Robert Asprin's Dragons Run (38 page)

Fox Lisa brought him a glass of Irish whisky. Smiling, Griffen took a sip and leaned over to take his next shot. He could take the eight and nine together. It was a tricky play, but he knew in his mind exactly how the balls would fall.

Outside of the cloud of contentment in which he was wrapped, he heard a chuckle.

“You know the joke about savoir faire?” Elmer asked.

“Yeah,” Griffen said.

The dead man smiled.

“You have savoir faire, man.”

ROBERT (LYNN) ASPRIN
, born in 1946, is best known for the Myth Adventures and Phule series. He also edited the groundbreaking Thieves’ World anthologies with Lynn Abbey. He died at his home in New Orleans in May 2008.

JODY LYNN NYE
lists her main career activity as “spoiling cats.” She has published forty-two books, including
Advanced Mythology
, fourth in her Mythology fantasy series (no relation); six science fiction novels; and four novels in collaboration with Anne McCaffrey, including
The Ship Who Won
. She has also edited a humorous anthology about mothers,
Don’t Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
, and published more than a hundred and ten short stories. Her latest books are
Robert Asprin’s Dragons Run
, fourth in the series begun by Robert Asprin, and
View from the Imperium
, first in the Thomas Kinago series. She lives northwest of Chicago with her husband, author and packager Bill Fawcett, and their cat, Jeremy. Visit her on the Web at www.sff.net/people/jodynye.