, so when Trick ‘R Treaters arrived begging
for candy, I would make the spider jump out at the unsuspecting ghouls and
goblins. The reactions were priceless, especially from the teenagers and
adults. EEEEEEEK! Best sixty dollars I’ve ever spent. Here’s a YouTube link to
Spirit Halloween’s promo video for the spider. https://youtu.be/4PIfSPYS4xI</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know you
were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Anything you’d like to say about that
experience? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was a bit breezy and moist. Seriously, though,
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating storm not only because it made landfall as a
Category 4 hurricane, but mainly due to how slow it moved, and then the damn
thing made a U-turn. Recalculating! I was one of the crazy people who chose to
ride out the storm, and in hindsight I’d probably do it again. I’ll explain
why. Normally when a hurricane makes landfall, it weakens and keeps moving
inland. You get a few hours of heavy winds and rain and then assess the damage.
Hurricane Harvey was a different beast. This pain in the ass storm stalled right
over us moving at only two miles per hour, giving us fifteen hours of heavy
winds and dumped nearly three FEET of rain over a four-day period. Where I
live, the storm hit us twice, which explains why we had so many consecutive
hours of heavy winds. The eye of the storm passed just southwest of us the
first time, but then it turned around and went directly over us on its way back
into the Gulf of Mexico before hooking northeast to Houston. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m not going to lie, it got scary, particularly when a
huge chunk of the roof peeled off and water started pouring down (not just
leaking) through the ceilings in several rooms. Meanwhile the streets were also
flooding and getting worse by the hour. Scrambling to catch water with buckets,
pots, and trashcans and emptying them into a bathtub for twelve straight hours
is the only reason why I’m still living in this house and not writing this from
temporary housing. The ceilings collapsed in the master bedroom, master bath,
office, and dining room with major leaks in the sunroom and a few minor leaks
in the hallway bathroom and utility room. Thankfully, the flooding outside
never went into the yard, so that was a blessing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nearly two months later, we’re still in recovery mode,
but all my two-legged and four-legged family members are safe and healthy.
Having no electricity for two weeks sucked, but my uncle brought us a generator
about nine days in. While the damage was extensive for many here, what touched
me the most was the sense of unity and outpouring of generosity demonstrated
throughout this devastating experience. My heart goes out to all the first
responders, utility crews, city leaders, National Guard, and volunteers that
stepped up to help in the recovery. I’ll never forget about a lineman from
Tennessee who lost his life while doing his part to help restore power here. He
was only twenty-two years old.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In terms of
your readers, do you like feedback? What’s the best thing a reader has ever
said or done? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I love hearing from my readers. It’s hard to pinpoint a
specific comment or email, but my favorites are the ones from readers who tell
me they normally don’t read horror, but after reading Devil’s Nightmare, they
were going to start reading more books in the genre. That always puts a smile
on my face. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s next
for you? What are your upcoming plans?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m working on </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Devil’s Nightmare: Redemption</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">,
which is the third and final </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Devil’s Nightmare</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
book. I initially had this one slated for publication by Halloween this year,
but the hurricane and a few other obstacles have been huge distractions to say
the least. So, for now, I don’t have a set publication date. I’m guessing it’ll
likely be sometime in the first quarter or first half of 2018. After </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Devil’s
Nightmare: Redemption</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">, I plan on getting the audiobook version of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Devil’s
Nightmare</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> in the works. I also have a few other undisclosed
projects in the pipeline, too, which will keep me busy for quite some time. </span></div>
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Nightmare (2 Book Series)</span></b></div>
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nothing could have prepared the seasoned detective for the mutilated remains of
a kid’s parents or the equally vicious deaths of three boys at another crime
scene. As Aaron works to solve the cases and protect his only witness, an
orphaned child, he learns of an ancient curse that leaves him questioning all
he’s ever believed. Now, to save himself and the child, Aaron must confront his
own inner demons, and some he never knew existed. But if he does, will he make
it out alive? <br />
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Pruneda, who shakes readers with his visually graphic scenes, supernatural
twists, and disturbing settings in this first installment of the Devil’s
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Robert “Sharky” Pruneda is a native Texan, video game
“enthusiast” [addict], and fan of all things horror. He left a career in the
newspaper industry in 2011 to pursue the life of a nocturnal author,
brainstorming new and creative ways to creep out his readers. He doesn’t only write
horror though. He also pens the occasional family-oriented tale just to keep
from going completely nuts with all those creatures of the night whispering in
his ears. When he’s not pulling ideas out of his twisted brain, you’ll likely
find him on social media or fighting alongside his fellow gaming buddies where
they all get shot up into Swiss cheese (or turned into little bite-sized chunks
because of “Sharky’s” obsession with explosives). Medic!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">CHARMAINE
MARIE MITCHELL</span></b></span></div>
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written by the author Charmain Marie Mitchell.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The stories range in size from 1,400 words to 9,800 and focuses on the
complexities of the human mind (with a couple of supernatural tales thrown in
for good measure). There is nothing so complicated as a human being and
sometimes nothing so horrific!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">A Passion for Death</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> - Never published before. A new twist on an old tale.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Beecham Manor </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">- Never published before. A ghostly tale from Cornwall.</span></div>
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500 year old vampire. Each novel focuses on a period in Gwen's life, her
love's, losses, failure's, and hope's. Bringing different periods in history to
life, readers will grow to love Gwen and Robert (The vampire leader), and their
bitter, explosive, and passionate love. The 'Vampires' series begins in Tudor
England and continues through each novel until present time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">You can interact with the character Gwen Leigh on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/GwenVampire</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">'Tom’s mother Martha was sprawled across the large kitchen table, her
clothes ripped, and in places, torn completely away; her breasts fell from her
laced bodice, flaccid and drooping to the sides of her lifeless body. Her legs
were at a strange angle, and her skirts bunched up into a ball at her waist. I
could see, even from where I was standing, that she was dead! Martha's eyes
were open, staring into nothingness and devoid of life, but it was her throat
that caught my attention, it gaped open, and it looked like, what I imagined,
the huge black cavern of hell to look like.'</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Charmain Marie Mitchell lives on the south
coast of the UK. She feels writing is for her an addiction, and needs her fix
daily. She finally decided to take the plunge and become a full time author at
the end of 2012, and she is loving every minute of her decision. If you wish to
follow Charmain on her writing journey you can connect on twitter @charmain_m
or follow her blog http://CharmainMitchell.blog.co.uk</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An author will live forever in the beauty
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">EXCERPT OF CAT CALL</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Steve vernon</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by Steve Vernon</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nobody really knew how long the old Funnel mansion had
stood empty, waiting up there high on Carpenter’s Hill like a child’s forgotten
lunch box, any more than anybody knew just how long that old gray cat had
squatted in behind the screen of the front porch window.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>All we knew was
somebody must be feeding it, because every now and then we would look in from
the hedge on the far side of the yard and see the cat nibbling daintily on what
looked to be raw hamburger.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Guts,” proclaimed
Jeremy Hooter, making a thick juicy swizzling noise with his lips and tongue
pressed against his stainless steel braces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“It’s guts, is what it is.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Great big gobs of
owl guts,” amplified Charlie Roundbert.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Charlie Roundbert
was only half of Jeremy’s size and age, but he might as well have been Jeremy’s
shadow. The two boys stuck together just that closely and yet as far as I knew
the two of them never had anything nice to say to each other.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Owl guts,”
Charlie repeated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We all took up the
chant except Jeremy, who didn’t think it was funny at all.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Owl guts, owl
guts, owl guts.”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Owl was what we
always called Jeremy, because of his last name. It didn’t help that Jeremy wore
a pair of glasses that made coke bottle bottoms look like microscope slides.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The glasses always
reminded me of Dr. Cyclops. You know the guy from the movies? It always looked
to me like Jeremy was staring at us through a microscope, like we were some
kind of alien bacteria from Planet X.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I had a microscope
given to me on my tenth birthday, not one of those little bitty plastic toys
they sell with the chemistry sets you order from the Christmas catalogue, but a
big old-fashioned kind that my Dad found in a basement he’d been paid to empty.
The basement had belonged to old Doc Hawcomber, and when the doctor saw the
microscope he told my Dad to go ahead and take it, he had a new one he used
anyways. My Dad always said that the microscope was probably contaminated with
all kinds of plagues and diseases and he was likely being ten kinds of an idiot
giving it to a kid like me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I told my Dad not
to worry. Germs didn’t stick to dead things like microscopes and houses. Germs
stuck to people. Germs needed meat to feed on, and he probably shouldn’t worry
so much.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I knew he wasn’t
being all that serious anyways. He was my Dad, and the only person I had in
this world, next to my dog Riley. The only difference was, Dad was real. Riley
had been real, but he was imaginary now, since the timber truck ran over him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I knew my Dad
liked to worry about me, like it was his hobby or something, and I loved him
for this worry, imaginary or not.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I got Riley from
my Mom when I was two. Riley was a big black Labrador retriever, with feet as
big as snow shoes in the pictures we have of him.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We don’t have too
many pictures of Mom, because it was my Mom’s camera, and Dad never felt that
comfortable using it. He’s got his own camera now, and he uses it whenever he
can.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Riley was my dog,
and he would play fetch with me with a worn out baseball from the time the sun
got up in the morning until the time it crawled back into bed. He was killed
when I was eight years old, because of a ball I had misthrown. The ball bounced
out into the roadway and Riley followed the lure of the ball like a trout
following a wriggling worm. The truck rolled over him before I even had a
chance to scream.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I got Riley when I
was two, and my Mom died when I was three, and Riley died when I was eight, and
I can still remember how I used to stare into his big black jujube eyes and see
my mother smiling out from inside those eyes. I loved Riley better than I loved
spaghetti, and I loved spaghetti a lot.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dad said I got my
spaghetti eating habit from my Mom. Back before the accident, back when Mom was
alive she loved eating spaghetti more than anything. I can still remember
seeing her with two long strands of spaghetti hanging from out of her mouth
like a Fu Manchu sort of moustache, until she sucked them right back up,
giggling all the way, with a big loud shlooooping sound.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was the only memory
I had kept of her. My Mom died when I was awfully young. A car wreck, Dad told
me. It was a rainy October night, and the car wheels couldn’t hold to the road,
and there was a sudden blast of lightning like somebody jumped out and said
boo, and then Dad lost control of the wheel and they slid up against that big
old beech tree down at the foot of Carpenter’s Hill. Dad had remembered to
buckle up so he only twisted his back and broke his face against the dash
board, but Mom forgot to buckle up so she went spilling right through the
window glass and into the tree and Dad told me once one late night that he
still saw the color of her blood in the leaves of that tree every autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My Dad walks with
a limp because of that crash, and his left eye has a strange tilt to it from
where his face was broken. His face sort of looks as if he is always getting
ready to cry and every October he carries a bouquet of quiet red roses up the
side of Carpenter’s Hill to the town cemetery where my Mom is sleeping.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Jeremy, who is
older than I am, told me once that he had watched from the bushes as the police
ambulance medics scraped my Mom off of the trunk of the tree like she was so
much hamburger meat. I told him he was a liar. I said that there was no way
that would happen – that you just couldn’t make a person into hamburger meat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We got into a
fight over that, and he probably would have beaten me up, but I think he felt
bad for what he had said to me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Jeremy had said to
me that some of the pieces of my Mom had been so small that the police had
needed a microscope to find them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nobody really knew how long the old Funnel mansion had stood empty,
waiting up there high on Carpenter’s Hill like a child’s forgotten lunch box,
any more than anybody knew just how long that old cat had squatted in behind
the screen of the front porch window. Three young boys are about to find out
just exactly what the dark and horrifying secret is behind that cat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">This is a creepy and haunting story of the supernatural.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT STEVE VERNON</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"If Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch had a
three-way sex romp in a hot tub, and then a team of scientists came in and
filtered out the water and mixed the leftover DNA into a test tube, the
resulting genetic experiment would most likely grow up into Steve Vernon."
- Bookgasm</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Steve Vernon is something of an anomaly in the world of horror
literature. He's one of the freshest new voices in the genre although his
career has spanned twenty years. Writing with a rare swagger and confidence,
Steve Vernon can lead his readers through an entire gamut of emotions from
outright fear and repulsion to pity and laughter." - Cemetery Dance</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Armed with a bizarre sense of humor, a huge amount of originality,
a flair for taking risks and a strong grasp of characterization - Steve's got
the chops for sure." - Dark Discoveries</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">FRIDAY THE 13TH</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">KEN STARK</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by Ken Stark</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The headlines were always the same. Some years they
showed up once, other years they came two or three times, but little changed
from one to the other. "Friday The 13th Killer Strikes Again", one
would say. "Friday The 13th Killer Claims Another Victim", another
would declare. "Still No Clue to the Friday the 13th Killer," yet
another would shout. Of late, the headlines took to anticipating the next
murder days ahead in order to sell more newspapers, but even those were as
imaginative as dry toast. "Where Will The Killer Strike Next?"
"Who Will Be The Next Victim?" "Can Anyone Stop The Friday The
13th Killer?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In hardcopy and online, from Key West to Kookamunga, the
headlines never varied. Still, the man folded the newspaper with the utmost
care and tucked it into his inner pocket where it would be safe. Despite how
woefully pedestrian the headline, he would still add it to his collection of
clippings. It was just a shame that not a single editor in today's world could
show as much imagination as the killer himself. So many bodies over so many
years, and not the slightest hint of repetition in the bunch, save for the
date. Every Friday the 13th, a new victim, and every one of them a work of art.
Unique. Extraordinary. Perfect. The authorities would never have even thought
to link the bodies together had it not been for the killer's calling card; a
single cufflink left at each crime scene, solid gold and emblazoned with a
black onyx cat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He rose from the bench, straightened his suit jacket,
adjusted his sleeves to cover his cuffs, and looked out across the park. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was as it always was. Mothers with their children.
Families picnicking. Young people throwing frisbees or riding skateboards.
Joggers. Office workers on their breaks. So many potential victims out to catch
the last of the summer sun, and all apparently oblivious of today's date.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But no. There were signs after all. Furtive glances at a
wristwatch here, or a nervous darting of the eyes there. And all about the
park, mothers were keeping their children within arm's reach and friends were
staying close to their groups. Even the joggers formed up into tight little
packs of threes and fours, whether conscious of it or not.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They knew, alright. Every single one of them knew. Today
was the 12th. Thursday. Tomorrow was the big day, and they were all holding
their breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All except one. A
young girl was sitting alone under a tree with her little button-nose stuffed
in a book. She was pretty, barely out of her teens. Slim. Tiny. Long, dark hair
cascading over milky white shoulders. All but overflowing with the blush of
youth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Oh, the things he could do with a girl like that….. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He gave one last tug on his sleeves, then he slowly began
making his way toward her in ever-narrowing circles. At last, he was close enough
to block the sun and she looked up, not startled but bemused.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"You cast a rather large shadow," she said with
a playfully petulant smirk, "Would you mind casting it elsewhere?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Beg pardon," he flashed her his usual
disarming smile, "But I couldn't help notice the book you're reading.
Emily Dickinson is one of my favorite poets. Because I could not stop for
Death, he kindly stopped for me…."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>"The carriage held just ourselves, and Immortality," she
finished the passage and returned his smile. "My name is Cynthia. Would
you care to sit? At least you'll block less of the sun that way."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Oughtn't you be getting home, Cynthia?" he
forced a look of grave concern, "There's a killer about, you know?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Oh, killer shmiller," she dismissed it with a
huff, "He could be anywhere in the world, and anyway, what psychopathic
madman would bother with the likes of me? Besides, there's plenty of time left
in the day. So will you sit or not?" </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The man shrugged and sat, widening his smile. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">And that was how easy it was. Victim targeted, connection
made, and the rest would be splashed across tomorrow's headline.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They read, they talked, and when evening arrived, they
carried their new-found friendship to a quiet restaurant. They talked of poetry
and art and shared a bottle of wine, and afterwards, he offered to walk her
home. Once there, he asked if he might come in for a nightcap, but she
resisted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"It's not my house, you see. I'm house-sitting for a
friend."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was a quiet street with few lights. No neighbours
close enough to hear, and dark enough to get away with…..well, with murder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"You have generous friends," he said, brushing
her hair back from one bare shoulder and letting his hand linger, "I'm
sure they wouldn't mind."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Well, it was a friend of a friend," she
admitted sheepishly, and then she relented with a blushing of her cheeks,
"Oh, I suppose as long as you promise not to soil the rug…."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"I promise," his smiled a big, toothy grin and
stepped through, sparing one last peek up and down the street before easing the
door shut behind himself, "Cross my heart and hope to die." </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The headlines the next day were more of the same.
"Friday the 13th Killer At It Again!" and "Few Clues In Latest
Slaying!" And as always, the lurid details followed. The latest victim was
found in a small house at the end of a quiet street. No one had seen or heard
anything untoward, which was remarkable considering the brutality of the
murder. The gorier aspects of the crime were deemed too sensitive to be
released, but one unnamed police officer revealed three pertinent facts, off
the record. Firstly, the victim appeared to have been tortured for several
agonizing hours before being quite literally flayed alive. Secondly, several
first responders were so traumatized by the scene that they'd been forced to
seek professional counselling. And thirdly, a single cufflink was found perched
atop the grisly remains; solid gold and emblazoned with a black onyx cat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As the bus pulled away from the station, the newspaper
was folded carefully on the seat, and one of the bus-lines own schedules took
its place. So, where to next, then? North? South? East? West? It didn't matter
much, really. People were the same all over, so finding the next gullible fool
would be no problem. The important thing was the act itself, but there was
plenty of time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Cynthia tucked the schedule into her purse, and a sly
little smile crept across her lips as she dragged a finger through the jumble
of cufflinks nearly filling the bag. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yes, there was plenty of time. Plenty of time to come up
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that stands between a young girl and a gruesome fate, and he's sworn to protect
her with his very life. But the virus isn't done yet. A new, deadlier terror is
slowly emerging, and even as Mason and Mackenzie battle their way from one
horror to the next in a desperate flight through a world gone mad, they both
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Ken was born in
Saskatchewan, but has called Vancouver home for most of his life. He was raised
on a steady diet of science fiction and disaster movies, so it seems right that
his first published book series be about the zombie apocalypse. In his spare
time, Ken tries to paint like Bob Ross and play poker like Doyle Brunson, but
results suggest that he might have got it all backwards.</div>
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WPotockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09369966164819380027noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110366983763114034.post-35905325120650395372017-10-17T06:06:00.001-07:002017-10-17T06:06:38.550-07:00DAVID BERNSTEIN: The Deadly Truth <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">THE DEADLY TRUTH</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">David bernstein</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by David Bernstein</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Marla slept beneath the plush down comforter.
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crawled into bed after arriving home, not bothering to turn on the lights.
Seeing in the low light was never a problem. </span></div>
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up, he glanced around the room. </span></div>
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bedroom’s lavatory. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The toilet
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dummy. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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amount a single person would have used over the course of a few days. It was a
minute thing to notice. Something no normal human would detect, but Bob’s
senses were beyond ordinary. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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a male had been there. Men often dribbled when in a hurry. Closing his eyes, he
inhaled through widening nostrils. Even with sanitizers and air fresheners
smells lingered like old ghosts no matter how well a person cleaned. Soap,
shampoo, sweat, and even his wife’s bodily waste were all present, but no male
odors were detected. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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back at him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
aged slower than most men. His salt and pepper hair still encompassed his
entire scalp. He only had a few wrinkles under his eyes and around his chin,
nothing more than a thirty-eight year old would have. He was forty-eight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Most
women found him attractive, often coming on to him, but he had always refused
their advances. It appeared his wife had given in to temptation. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Was
it his monthly trips to the country house that had finally made her stray, the
constant reminder that her husband was locked away like a caged animal?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>They had
dealt with, and accepted, his curse. They’d come to terms with it. The mornings
when Bob came home soaked in blood, the narrowing escapes from law enforcement,
the pieces of human flesh and bone left in his teeth and the horrible odor of
death on his breath. And all the while he never remembered what he had done or
where he had been. Marla knew there was no cure and that none existed. But he
was worth it, she always said whenever he brought up leaving her so she could
move on and have a normal life. </span></div>
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cage had been her idea. </span></div>
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a part of their savings, they purchased a remote summer home in Upstate New
York. It was a place the beast could be kept in check. Bob would travel to the
house alone a day or two ahead of the full moon, depending on how he felt. The
wolf’s approach sometimes brought with it an uncontrollable rage, making Bob
extremely irritable. When it was time, he locked himself in the steel prison
until he was himself again—the beast not understanding how to use a key. </span></div>
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walked back into bedroom. His wife’s serene slumber intensified his rage. Her beauty
was tainted by an unseen presence; their relationship destroyed by her unfaithfulness.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
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wanted to wait until the next full moon; let the beast have her—a suitable
punishment for her betrayal. She had been his loyal wife for twenty-one years,
known her for twenty-eight. They’d been college sweethearts, falling in love
quickly and staying strong throughout their time together. She was his
princess, he her prince. At least Bob had thought so. He would have to be the
one to end her, not the beast. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
dressed in slacks and a button down shirt—no tie—and left the house. He drove
to his medical practice on Main Street, returning within the hour. Back in the
bedroom, he found himself standing over his wife’s sleeping form. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">He could wake her. Denounce her. She
would deny everything, knowing it was hopeless in the end. She knew about the beast’s
attributes, what it gave its human counterpart—increased strength, speed,
focus, smell, and hearing. She had simply been careless. Foolhardy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">He decided not to confront her, not
wanting to listen to her lies. Her baby blues would plead as they begged for
forgiveness. Or would those eyes tell a different story? Maybe they’d be cold.
Distant. Maybe she was leaving him, her body the only part of her that remained.
Bob sighed, tears forming and blurring his vision. It was too late for her to
leave now. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whatever
the case, her treachery could not be excused. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pulling
a pair of rubber gloves from his pocket, he slid them on. He bent down and quietly
undid the latches on his briefcase before opening it. Reaching inside, he grabbed
a rag and bottle of chloroform. After dousing the cloth, he covered his wife’s
nose and mouth with it. Her eyes shot open in bewilderment. She struggled,
grabbing his wrists, her voice a muffled cry. She was a fighter, but seconds later
she lay in a defenseless slumber, the harsh chemical doing its job. Now he
would end her peacefully, leaving her corpse pristine for burial. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Bob
placed the items back into his satchel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
picked up one of the pillows—her pleasant and familiar odor emanating from it—and
waited for the clock radio’s time to change. The forty-five became forty-six.
He pressed down gently over her innocent looking face. Anger took hold as he
muscled the pillow down, making sure no air seeped through. Tears rolled down
his reddened cheeks. The clock’s numbers blurred, but he could still make them
out—the seconds ticking by like the pulse of doom. The clock seemed stuck, not
wanting to change. When the forty-six finally became forty-seven he let up. He put
his fingers to her wrist, checking for a pulse, and found none. She was dead, but
still retained the divine beauty that would always be hers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Bob
carried his deceased wife to the woods behind their house and buried her. He
marked her grave with a piece of slate that had fallen off the roof. No words written
upon it, its function remaining his and her secret. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That
night Bob slept restlessly. Nightmares plagued his dreams, not for the murder,
but for the pain inflicted by her treachery. His memory of her was forever
blemished. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
awoke some time later to the sound of the house phone ringing, the afternoon
sun pouring into the still bedroom. Not wanting to, he picked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Hello?”
he asked, his voice cracking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Hi,
Doctor Malstrom?” a cheery female voice asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes.
May I help you?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
wife said you wouldn’t be home until tonight.” Now the woman sounded confused. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Who
is this?” he asked, sitting up in bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“My
name is Barbara. I was your wife’s nurse. How’s she feeling?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Nurse?
What are you talking about?” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your,
wife, is she home?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“No,
she stepped out. What’s this all about?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Guess
she didn’t get a chance to speak with you, yet.” The voice was merry again.
“Over the weekend Mrs. Malstrom had a little accident. Sliced herself with a
box-cutter, penetrating her right thigh, barely missing her femoral artery. She
lost a lot of blood.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh,
my . . .” he managed, finding it difficult to catch his breath. His body
suddenly felt thick and heavy, as if he’d drank way too much the night before.
He understood now. His mind was spinning; he did not want to hear anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“She
had about twenty stitches and a blood transfusion. Her hemoglobin levels were
quite low, but I don’t have to tell you, doctor.” The nurse sounded as if she
was about to giggle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Bob
said nothing. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Doctor
Malstrom?” the nurse’s tone deadening. “Are you okay, sir?” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes
. . . yes I’m fine. Shocked is all. I have to go.” He replaced the phone to its
cradle. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
beast, it seemed, had always been a part of him. He didn’t need it to kill.
Full moon or not he was a monster, the cage proving itself useless. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Was
it the lingering effects of the beast that caused his murderous deed? Or was it
the human in him? The beast for all its cage-less hours roaming and hunting had
never hurt his wife. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
was only one cage that suited him now. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Bob
went to the bedroom’s walk-in closet, retrieved the weapon he and his wife had
hoped never to use. He put the gun to his heart and pulled the trigger sending
the silver bullet home. </span></div>
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there. Legend said a witch had been burned alive at the stake, and upon her
death she cursed the town. Terrified residents performed rituals to keep her
spirit trapped on the island where she was buried. Now, over a hundred years
later, a group of high school seniors have decided to forgo the local
graduation parties and have a small gathering of their own–on Witch Island.
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I am a dark fiction
writer, a horror writer. I write the gamut, from atmospheric horror to extreme
gory horror to dark fiction and dark thriller, oh, and the occasional bizarro
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Gory: The Unhinged, Damaged Souls, Witch Island,
Apartment 7C, Amongst the Dead<br />
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Extreme horror: The Unhinged (you were warned)<br />
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Horror with a twist: The Tree Man, Apartment 7C<br />
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Zombie fiction: Machines of the Dead trilogy. Amongst the Dead.<br />
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Darkfuse horror: Relic of Death, Surrogate, Skinner (coming July 2015)<br />
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Dark thriller/supernatural/ action: Tears of No Return, Toxic Behemoth<br />
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Monster horror: Toxic Behemoth (Deep Sea/Kaiju book)<br />
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Bizarro/Gross out/funny horror: Fecal Terror</span><br />
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Please visit me at davidbernsteinauthor.blogspot.com for more about me and my
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">The Luck of the 13</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">by John palisano</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by John Palisano</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So what the heck does the
number 13 mean to me? A whole lot. I came into this world on a 13th. June, if
you’re wondering. Me and my twin brother. And from what I’m told it was kind of
a hair-raising entry. We were underweight. We fought for our lives. We barely
made it. Life was a struggle. From day one. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But we did it. We thrived.
We lived, damn it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">This made me feel like me
and my brother were lucky as all get out. How could that day be anything other
than luck-giving? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Growing up, we were razzed.
Thirteen, after all, is supposed to be bad luck. It’s not supposed to be good
luck. No way. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I resisted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Even after the movies about
Fridays and thirteens being about a murderous, shapeless, heartless child-man. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Nope. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Thirteen is lucky, I
insisted. It was mine. My luck. Get over it. I don’t care what you say!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I would bet on thirteen. I
used it for my email address at times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">As I grew and found myself
chin-deep into the horror genre, I embraced being born on the thirteenth. We
had special Friday the thirteenth birthday parties on the years it fell on that
notorious day. They were always fun. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But why is thirteen
considered unlucky? Is it because it’s not an even number, easily divisible by
something smaller? Well, that sounded like me, too. I’m not something easily
divided by smaller things. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">What does numerology have
to say about thirteen? I was surprised to find that thirteen is considered a
lucky number in many circles. Especially older places. Made sense. I knew I was
an old soul. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But do I really believe in
numbers being inherently lucky or unlucky? Could there be some real science
behind the phenomenon? Was and is there anything to your birthdate? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">According to Astrology your
birthday has a whole hell of a lot to do with your personality and successes
and failures in life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’ve had many readings in
my life, and they have been on the general side. Not enough to be applicable
with any real proof other than coincidence. Once I was told I was an artist.
Easy. I keep my hair long. Have that feel. It’s an easy guess. I checked some
of the other celebrities who shared my birthday and they are very different than
me. Each seems the be into different walks of life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Some of the things
Astrology claims about people born on my day can be seen as accurate. But they
always seemed so vague. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the end? I think that
it’s mostly a cultural folk tale. It’s fun to think about, and fun to play in
that mythology, but in the end? It’s just a number. It’s. It really
representative of who I am as a whole. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But I will admit that even
as I say these things, there’s still enough of a curiosity in me to play those
numbers on the Lotto, or think if it comes up on a receipt it could be some
kind of sign. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So if you see me at the
liquor store buying lottery tickets, or grabbing a birthday six-pack, you’ll
know, and there’ll be a mischievous look in my eye, because on Friday the
thirteenth, curious beings can be born, and even more curious things can
happen. Especially if you make sure of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">GIVEAWAY TIME!
</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yup, another
great one! John Palisano is offering up </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">THREE</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> of his titles! One ecopy of </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">STARLIGHT DRIVE, DUST
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grabs!!! So click on back to the FB event, find today’s post, and comment </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">“I WANT TO WIN (fill
in the title you want to win)</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> and you’ll only be entered in that contest. If you’d
like any one of them, then comment </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">“I WANT TO WIN EVERYTHING!!!!”</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">and you’ll be
entered in all three or until you </span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">WIN</span>!!! Yes, will only be allowed to win once! Got it?
Good!!!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Four Halloween short stories from
Bram Stoker winning author John Palisano, including the brand new tale,
"Starlight Drive".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">STARLIGHT
DRIVE</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
'John Palisano is exactly the type of writer horror needs right now: bold,
brave, imaginative and unflinching." --Bentley Little<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">STARLIGHT
DRIVE</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Four Tales of Halloween<br />
'This one's for all those creatures for whom Halloween is the most wonderful
time of the year . . . .'<br />
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From </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Bram
Stoker Award-winning</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> author John Palisano comes a
collection of four tales from Halloween and Dios De La Muertos.<br />
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In </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">"Starlight
Drive"</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> two boys find allies through
unexpected friends who help them confront a neighbor from hell.<br />
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In </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">"Outlaws
of Hill County"</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a small town finds itself
terrorized by a creature that only comes out on Halloween.<br />
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In </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">"Samhainophobia"</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a group of college kids still find Halloween terrifying,
although for a very different reason than they did while growing up.<br />
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In </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">"Fantasma"</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a young boy searches for his lost cousin during a chilling
Dios de la Muertos celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Reboot the apocalypse!</span><br />
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For a while, it looked like the living had won. The war against the walking
dead lasted almost a decade, but it’s mostly over. There are only a few
straggling zombies left to take care of. Los Angeles has returned to its lattes
and long commutes. It’s up to a small Reclamation Crew to clean up the Zoms
left behind. But when the undead dry up, their skin turns to dust. Now the hot
Santa Ana winds deliver a new threat…because the Zoms were only the beginning
of something far worse.<br />
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“John Palisano crashes the zombie apocalypse genre into dystopian fiction at
high speeds. Clever, brutal and highly entertaining.”<br />
—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Fall of Night<br />
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“<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Dust of the
Dead</span> is a pressure cooker of a thriller, a masterwork of world building,
and a genuinely and refreshingly unique spin on the zombie genre, but above
all, it is a beautiful dance on the line between life and death.” <br />
—Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Dead City <br />
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“There's never been a zombie book like <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Dust of the Dead</span>. It's horrifying,
blackly funny, rich in pathos, and thoroughly original, and it's also one of
the best L.A.-based horror novels ever written.” <br />
—Lisa Morton, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Zombie Apocalypse: Washington
Deceased</div>
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That’s the saying of
a new pack of fiendish predators infesting a New England town. They’re infected
with the Ghost Heart, a condition that causes them to become irresistible and
invincible…as long as they drink the blood of the living. But these vampires
don’t live forever, and as the Ghost Heart claims them, their skin loses color
and their hearts turn pale. When a young mechanic is seduced by the pack’s
muse, he finds falling in love will break more than his heart.</div>
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“Possessing a firm
grasp of tradition but with his vision clearly focused on the future, John
Palisano is exactly the type of writer horror needs right now: bold, brave,
imaginative and unflinching.”</div>
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—Bentley Little</div>
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“John Palisano’s <span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">GHOST HEART </span>is
a gritty, action-packed novel with strong characterization and some truly nasty
vampires. Highly recommended!”</div>
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—Tim Waggoner,
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“<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">GHOST HEART </span>is
a hauntingly beautiful, equally tragic and terrifying journey through your
innermost fears and desires.”</div>
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—Kya Aliana, author
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About
Bram Stoker Award</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">®</span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Winner John Palisano</span></b> </div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Author John Palisano has a pair of books with
Samhain Publishing, </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DUST OF THE DEAD</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, and </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">GHOST
HEART</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NERVES</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is available through
Bad Moon. </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">STARLIGHT DRIVE: FOUR HALLOWEEN TALES</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> was released in time
for Halloween, and his first short fiction collection </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ALL
THAT WITHERS</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
is available from Cycatrix press, celebrating over a decade of short story
highlights. </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NIGHT OF 1,000 BEASTS</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> is coming soon. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He won the Bram Stoker Award© in short fiction
in 2016 for </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">“Happy
Joe’s Rest Stop”</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. More short stories
have appeared in anthologies from Cemetery Dance, PS Publishing, Independent
Legions, DarkFuse, Crystal Lake, Terror Tales, Lovecraft eZine, Horror Library,
Bizarro Pulp, Written Backwards, Dark Continents, Big Time Books, McFarland
Press, Darkscribe, Dark House, Omnium Gatherum, and more.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Excerpt of<br />
return to q island</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Russell
James</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 by Russell James</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Fog hung like a shroud over the empty Brooklyn street.
David crept between abandoned cars, careful to stay silent. A cold breeze cut
through his tattered windbreaker, and he shivered.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Leaving their apartment had been a big risk. The infected
roamed the neighborhood, victims of the paleovirus, driven by two impulses.
Kill the strong, infect the defenseless. But he and his wife Sandy were out of
food. The fortified brownstone where the government issued quarantine rations
beckoned only five blocks away. His plan had been to stick to the shadows,
leave behind weapons and his bulky makeshift body armor, travel light and
stealthy. With an empty stomach and a starving wife, covering five blocks
hadn’t seemed unreasonable.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Now, it seemed impossible. He imagined death lurking in
every shadow he passed. Despite the cold, sweat soaked his armpits. He paused
at an intersection two blocks from the apartment.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A paleo stepped out of a destroyed coffee shop. Its eyes
zeroed in on David. David’s heart stopped.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Once the creature had been a man about David’s age, but
now… Dark black veins, ghostly pale skin, and worst of all, the red eyes,
burning with a superhuman fury that matched its preternatural strength and
speed. David had seen hundreds in the past year, and even from the safety of
his reinforced apartment, the sight of one ignited some primordial fear. Now,
facing one in the open, he froze in panic.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Adrenaline surged to his rescue. He bolted for home. The
creature charged after him.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Each pounding stride on the concrete sent shockwaves up
through the flayed soles of David’s running shoes. Bouncing backpack straps dug
into his shoulders. David’s lungs screamed for air. His heart slammed in his
chest, each beat threatening to split his ribcage. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He passed building after building. No one within offered
help. No faces peered from windows, no rooftop snipers sat ready to kill the
closing paleo. In the year since Long Island’s isolation, the uninfected
population had adopted a Darwinian attitude, and few stuck their neck out for
anyone but family, if even for them.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">David’s apartment came into view. He pushed himself
harder, the end in sight, salvation at hand.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The paleo leapt. It covered twenty feet in one bound and
landed on David’s back. Sharp teeth pierced David’s shirt and sank into his
shoulder. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hot blood gushed and a circle of searing pain caught fire
over his shoulder blade. He screamed and twisted right. The paleo’s momentum
tore it and the pack from David’s back. The creature skidded down the sidewalk,
the backpack clutched like prey.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">David scrambled up his apartment steps. Sandy’s terrified
face looked out a front window and then disappeared. He yanked at the locked
storm door. It rattled in the frame.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Open the door! It’s me!” he screamed.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The paleo sprang up. It tossed aside the mangled backpack
and charged. David dropped to his knees and covered his head with his arms.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The paleo landed on the top step. It reared back for
another attack, and stopped.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It cocked its head, as if listening to something, though
only David’s whimper broke the street’s silence. Its eyes narrowed. The
bloodlust seemed to drain away. It backed down the steps, and then began a slow
walk east.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">David yipped with joy and could not believe his luck. He
leaned back against the storm door in relief. A deadbolt clicked in the front
door. It opened and Sandy peered out.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“David?”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He pulled himself to his feet. “Oh my God. Sandy, did you
see that? It was like something called it away. I survived a paleo attack.”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sandy pointed to his shoulder. “No you didn’t.”</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He touched his shoulder. Sticky blood warmed his
fingertips. One bite, one opportunity for mingled fluids transmitted the virus
from the infected to the healthy, and always turned the victim paleo.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No, honey. That’s not a bite. It happened on the way…I
fell…”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He looked into her eyes in search of mercy, in search of
the triumph of love and faith over science and experience.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sandy raised their snub nose .38 pistol and pressed the
barrel against the glass beside David’s head. She cocked the hammer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I love you,” she apologized.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tears welled in his eyes. He nodded his assent.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The bullet blasted through the glass and tore through
David’s brain. His corpse tumbled down the apartment building’s steps.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A block away, the paleo didn’t react. Though such noises
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The paleovirus has swept Long Island, turning residents into psychotic
killers. A government quarantine traps Patrick in Connecticut, separated from
his mother and pregnant sister on what all now call Q Island. When he loses
contact with them, he fears the worst. His only chance to get back is to
infiltrate the island as a guide for an illegal safari hunting the infected.
But he arrives to find he’s more slave than guide, and the infected are fiercer
than ever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His sister Kim gives birth to Charlotte in the midst Q Island’s living
hell, and begins a struggle to survive attacks by the infected and betrayal by
family and friends. Kim’s love for her daughter gives her the strength to fight
on, but if her brother doesn’t arrive soon, she won’t keep beating the odds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But there’s something special about Charlotte, and others born under the
contagion’s dark cloud. Will children like her prove to be the salvation the
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Russell
R. James was raised on Long Island, New York and spent too much time watching </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Chiller, Kolchak: The Night Stalker,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Dark Shadows</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">, despite his parents' warnings. Bookshelves
full of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe didn't make things better. He
graduated from Cornell University and the University of Central Florida. <br />
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After a tour flying helicopters with the U.S. Army, he now spins twisted tales
best read in daylight. He has written the paranormal thrillers "Dark
Inspiration","Sacrifice","Black Magic", "Dark
Vengeance", the collections "Tales from Beyond", "Deeper
into Darkness", "Outer Rim" and "Out of Time". His
novels "Dreamwalker" and "Q Island" both release in 2015.<br />
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His wife reads what he writes, rolls her eyes, and says "There is
something seriously wrong with you." <br />
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Visit his website at </span><a href="http://www.russellrjames.com/"><span style="font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">http://www.russellrjames.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> and read some free short stories.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">CURSES PASS</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">
2017 W. Potocki</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A dull blackness greeted John Manning. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It wasn’t usually that way. A welcome dose of
sunshine was normally there to start the financier’s day. Only in the winter or
when a storm front was rolling in was it this dark in the mornings. The only
other time was when it was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that </i>day—the
one he avoided at all costs.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Friday the 13<sup>th</sup>. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The day would creep up on him if he let it,
but John had long since taken the necessary steps to avert disaster by
subscribing to a service that alerted him to one’s approach weeks ahead of
schedule. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It made not booking clients on the auspicious occasions that much
easier. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The drawn shades and curtains accounted for
the dark, but they were a necessary precaution. Whatever was happening on the
other side of the window was none of his business— not today it wasn’t. But
keeping prying eyes out of his life was a priority.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Rising out of bed with a yawn and good
stretch, he switched on a light and padded to the bathroom to indulge in a hot
shower. The water pelting against his body felt more than good and would have
to suffice since the other parts of his daily routine were taboo. Shaving
usually followed, but there’d be no use of sharp instruments until this day was
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sayonara</i>. He wouldn’t tempt fate and
a slit throat would serve him right. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He’d been warned. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He dried himself off, dressing in casual
attire before hanging on to the railing for dear life. The stairs were no joke.
One could take a life-ending spill if not careful. The attention to detail
continued throughout the scrambling of two eggs. A nasty splatter would require
a trip to the hospital, and staying inside was of prime importance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The proactive approach paid off. The
preparation of breakfast left him intact. He’d only just sat down to partake of
the tasty fare when the buzzer sounded. A look chanced out the peephole brought
him eye-to-eye with a tall man dressed in a familiar brown uniform. Pulling
back for a wider view, he saw a package tucked under his arm. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Just a minute!” he shouted as he ran to the
window and looked outside by means of a handheld mirror. No way a drone could
misidentify his face and launch an errant strike using this tactic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Although there was a truck parked in front,
it could all be a part of a serial killer’s clever ruse. After all, he hadn’t
bought anything and this wasn’t Clem, the deliveryman he’d come to know. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Tiptoeing through the vestibule, John
unlocked the front door before retreating back behind the inner one. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Sir! Sir! I need your signature!” the
uniformed stranger with the nametag <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">William
</i>pleaded. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He would say that. It didn’t prove anything,
but John knew what to do. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Then place the Diad on the floor and step
outside!” he fired back. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Repeating the instruction two more times was
required for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">William</i>, if he was a<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> William,</i> to comply. With the hallway
empty, John grabbed the scanner and scribbled his name before scrambling back
to safety. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It’s signed!” he shouted from behind the
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Thank you, sir!” the intruder exclaimed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">John waited with an ear pressed against the
painted wood. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">While it sounded as if William had left, it
could be a trick. The muscular specimen could just as easily be crouched down
and readying an attack. Another sprint to the window confirmed the truck
driving off and vanishing around the corner. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The coast was clear. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Putting the mirror away, John retrieved the
package. The name of the sender struck almost as much terror in him as the
accursed day. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Kate! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The self-same woman who refused to believe in
such things as curses and prophecies that came true was responsible for the
false alarm. Well, he’d had enough of his sister’s dismissive attitude, and
he’d tell her so—tonight. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">* * *</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Kate, you had absolutely no right sending me
that overnight delivery! You knew damned well it would arrive today, and that—”
</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You’d be forced to interact with the world?
Yes, of course I knew! It was the entire point, you imbecile! I want you to get
over this obsession, John! Friday the 13<sup>th</sup> is just another day!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Kate’s Skye Terrier Noodles was near her
feet, lapping up his portion of dinner spread out on the white china. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His sister’s four-legged companion had the
right idea. The roast beef John served was tender, moist, and delicious. The
wine was perfect also. There was only one thing wrong with the meal—and he was
looking at it, and had been for thirty-seven-years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It’s not your business to tell me how to run
my life!” he bellowed. “Or to keep inviting yourself over to dinner! Why I
allow you to keep bullying me into you barging over and eating me out of house
and home while you nitpick every scintilla of what you think is wrong about me
is—”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Me, a bully?” she interrupted, but when was
he allowed to get a sentence out with her around? “Ridiculous! You should be
happy that I take pity on you and provide you with entertainment. And I might
remind you that it’s your fault you’re all alone. It’s all on you.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He cocked his head, wondering what the
penalty was for strangling a sibling. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Are you badgering me about my marital
status, Kate? Are you really going there yet again?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Well, you are nearly forty. You’re not a
child any longer, and you shouldn’t be finding pleasure in responding to
anonymous women on online dating sites. Those one-night stands lead to
nowhere.” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She was wrong … sometimes they led to two-night stands.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Not bothering with an explanation, he chewed
in silence, pretending that every bite he took was an opportunity to sink his
teeth into her thick neck. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“The silent treatment?” she taunted, but then
she was never one to leave well enough alone. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A meddler. </i>That was what she was. If meddling were a profession,
she would be gainfully employed in a lifelong career. But it wasn’t a career,
and he was sick of her interference, but there she went anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“If you don’t want to discuss being a man
whore, then how about the habit of hermitizing yourself on Friday the 13<sup>th</sup>?
Nothing is going to happen, John. Nothing except you losing a full day to
abject foolishness.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It’s destiny,” he remarked before sipping
more wine. He was going to need another glassful before this night was over. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No, it’s not! If it were destiny, it would
happen no matter what you did; that’s what fate is. The roof would cave in. Or
there would be an earthquake that would swallow you up in a fissure. What I’m
trying to say is that prophecies aren’t always right, John. Especially ones
given at the fair.” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Belittling … belittling … always belittling … </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Sharma didn’t work at the fair. She had her
own shop, and was only appearing at the carnival to help charity. Don’t you
remember? Mother used to consult with her on a regular basis. She was part of
Sharma’s devoted clientele.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Oh, I remember! That charlatan is the one
who predicted our parents would divorce.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Which they did,” he reminded as he made good
on refilling his goblet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The matronly forty-one-year-old shrugged as
she twisted her wedding ring. Another piece of meat was passed to Noodles. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Maybe that wasn’t a good example,” she
allowed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“And maybe it was. She was right about the
divorce and about Dad cheating. Nobody even guessed that he was such a
philanderer, but Sharma knew.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“A trait which you seem to have inherited,”
she sniped. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I do not engage in sex with unattractive
women!” he defended. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“That’s the objection you have to Father
boinking our seventh-grade teacher?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He mulled over his response.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“One of many,” he mumbled. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“God, you are such a misogynist! You’ll never
get married at this rate. And you’ve managed to get me off the subject of that
stupid woman!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Sharma?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yes, Sharma! What exactly did she say and could
you be a darling and bring me more water?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Groaning, he pressed to his feet and toddled
to the kitchen, complaining every step of the way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“That’s the problem with serving dinner; you
don’t actually get to eat any of it yourself! How many trips have I taken to
the kitchen? Twenty? Thirty?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Only six,” she placated. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Six? </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Pretty exact number, Kate. What? Have you
been counting?” he asked as he sat back down and gave Noodles a pat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
sister feigned shock at the accusation. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Me? Never!” she exclaimed, but a giggle
leaked out and spoiled the performance. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Okay, what’s going on, my backstabbing
sister? Why are you laughing about my going to the kitchen? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I’m not. I was laughing about something
entirely different.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Kate—” he growled. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Could we get back to this obsession, John? I
think it’s all connected.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You mean, Mother traumatizing me by taking
me to the fair?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yes, that’s exactly what I mean,” she said,
breaking off another piece of muffin and buttering it before soaking it in
gravy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I don’t believe my hatred for women started
then.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Oh, so you admit the misogyny!” she
exclaimed </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Not admitting anything except that I’ve
never been so scared in my entire life. Why Mother elected to leave me alone
with that … that … witch!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You do realize that being a witch is a
religion and that you’ve just insulted all witches everywhere?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His brown eyes narrowed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I hate it when you get all PC and
sanctimonious on me, Kate. I really do. The word was figurative and not to be
taken literally.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Do you toss around your client’s money like
you do terminology? I highly doubt it. Now about Sharma, what exactly did she
say?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Closing his eyes, the painful memory came
rushing back. The panic, the fear, the wishing he’d never heard what Sharma assured
was “his<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>destiny.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“She said I was cursed, and that I would die
on Friday the 13<sup>th</sup>. Dessert?” he asked as he stood and picked up his
plate. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His sister nodded, her dog Noodles wagging
his tail and tagging along. The scooping of the frozen confection didn’t take
long, and conversation abated until his return. After all, a discussion about
one’s demise was best not shouted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Seven,” he announced in case she’d lost
count of the trips. She giggled again. An evil eye cast in her direction
expressed some of the animosity brimming over the cauldron inside, but there
was the prophecy hanging in the air like some ghastly odor. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They both spooned the sorbet, Kate emitting a
sound denoting intense pleasure at first taste. She took another helping before
speaking. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“And that’s all she said? That you’d die? She
didn’t mention how or—” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yes, she said I’d be murdered.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">That took out the flush in her cheeks. He’d
have said it sooner if he knew the impact it would have. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“But that doesn’t tell you much, and how
could you be cursed? You were only nine as I recall. What could you possibly
have done to rise to the level of someone placing a curse on you?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“There’s just one thing it could be.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Then there was something?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yes.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What?” she pressed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I stuck chewing gum on a gentleman’s
backside at the cinema. The line was taking too long, and he’d told me to shut
up numerous times during the showing of the film. He didn’t notice it until
crossing the road and must have twisted around to get it off, when he was
struck by a car.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“And you know this how?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I recognized his picture in the paper the
next day. “ </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“And it mentioned the gum?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No, only the fact he’d been killed.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I see! So based on what Sharma said, you
filled in the rest, making it a self-fulfilling prophecy! John, don’t you see
that you did nothing that any bored child might do, but you’ve blown up a silly
prank into something deserving of a curse! This really has gone too far!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“But—”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Stop!” she yelled as she shoved her palm
into his face. “What that fake psychic said was enough to put a scare into an
impressionable child, but as I keep reminding you, you’re not a child anymore!
View things through adult eyes and you’ll see that what she said wasn’t set in
stone. She had no magical powers! She was only a phony who used a scam to bilk
people out of money! Mother included! It’s time to put these fantasies away!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The blistering attack over, a silence
reigned. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was easy enough for her to say, but she
hadn’t been there. She hadn’t looked into those hypnotic eyes rimmed in strokes
of black. The woman cloaked in scarves was impossible to tear away from.
Sharma’s words punishing, his heart had literally stopped—only for a fraction
of a second, but stop it did. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The moment let him know how it would feel to be dead. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Of course, there was more—there always was in
matters such as these, but he’d never told anyone about the second part of the
prophecy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The cryptic words haunted him, and he’d never
wanted to involve anyone else in the horror of deciphering the mystery—not even
Kate. Why involve her in such hocus pocus? Besides, if he didn’t understand— </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">How would his sister?</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I don’t know why I’m trying so hard to
convince you. After tonight, it won’t matter,” she whispered with a grin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">John’s head shot up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What? Why won’t it matter?” he queried at
the resting b*tch face. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You’ll see,” came the enigmatic reply.
Followed by a wink, she swiped at her mouth with a napkin. “Dinner was lovely,
but it is after eleven, John. Seymour will be worried.” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Eleven? </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Impossible!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hs head swung to the clock in the hallway
that was never wrong. A crestfallen expression dripped over his features. How
could it be? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“That’s what happens when you have good
company,” she teased, rising up. Noodles danced in place, anticipating
departure.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Not even passable company,” </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">he murmured
under his breath. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What? What did you say?” she asked as she
attached Noodles’ leash to the rhinestone-studded collar. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I said thank you for the jogging outfit.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Then you did open the package?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yes, I opened it.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I thought maybe you wouldn’t. As for the
outfit, you might use it,” she joked, poking him in his soft middle section
that never did firm up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Ah, a parting shot! How entirely predictable
of you!” he retorted. Bending over, he gave his sister’s better half a pat.
“Goodbye, Noodles. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You</i> are the only
part of this team that’s welcome back!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">* * *</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">No signs of dinner remained. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The dirty dishes loaded in the dishwasher,
the final bit of leftovers were stashed away. With a clean counter, there was
only one thing left to do and that was retire. About to switch off the lights,
he wavered as he listened to the noise filtering in from outside. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Meow!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">There it was again. He’d ignored the soft
mewl the first few times, mostly because of the time. It hadn’t been past
midnight and going outside was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">verboten</i>.
He checked the trusty clock in the hallway once again. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">12:05.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Well, there it was. He’d made it through
unscathed. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sharma be damned! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Breathing in deeply, he rounded up the cat
treats he kept on hand. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tender-hearted</i>
was how his sister described his acts of kindness towards strays, but despite
the accolades, it was another thing she’d like to change. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Fat chance! </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!” he called as he
stepped outside into his backyard. The moon bright, he hadn’t bothered turning
on the floodlights. No way he’d scare the poor thing half to death. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Craning his neck, he could not hear
reciprocal sounds or discern any movement. He tried again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Here, kitty, kitty, kitty! Come on! Here’s
some food for you, you dear little—”</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He’d been bent over, in the process of
placing the food dish on the ground when the first blow struck. Landing on the
back of his neck, he tumbled forward, crashing shoulder-first onto the lawn.
His arm hit at a bad angle—a sickening crunch signaled damage to cartilage and
bone. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He moaned, writhing in agony before sprawling
onto his back. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A rustling and flash of leg to the side and—</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His right knee exploded. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His left knee followed. Both kneecaps
shattered under the barrage; he heard himself scream. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Whoever carried out the assault was still
there. The tears filling his eyes prevented him from seeing clearly, but those
legs … those legs belonged to a woman. He’d been around enough to know that,
but it was the baseball bat held in her hands that generated the panic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His vision unclouded as his gaze drifted up,
meeting the eyes painted in lunacy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It wasn’t a cat, you twit!” the red-haired
hyena standing above him blasted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She really was a mess. An abnormality oozing
out of her, it made her febrile insanity almost contagious. The clown make-up
spread thick over her features did an effective job in disguising her face, but
not those eyes. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">They looked familiar.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The downturned mouth bathed in a slash of red
spreading from ear-to-ear opened as he braced for what she had to say. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“It’s me, John … the girl you took out three
months ago! You were stupid enough to tell me that you fed strays, and I’ve
been around enough cats to know how to make a proper sound.” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Three months? </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
brain was freezing up … going slow and skidding like a rabbit on ice. An
advanced degree of hysteria causing the malfunction, he’d be hard-pressed to
remember his own name, let alone a girl he dated three months ago.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">With a maniacal laugh, the woman reached
down, grabbing a metal pail off the grass and shoving it over his head. He’d
left it there after watering the plants. He’d been too tired to bring it in. He
so regretted the feeble excuse, but it didn’t matter. The bucket would never
fit. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Wrong again!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It was only too tight if one cared about
ripping his ears off. She didn’t. With the bucket in place—</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In a matter of moments, the robust man was
turned into the perfect victim, unable to defend himself. Crippled and blinded,
the side of his head was the new target. He screamed again as nausea set in. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“I’m Mandy!” the shrill voice continued.
“Mandy Campbell! We connected online and met at Thrushing Square! You promised
a dinner at The Great Panjandrum. It was to be a romantic evening, but you cut
the date short before we even ordered our meal, you bastard!” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The barrel of the bat struck again. The ringing
wouldn’t stop as a headache kicked in. Worse than any migraine, the pain was
intolerable and caused him to roll up in a ball. He had to get out of this mess
and the only way was to remember! </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Think, John, think!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mandy! </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yes, he did remember her. She’d been a thick
awkward girl who could barely speak without spitting like a defective garden
hose. She’d used an old photo to entice him. If she’d sent a current one, he’d
never have wasted his time on that piece of—</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“YOU LIED! You told me your name was Marshall
Albright! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?” Your name is JOHN MANNING, YOU ASSH*LE! JOHN
NOT MARSHALL!” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You left abruptly—without paying for my
drink! I was curious as to where a pig like you lived, and so I followed! Yes,
I followed you home that night, but you didn’t even notice, did you? HOW COULD
YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN I WAS FURIOUS? Too wrapped up in yourself to care? Or was it
because you thought I was too stupid to do anything about it? <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Too dull to follow and USE YOUR ADDRESS TO
FIND YOUR RIGHT NAME, you </span>FU-K-K-K-K-KERRRR!” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM! BAM! BAM! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The bat bounced off his cranium three times
in quick succession. Lights behind his eyelids flashed as his skull caved in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The girl dressed in something approximating a
circus tent was correct. The night had been all about him. Sex was off the
table, and he’d thought her too dim-witted to do much of anything—even swing a
bat. But it was no time for confessions. Not with consciousness departing and
leaving the John Manning station. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A greedy type of grogginess engulfed him as
the ringing in his ears ratcheted up to deafening. He was staring death in the
face when a sudden dawning lightened the hopelessness of the situation. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It wasn’t Friday the 13<sup>th</sup>. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">That one factor made it impossible for him to
die. Her voice cut through the joyous celebration going on inside. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No explanation, John? No explanation as to
why you didn’t call when you promised you would? What’s the matter? Was I too
fat? Or perhaps I said the wrong thing? <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">AS
IF YOU’RE ANYONE TO TALK!</span>”</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“That’s for not calling!”</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM!</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“That’s for lying!” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM! </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“That’s for humiliating me, you b*stard! I
told all my friends you’d call, but you didn’t! YOU MADE A FOOL OUT OF ME!” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">BAM! BAM! BAM! </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Wait! Hadn’t she already landed a blow for
lying? He could have sworn she had, but then he wasn’t thinking very clearly. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mandy was wielding the bat like a pro, and
while he admired her catching on to major league form so quickly, his crushed
nose and broken jaw took the edge off the achievement. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Loosened teeth backed up in his mouth as
blood flowed into his airways. As he choked, the high-pitched barking of a dog
closed in. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Noodles? </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">A harrowing scream affirmed it was. He’d
recognize his sister’s big mouth anywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">He was right. He wouldn’t die. His sister was
the unlikely savior. Then there was the trumpet of sirens. His neighbors must
have called the authorities. The busybodies were rapacious about reporting even
minor infractions, so this must have really gotten them going. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Footsteps running away. They were as ungainly
as the person thundering across the lawn.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mandy was gone. </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“John, John!” Kate cried as she knelt beside
him and took his hand. “Noodles must have known! He broke away and came
straight here!” </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">God bless Noodles. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“But this … it’s all my fault!” she lamented.
But why? </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">More footsteps. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“What’s going on, ma’am?” a male first
responder queried.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“My brother! He’s been attacked by a clown
that ran that way!” his sister explained in between gasps. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Not a clown … by Mandy Campbell … and she was wearing a wig!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Why couldn’t he speak? Why? He tried to move
his fingertips, but those were numb as well. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Get the cutters!” the first responder
ordered as he fiddled with the misshapen bucket that wouldn’t squeeze over
John’s oversized head. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">His lungs filled with liquid as his will to
live dwindled. He was drowning in his own blood. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“We’ve got to get this off, ma’am. Please
back away.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“Yes, yes, of course,” Kate acquiesced. “But
I have to explain! John!” she called out. “John, I’m so sorry. It was because I
didn’t believe you!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Another set of hurried footsteps. This time,
it was a woman telling Kate it was all right. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“No, no, it isn’t!” she countered. “You see,
I had dinner here tonight. I made up pretenses to get my brother to go into the
kitchen, and every time he went, I set the clock in the hall ahead. He always
trusted that clock and so he thought it was after midnight and safe to come
out. But don’t you see? It’s only 10:45!” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The wailing might be doing Kate some good,
but the crocodile tears weren’t doing anything for him. It was still Friday the
13<sup>th</sup> and it meant that he was a goner. The second part of Sharma’s
prophecy drifted in. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“The curse will pass to the one engaged in trickery.” </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Although he never understood, he did now. As
he drew his last breath, a giggle came from under the pail. He’d have the last
laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">* * *</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mandy kept her eyes on the road—and on Kate. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">She recognized the old battle axe from a news
aggregation site she’d subscribed to. Learning all about John was the best
seven dollars she’d ever spent. It was strange, but getting rid of John’s
sister had never occurred to her before tonight, but why not? The bat was
broken in and she had shared that final supper with the late Mr. Manning. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">John had probably recounted the cruel
treatment of women, including Mandy, and Kate had probably laughed and laughed.
Brother and sis were so much alike. John hadn’t noticed Mandy following him …
and Kate hadn’t either. Nobody noticed but that dog on the end of the long
black leash. He kept craning his head around and growling, for all the good it
did. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Kate took a turn onto a deserted street, and
Mandy was right with her. The car put in park, she grabbed her bat and got out.
</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">11:45. </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Why not get rid of the Manning family? All
traces of John should be removed, and two killings in one night would be a good
record. Besides, she’d always wanted a dog and this one would do. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">THE ADDUNE VAMPIRE TRILOGY </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Sweeping. Powerful. Unforgettable. Award-winning novelist W. Potocki
takes you on a harrowing adventure. This Gothic journey into the dark world of
vampires will leave you breathless.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Still shaken from the untimely death of her father, Miranda is forced to
assume control of his business empire. She begins the arduous task of
overhauling Perry Antiques, but soon discovers a priceless treasure that her
father hid from the world. In attempting to ascertain its authenticity, she is placed
in the crosshairs of a cunning vampire named Adduné. He is consumed with
exacting vengeance for an unpardonable transgression--an offense that demands
the ultimate punishment. There are "many twists and turns" throughout
the story, and there "is no way anyone could have seen that ending!! Great
read!" -- Brandi Pearson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The Adduné Vampire Trilogy is the complete series and contains:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Part I. The Vampires Game<br />
Part II. The House of Cards<br />
Part III. The Reckoning</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I was
raised by wolves in the deepest part of Siberia. My brethren taught me the
mother tongue, so “AAAARRRRRROOOOOO” probably means something much different to
me than it does to you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Trivia:
I’m part amphibian and part wolverine; the secret to my marinara sauce is
adding a drop of menstrual blood to the stewing tomatoes, and I'm in the
Guinness Book of Records for holding my breath the longest during Tobe Hooper
films. When not writing, I am training a squirrel army to wage war against my
neighbors. As to how I remain so spry, I’m one of the undead. If you know
anything about horror, that explanation should suffice. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In
truth, I live and write in NYC, and am the author of eight books. I won the
honor of being named One of the Top Ten Best “New” Horror Authors by Horror
Novel Reviews, and last year, I was an award-winner in the Male v Female
Writing Competition hosted by J. Ellington Ashton Press. In terms of writing
style, I was heavily influenced by Ira Levin. I loved the way his work
developed around one central horrifyingly creepy idea and that blood and gore
weren’t used to mask the enormity of it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m
naturally humble ... love coffee, animals, and chocolate, but not necessarily
in that order. Deal breakers for me are cruelty to fluffy, four-legged creatures
and children.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">If you
want to keep in touch, it should be easy since I’m splattered all over the web.
Here are some of my lairs: </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mailing
list: http://bit.ly/1lGwkDm<br />
FB: http://on.fb.me/1oOawJO<br />
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WPotocki<br />
Website: http://wendypotocki.blogspot.com/<br />
Official Author Trailer:
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HALLOWEENPALOOZA FB EVENT:
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">The true legend<br />of fRIday THE 13TH</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">A Short Story </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">by TOBIAS WADE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by Tobias Wade</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Slow is the smolder of fire igniting in flesh. The skin
cracks and dries and powders to ash, incinerating extremities long before flame
penetrates to vital systems. The eyes will boil from the skull and cartilage
will melt and run like wax. The insulated brain will be protected all the
while, still cognizant of the excruciating agony. Bones will splinter next,
molten marrow liquefying like hot lead before exploding in shrapnel to puncture
the insides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">The body will attempt to cool its essential organs by
redirecting blood flow to the skin where it will evaporate into great clouds of
steaming red. Finally the heat will become too intense and the organs will
start to swell and explode one by one, sending supernovas of anguish through
the dying victim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">The onlookers thought that Grandmaster Jacques de Molay
was long dead when dry words spoke out of the inferno for a final time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Dieu sait qui a tort et a péché. Il va bientot
arriver malheur à ceux qui nous ont condamnés à mort."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">*God knows who is wrong and has sinned. Soon a calamity
will occur to those who have condemned us to death.* </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">The legend of Friday the 13th began on October 13th,
1307. The Knights Templar, a prominent catholic military order during the
Crusades, was betrayed by King Phillip who brought false charges against the
Templar in order to seize their wealth. The Templar were arrested in mass,
forced with torture to confess to blasphemous crimes against the church. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Grandmaster Jacques de Molay was burned alive, but not
before he spat the curse of his dying words. Within a year, both Pope Clement
and King Phillip IV of France who sentenced the Templar were dead. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">The curse did not end with their death however. A number
of Templars made the decision to save their own lives by fabricating lies about
their comrades, assisting King Phillip in condemning the order. One of these
cowards named Jean Malay was even richly rewarded from the Templar coffers for
his false and treacherous testimonies. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Fearing repercussion, Jean Malay fled with his new wealth
to Scotland. Far enough to escape the punishment for his crimes, but not far
enough to be safe from Grandmaster Jacques' final curse. Within a year Jean
would be dead as well, although not before he fathered a son to inherit his
wealth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">710 years since that fateful day, Jean Malay's
descendants have since spread across the globe carrying with them what remains
of the Grandmaster's curse. I myself am afflicted, and I am writing this now to
warn all those who may also be descendants without knowing it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">It will begin on a Friday, October 13th. An itching,
burning sensation in your nose. Perhaps nothing more than a cold, at first, but
wait to act and it will already be too late. The burning will spread down your
chest, making it feel tight and difficult to breath. You'll sweat like you have
a fever, and your body will start to feel warm as the blood evacuates your
vital organs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Once you've reached this point, it's already too late.
The fire has lit inside you, and no medicine or artifice will be able to save
you from your fate. This phenomenon has been recorded as "spontaneous
combustion" in many accounts across cultures and times. It will only be
minutes from here before you are reduced to ash, choking all the while on the
noxious fumes of your own burning flesh. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">You who bear this curse have strayed too far from God for
him to save you. I don't want you to worry though, because there is another who
listens to the desperation of a midnight prayer. Do not concern yourself with
his nature; it is enough to know that you are in need and he has the power to
help. Pray with all your heart as the fire rages inside you, and when the voice
answers, you must do as it says. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">The voice will tell you what you ingredients you need to
gather. Blood is common, so it may be wise to have some ready before the 13th
begins. Animal or human sacrifices are less common, but it all depends on the
strength of the bloodline which ties you to the Grandmaster's curse. Once you
have followed the instructions, you'll notice the pain begin to subside within
a few minutes. There will be another presence in the room at this point, but
that's an unavoidable side-effect of the ceremony. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Do not try to look at the presence. Do not talk to it
unless it talks to you, and even then do not give it any information about
yourself. If you are careful, and lucky, it will leave you alone. The curse
will be lifted, and whatever happens after that... well at least it won't be
happening to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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parallel dimensions, becoming trapped in a virtual world, and encountering
ancient aliens buried beneath the Earth's crust. Demons, monsters, psychopaths,
undead, mad experiments and paranormal - no matter what makes your heart race,
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I felt her arms
around me, but she wasn’t trying to choke me or restrain me. She was… hugging
me. It was such an alien sensation that I immediately opened my eyes. That’s
when I saw them. Hundreds – no thousands of gossamer spider webs holding up her
body like a marionette doll. I recoiled immediately, and she let me without the
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The spiders were
everywhere. Crawling across her face, through her hair. When she opened her
mouth, I saw more of them inside her, pulling the threads to work her jaw. Her
throat pulsed, and I knew more must be further down to vibrate her vocal
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I was too shocked to fully understand what was happening. The alarm in my mind
wouldn’t stop, and I still felt like I was about to pay for my rebellion. I
didn’t want to stare, but couldn’t look away. I didn’t want to go and see, but
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I opened Jeff’s room and found him on his bed. His hands and feet were bound
with countless loops of spiderweb. More of it was across his face, tying his
tongue securely to the roof of his mouth. His skin was perforated with a
thousand holes, and spiders were crawling in and out of them as they carefully
partitioned and wrapped each piece for consumption. His eyes blinked at me,
although I don’t know if that was a sign of life or simply the successful
attachment of yet another internal strand. I quietly closed the door and let
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 26.0pt;">Early reader reviews:</span></div>
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- Well, that was
horrifying, twisted, and great! (r/shortscarystories reader of the month April
2017).</div>
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- -~STANDING
OVATION~- Well done, Good Man. (Anon. Reader).</div>
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- Excellent series!
You need to contact a producer! (A. Dinozzo)</div>
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- Surreal,
beautiful, haunting. (M. Ravin)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">VOODOO ASSASSIN</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">A Short Story </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">by Mark Lukens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Copyright </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 2017 by Mark Lukens</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“You’re
sure you want to do this, child?” the old woman asked Miranda. “You have to be
sure. Once you start, there’s no going back.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Miranda nodded. “I want them to pay
for what they did to my sister.” She tried her best to keep her voice steady,
fighting back tears. Miranda’s friend Yolanda had set up this meeting with the
old lady who called herself Ms. Brooks, a woman who had experience with the
dark arts, a woman who could set up a meeting with Solomon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh, he’ll make them pay, all right,”
Ms. Brooks said, nodding at the same time. The old woman’s eyes were so light
in her dark face, an almost grayish-blue color. She was short and round, and
she didn’t seem to be in the best of health. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I want all four of them dead,”
Miranda said. “But I want them to suffer first. They made my sister suffer.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. Brooks nodded like she could be
spared the details. “I’ve contacted Solomon. He said he would help you.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Miranda
exhaled a sigh of relief.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“He’s
going to want any information you have on these four men, especially any photos
you can get.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That seemed reasonable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. Brooks slid a folded piece of
paper across the table at Miranda.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She took the paper and opened it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s his fee,” Ms. Brooks told her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was a hefty fee, but Miranda had
expected that. She already had the money together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“But that’s only part of his fee,” Ms.
Brooks said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Part of it? He wants more than this?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Not more money,” Ms. Brooks said.
“There will be one other thing he’ll ask for.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I can’t tell you that. He’ll ask when
you two meet.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s fine,” Miranda said. “I’ll pay
anything he wants.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. Brooks slid a business card across
the table at Miranda.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She picked it up. It was a plain white
card with the words Solomon’s Art Studio written across the top, and then an
address below. “He’s an artist?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. Brook’s face clouded a little like
some unspoken rule of etiquette had been broken. She smiled; it was just a
razor-thin gash in her dark face. “He uses his art in strange ways. You just be
there at his studio tomorrow afternoon.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Solomon’s
studio was located in the seedier side of town, and Miranda was glad she was
taking this meeting in the daytime. A cab dropped her off in front of the five
story building. The neighborhood was quiet, like others were hiding away behind
their windows, watching her. She had a folder clutched under one arm and a wad
of hundred dollar bills inside two thick envelopes stuffed down in her purse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The lobby of the building was dark.
There was a door down the hall that might have led to an elevator, but no way
was she going to trust an elevator in this building. She took the stairs off to
the right, the steps hugging a wall of cracked plaster.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>On the third floor, she found
Solomon’s studio. She knocked three times as instructed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon answered the door. He was
almost as tall as the top of the doorframe. His head was shaved smooth, his
skin the color of dark chocolate, his teeth bright white and strong. The dark
pupils of his eyes never moved—they looked like a shark’s eyes. He was thin,
but powerful-looking. He didn’t say a word—he just backed way, allowing Miranda
to enter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The interior of Solomon’s studio was
vast, a true New York artist’s loft. Overhead lights strung from the rafters
lit up large canvases and half-sculpted pieces. The space was dedicated mostly
to his art, with an entire wall taken up with full portraits of people drawn
either in dark pencil or pen and ink—she couldn’t tell the medium used from
this distance. Each portrait was spaced equally away from the others, and the
entire collection almost looked like one complete art piece itself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon gestured towards his “living
area” which consisted of a set of living room furniture not too far away from a
rudimentary kitchen built along an exterior brick wall. A long curtain closed
off what Miranda assumed was his bedroom and bathroom.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I brought all the information I could
find on these men,” Miranda said as she sat down on the couch, laying the
folder on the large coffee table in front of her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon sat across from her, staring
at her the whole time with his coal-black eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Miranda opened the folder, pulling out
a photo with trembling hands. “This man is Nick Mariano, but he’s called Nix.
He’s the leader of this little group.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She slid the photo to Solomon. He
picked it up and studied it for a moment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This next one is Carmine Rizzo.” She
slid the photo to Solomon. Carmine was a heavy-set man with glasses and a thick
scar running down the left side of his face. “This next one is Tony Pazietta.
They call him Paz. And this is his older brother Johnny Rocks.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon studied all of the photos for
several minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“They hang out in a bar called the
Blue Horizon after it’s closed. It’s right off of Grand Street.” She passed him
a business card with the bar’s information on it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon said nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Miranda pulled out the envelopes
stuffed with cash and set them on the coffee table. “Here’s the payment Ms.
Brooks said you would need.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon took the envelopes and peeked
inside, not bothering to count it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I came to you because these guys are
untouchable, part of a mafia family. The cops have been paid off. Everyone’s
scared of them. My sister got involved with Paz, and . . .” She was trying not
to cry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon just nodded slowly, his eyes
back on her again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Are you going to be able to do this?”
Miranda asked. “I mean, if you’ve changed your mind because they’re involved
with the family . . .”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon leaned back in his chair. “I
can do this.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank you,” Miranda said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>They were quiet for a moment. As the
unsettling silence weighed on her, Miranda glanced around at the loft. “You’ve
got some beautiful pieces in here.” She looked back at Solomon. “I don’t
understand how you use your art to do . . . to do what you’re going to do.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon just stared at her. “I will
need one other payment from you.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Miranda braced herself for Solomon’s
request.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He told her what he wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After a moment, she swallowed hard and
agreed. She would give anything to make these men pay for what they did to her
sister.</span></div>
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twenty a.m. Solomon entered the Blue Horizon Bar. The place was closed. The
only people in the bar were the bartender and the four men seated at a table
across the room. Their table was littered with booze bottles and glasses. There
was a haze hanging over them from cigarette and cigar smoke. The floors of the
bar still needed to be swept and cleaned, tables needed to be cleared. No music
played and the lights were low.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon walked to the bar which took
up one side of the room. He was dressed in a dark suit and tie with a
wide-brimmed hat covering his bald head. He carried his battered leather
artist’s portfolio by the wood handle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Sorry, buddy,” Sal the bartender said
as he wiped down the bar. “We’re closed.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon took a stool and carefully
laid his portfolio down on the next stool.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The four men, who seemed to be
celebrating something, stopped and watched Solomon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sal glanced at the four men beyond
Solomon and shrugged. Then he looked back at Solomon. “Hey, buddy. You hear me?
I said we’re closed.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon still hadn’t met Sal’s eyes or
looked at the four men seated at the table twenty feet behind him. But he could
feel all of them watching him. “I’m an artist,” he said in his deep voice with
just a hint of a Haitian accent. He laid a hand lovingly on top of his
portfolio. “I’ve got some drawings inside here.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sal nodded impatiently. “That’s nice,
pal. But we’re not buying what you’re peddling. Come on, you gotta get outta
here.” His eyes flicked to the doorway that led out to the front room, the
entrance of the bar off of Grand Street. “How’d you get past Pauly anyway?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Pauly probably fell asleep,” one of
the men from the table behind Solomon said. The other three laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Look at that hat he’s wearing,”
another one of the men said in a slurred voice. “Hey!” he shouted at Solomon.
“You steal that hat from an Amish guy?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>They all roared with laughter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“He carjacked their horse and buggy,”
another one of them said, and the others laughed even harder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sal looked nervous, fiddling with the
dishrag in his hands. “Come on,” he said, wincing at Solomon. “You really need
to get outta here.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t be rude, Sal,” one of the men
said. “Give the man a drink before you kick his ass out.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yeah,” another one of them said. “He
deserves a drink for getting past Pauly.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Pauly’s a f*ckup,” another said.
“Probably taking a shit right now.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sal didn’t bother asking Solomon what
he wanted to drink; he grabbed a bottle of cheap whiskey and a shot glass,
pouring a drink. “Here’s a free one. Drink it down and get going.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon picked up the glass of
whiskey. The glass looked so small in his large, spidery hand. He studied the
amber liquid for a moment, letting the lights from the bar shine through it. He
set it back down on the bar gently without taking a sip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You don’t want it?” Sal asked like he
was personally offended.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon didn’t answer Sal. He reached
into his portfolio and pulled out several drawings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What are you doing?” Sal groaned.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The bar was quiet. The four men were
watching Solomon, all laughter halted now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sal glanced at the drawings Solomon
had laid out on the bar top, and then he leaned in a little closer, really
looking at them now. “Hey, these are drawings of all of us. That one . . . it
looks just like me.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m a very good artist,” Solomon
said, picking up the portrait of Sal. In the drawing, Sal stood there, wearing
the same clothes he wore now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This is . . .” Sal started. “This is
strange.” He looked towards the doorway that led out to the front room again.
There was a bumping sound coming from in there. “Pauly!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No answer from Pauly, but the bumping
sound was louder now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sal looked back at Solomon. “You do
something to Pauly?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon still had the drawing of Sal
in his hands. He ripped the paper in half right at Sal’s waist. At exactly the
same time Sal’s body was ripped in half at the waist like a laser beam had just
bisected him. His eyes bulged in shock as the top half of his body slid off
from his bottom half, dropping down to the floor behind the bar in a shower of
blood, strings of intestines and guts following. Sal’s legs stood on their own
for one and a half seconds, the blood spilling out of the waist like an
overfilled coffee cup, and then they collapsed to the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Holy f*ck!” one of the men
yelled—Solomon wasn’t sure which one. They were all on their feet, their chairs
crashing backwards down onto the floor, drawing their guns.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon had the other four drawings of
the men stacked together in his hands, already beginning to fold them over
backwards. He turned around on his stool and watched all four men bend over
backwards at the same time, all of them howling in pain. Two of them dropped
their guns as their hands trembled from the pain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s right,” Solomon said as he
kept the drawings bent back just enough to keep the tension on the men, but not
enough to snap their spines just yet. “All of you throw your guns away.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz and Jonny Rocks still held on to
their weapons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon applied just a little more
pressure to the four drawings bent over backwards in his hands.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Carmine screamed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I can bend them all the way back,”
Solomon warned. “Snap your bodies in half like a bundle of sticks.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Do what he says!” Nix screamed at Paz
and Johnny, staring at them from his backbend, his arms dangling, his eyes
bulging, his face turning red.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz struggled to stand back up, but he
couldn’t fight the force.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Carmine howled in pain, tears
streaming out of his eyes. “Stop! Please, stop!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon applied just a little more
pressure to the papers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Johnny Rocks threw his gun blindly. It
bounced off of one of Carmine’s tree-trunk legs and then skittered across the
wood floor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What do you want?” Paz screamed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I just want some answers to a few
questions,” Solomon said in a conversational voice. “You give me truthful
answers, and I walk away. I’ll let all of you live.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Do it, Paz!” Nix screamed—a command
from an officer. “Throw your gun away!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz finally relented. He threw his gun
across the room; it landed near his brother’s gun.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon eased up on the papers,
letting them flatten out again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The men stood up, breathing hard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Carmine’s fleshy face was shiny with
tears. “There’s pain shooting up and down my legs,” he cried to the others as
he stumbled back down onto his chair. “He did something to my back.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Nix,” Solomon said, turning his
attention to the oldest man in the group as he still held the stack of
drawings. “Kick all of the guns on the floor over there in that corner. And
then I want you to collect any other guns you have on you. Don’t lie to me.
Don’t try to keep one.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nix did as ordered, then turned to his
guys. “Come on. Get your guns out.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Carmine moaned in pain, his body
trembling as he tried to reach for his gun strapped to his ankle. “I don’t
think I can reach it,” he whined.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nix sighed and squatted down next to
Carmine, tearing his snub-nosed .38 out of the ankle holster for him. He tossed
the weapon over into the corner with the other ones.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Johnny reluctantly handed his gun to
Nix.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz was hesitating. He looked towards
the lobby where that bumping sound was louder now. “Where’s Pauly? What did you
do to him? Tie him up?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Pauly can’t answer you,” Solomon
said. “He doesn’t have a mouth anymore.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What the hell’s that supposed to
mean?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Carmine was breathing hard, his skin
deathly pale. “The pain . . . something’s really wrong with my back. I think he
broke it.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You’re dead,” Paz said to Solomon as
Nix waited for his gun. “You hear me? You know who you’re f*cking with?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The bumping noise from the front room
was even louder, and then Pauly stumbled into the bar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh God,” Johnny said as he watched
Pauly stumble around blindly. “What did you do to him?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Where’s his hands?” Nix asked.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon had the drawing of Pauly out
of his portfolio now. “I erased his hands from the drawing. And his eyes and
mouth.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pauly had his arms out, but his
suitcoat sleeves ended in stubs where his hands used to be. His hands hadn’t
been cut off, they were just gone, just stumps with flesh over them. There was
smooth skin on his face where his eyes and mouth used to be. His voice still
worked, and a cry was trapped in his throat, his Adam’s apple working
furiously.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I could draw his hands again,”
Solomon said. “Or I could draw . . . other things there.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pauly turned towards the sound of the
men’s voices, his handless arms outstretched. He was moaning louder now,
screeching from his throat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“The guns,” Solomon said. He now had a
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stared at Pauly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nix looked at Paz in panic. “Your f*cking
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“He’s going to do that to all of us,”
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon cut off a large corner of
Pauly’s drawing with the pair of scissors. Pauly’s left leg just above the knee
was separated cleanly from his body, blood streaming out and puddling on the
floor. Pauly lost his balance as soon as his leg was gone, his other foot
slipping in the blood. He fell down, trying to grab at his severed leg with
hands that he didn’t have anymore, the stumps of his wrists bumping against his
amputated leg. Even though he didn’t have a mouth anymore, he screamed and
screamed, the tendons standing out like cords on the sides of his neck, his
featureless face turning bright red.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your gun,” Solomon said to Paz.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz looked pale, like he was going to
get sick. He looked back at Solomon. “You’re dead.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon folded Carmine’s drawing all
the way back. The heavy man flopped backwards in his chair, falling out of it
as he bent completely backwards on the floor, the back of his head slamming
into his feet. His bones snapped, a gunshot-echo bouncing off the walls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Carmine never even had a chance to
scream, he was dead in an instant, his eyes staring blankly, blood dripping out
of his mouth and pouring out from under his shirt where his flesh had been
ripped open from the violent torqueing of his body.</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Johnny turned and puked.</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz handed his gun over to Nix who
threw it into the corner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Okay,” Nix said, turning back to
Solomon once he’d thrown the gun away. He had his hands up in a surrendering
gesture. “The guns are gone.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Good,” Solomon said. “There was a
woman a few weeks ago.” He looked right at Paz. “I believe you knew her well.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz’s face went white with fear. “She
was going to snitch on us.”</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“The four of you raped her.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I didn’t do anything,” Nix said. “I
swear. It was the three of them.”</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“F*ck you,” Johnny said. “You helped
kill her.”</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon had the drawing of Nix in his
hands, caressing it gently.</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What are you doing?” Nix asked
Solomon with his hands still up. “Wait a minute. You said you just wanted to
talk. We’re talking here.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon crumpled up the drawing, and
Nix crumpled up at the same time, muscles ripping, bones shattering, skin
splitting. Blood splashed the two brothers as they tried to back away from the
crumpled mess on the floor that used to be Nix.</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Johnny tried to puke again, but all he
could do was dry heave.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz looked at his brother with wild
eyes, his body tense, like he was ready to either run for the door or try to
get to Solomon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon laid the last two drawings
down on the bar right beside each other.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“We’re sorry,” Johnny cried. “We can
make this right. I swear. We can . . . we could pay you.”</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon picked up the shot of whisky
Sal had poured for him earlier. He tipped the glass over, spilling the liquid
across both drawings.</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Johnny and Paz looked down at their
bodies—their skin and clothes were suddenly wet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon had a disposable lighter in
his hand now. He lit it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“No,” Johnny said. “No, wait a minute
. . .”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz started running straight at
Solomon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon lit the whiskey and the flames
whooshed across the two drawings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Paz and Johnny caught fire. They
collapsed down onto the floor, rolling around as they screamed, trying to put
the fire out . . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but they couldn’t.</span></div>
<div class="Default" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon stood up as the fire on the
bar top grew, the flames beginning to consume the stools now. The whole place
was going to be an inferno in minutes. He walked away as the two brothers
screamed and writhed on the floor.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">*</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Five
days later Miranda showed up at Solomon’s studio as instructed to pay the rest
of her fee. This meeting was earlier in the day than the last one had been, an
hour of the day when the light would be the best.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon let her inside his loft and
then closed and locked the door. She followed him to an area where he had an
easel set up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank you,” Miranda said as she
walked behind Solomon. She’d read an article about the fire at the Blue Horizon
Bar. The police were calling it a terrible accident. “Thank you for what you
did.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Stand right there,” Solomon told her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Miranda stood where he’d pointed and
waited.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Solomon was in front of his easel a
moment later, a sharpened pencil in his hand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">It
only took a few hours for Solomon to draw Miranda’s likeness in pencil on the
paper. When he was done, she asked if she could see it. She walked over and
studied the drawing for a long moment—it looked exactly like her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He untacked the drawing from the easel
and took it over to his wall of drawings. He removed the drawing of a man and
crumpled it up. Then he tacked the drawing of Miranda in the empty space,
completing the wall of drawings again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Miranda knew that the man who’d posed
for that drawing had just died the moment Solomon had crumpled up the paper; it
had been part of that man’s payment. And she knew that one day—she didn’t know
when—he would crumple up her drawing to make room for the next one, and that
would complete her fee.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">GIVEAWAY</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">GIVEAWAY CLOSED: WINNERS SELECTED!!!! <span style="color: #cccccc;">WOO HOO!!!
Another year, and another great start to HALLOWEENPALOOZA V!!! What's better than a great
read from the fantastic Mark Lukens followed up by a giveaway? NOTHING!!!! And what a giveaway! </span></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">FIVE ECOPIES OF DEVIL</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">’</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 16.0pt;">S ISLAND</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">are up for grabs</span>!!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">If you’re
new to </span><span style="font-family: "cf night of the damned"; font-size: 22.0pt;">HALLOWEENPALOOZA</span><span style="font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">here’s how you
enter: Click on back using the below link to return to the FB Event Page, find today’s post featuring Mark Lukens, then comment,
“I WANT TO WIN!” in that post!!! </b>Good luck!!!</span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">DEVIL’S ISLAND</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Island-Mark-Lukens-ebook/dp/B06WWJC6VD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506275967&sr=8-1&keywords=mark+lukens+devil%27s+island" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Island-Mark-Lukens-ebook/dp/B06WWJC6VD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506275967&sr=8-1&keywords=mark+lukens+devil%27s+island" border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cZ4H2A50YMiLO7ZxPi8FOuAoTKkS5m0PhDbYFMxkL_Eaz_hY-KLqVu5BPfhq6_HIUw3NuK3Vrd5tuEqASdtRaRh_ynrE9y7akMl-FGbM5Qfvg5GdtAV17gv6kdQ85GPfqCRiECQm1eP4/s320/518JNLG9IPL._SY346_.jpg" width="212" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">DEVIL</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">’</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">S ISLAND</span></b>... an
abandoned island in the Caribbean Sea with a dark and bloody past ... an island
with a terrible secret ...<br />
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Nick Gorman, billionaire movie producer, assembles a team of ghost hunters and
scientists to investigate the Thornhill Manor on Devil's Island - the most
haunted place in the world that no one's ever heard of. He's there to find
proof of ghosts, evidence of an afterlife ... but he's also there to uncover
the secret that is hidden on the island ... to possess it.<br />
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The ghost hunting team is led by Shane Edwards who lost his TV show in a
scandal and now is a disgrace in the ghost hunting world; this is his chance to
redeem himself and revive his career. But as soon as he steps foot on Devil's
Island, he realizes that the fears from the Cranston House, a house he and his
friend entered on a dare when they were twelve years old, fears he thought he
had overcome, are all coming back. And everyone on the team is facing their
darkest fears, the island somehow bringing them to life.<br />
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As Nick gets closer to unearthing the secret on the island, Shane begins to
wonder if any of them will survive their two night stay on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Devil's Island</span></b>.<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Mark Lukens has been
writing since the second grade when his teacher called his parents in Mark
Lukens has been writing since the second grade when his teacher called his
parents in for a conference because she was a little concerned about a ghost
story he’d written. Since then he’s had several stories published and four
screenplays optioned by producers in Hollywood—and one script is in development
to be a film. He’s the author of many bestselling books including: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ancient Enemy</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Darkwind</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ancient Enemy</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">2</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Devil’s Island</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sightings</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Exorcist’s Apprentice</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">, and more. He’s a
proud member of the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Horror Writers Association</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">You can find him on
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">Feel free to follow
his blog for sales, articles, updates, and more. And check out his latest blog
post listing the 50 best horror short stories of all time at
<a href="http://www.marklukensbooks.wordpress.com/">www.marklukensbooks.wordpress.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.0pt;">His latest book has
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here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B076B7W252">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B076B7W252</a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">Win the Grand prize</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 28.0pt;">Here it is!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Your chance to snag the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "" sans-serif "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 24.0pt;">HALLOWEENPALOOZA V: FRIDAY the 13TH Grand Prize</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">!!!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cf punk attitude"; font-size: 24.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Some great prizes are up for grabs, and we’ve increased your chances to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;">AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "monsterama"; font-size: 48.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">YES, HALLOWEENPALOOZA 2017 IS ON!!!! </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The
fun and games are already underway, and the author giveaways will kick in on
October 1<sup>st!</sup>!!! To tempt you further, I’m posting this </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">OFFICIAL LIST OF
AUTHORS</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">
appearing in this year’s scarefest! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">But
first … here it is—2017’s author lure!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">I
don’t know why puppies always work, but they do, and as soon as I spray painted
the word, the authors came! Right now, they’re working away in that dark pit,
all to produce the best, most bone-chilling event you can imagine! We promise </span><span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">BRAIN FREEZE</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> and we deliver!!!!
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">So
here you go! Check out their work and get excited! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">David
Bernstein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Kealan
Patrick Burke</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Toneye
Eyenot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Russell
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Mark
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Charmain
Marie Mitchell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Ryan
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">John
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Jason
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">W.
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Robert
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Kyle
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">M.
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Ken
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Jeff
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Todd
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Steve
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Tobias
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<span style="font-family: "dead font walking"; font-size: 24.0pt;">Douglas
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">And here's the Official HALLOWEENPALOOZA 2017 trailer for you to watch! Be sure to show it some love on YouTube! </span></div>
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WPotockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09369966164819380027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110366983763114034.post-60020528155311850652017-01-12T10:40:00.000-08:002017-01-19T14:08:48.724-08:00Subscribe to ALL HALLOWS EVE BOOK PROMOTIONS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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