End Time (77 page)
Authors: Keith Korman
Then he said to Guy, “Perhaps one of these will fit.”
From out of the attaché, he drew two Halloween masks. The first mask was a pullover rubber Red Devil; Lucifer with the familiar leering grin, the horns and pointed ears. Smiling Satan come to make you a deal.
“What do you think?” Mr. Chubbs asked.
Guy was not amused.
“No, not your style?” The chubby man paused for effect. “Ah, maybe this is more to your liking.” The second mask was made of thin plastic, the benevolent face of an Angel.
An Angel or the Devil?
“I don't think I can afford them both,” Guy said.
The plump ventriloquist waved aside his concern:
Irrelevant. Immaterial. Money wasn't an issue.
“No honest man has just one face,
Mr. Poole.
Jubilee. Jubilee. I'll take your IOU.”
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KEITH KORMAN
is a literary agent and novelist. Over the years, he has represented many nationally known writers of fiction and nonfiction at his family's literary agency, Raines & Raines. He is the coauthor of
Banquo's Ghosts
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Swan Dive
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CONTENTS
6. Peenemünde & Mittelbau-Dora
7. One If by Night and Two If by Train
9. Desperately Seeking Sweet Jane
11. In the Event of an Emergency
29. On the Banks of the River Styx
32. You Gonna Trust MeâOr Your Lying Eyes?
41. You Really Don't Want to Know
45. Tea House of the Hidden Moon
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
END TIME
Copyright © 2015 by Keith Korman
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Line drawings of The Dancing Men, Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, and Lagrange Points by Jacqueline Koprowski
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First Edition: August 2015