Available on BLACK FRIDAY 11/23/12
Includes the
previously published
BILL’S BECOMING
HIGH STRANGENESS IN
SOUTH HAVEN
FINDERS KEEPERS
And introducing
FATE BY FIRELIGHT
~An excerpt from FATE BY FIRELIGHT~
In the den, Ray
smirked at me, as we continued a longstanding, familiar discourse.
"The
coaching staff is the problem. They're
bringing the whole franchise into the toilet." I argued as I poked the
fire awake.
"Come
on, Eli. The team sucks because the
players suck. The coaches suck, the
stadium sucks, the town sucks. Just
because they're your home team doesn't mean you have to back them, you
know."
I took a seat across from him. "That'd be easier to buy, if you weren't
so hardcore Philadelphia
Ray’s
laugh was as childish as it was derisive.
We were interrupted by
Melyssa’s theatrical entrance. Wide-eyed
and hunkered low, she carried the Ouija board box on the flat of her hand like
a pizza from beyond the grave, making a mock-eerie sound with pursed lips. The dim lights and flickering fire added to
the effect. Kumi giggled.
"What's all that
about?" I asked.
Anybody
for..." Melyssa maintained the dramatic pause as she floated the box in
front of us. "...Ouija?"
Ray's
eyes brightened. "Hell yeah! I haven't goofed around with one of those
since I was a kid!"
I
looked at that box for a long moment, wondering if I was past buzzed, closer to
drunk. I was almost totally sure I had
pitched it months ago.
Melyssa
lay the box on the coffee table beside the half-empty wine bottle. She filled Kumi’s glass, then raised her
own. "This will be Kumi's first
experience with the mystic oracle. Let's toast."
"I
didn't know Ouija was a drinking game." I cracked, raising my beer.
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