The Devil You Know (39 page)

Eddie hesitated. The blush he had felt at Roxanne’s
presence returned tenfold. He knew there should be a dozen ways to respond, had
thought out this moment a hundred times and planned all the possible ways out
of it. But he had never thought it would be Chester Blackwood asking the
question, and he couldn’t think of a single thing to say. His mouth instantly
dry and his heart pounding fiercely, he could see in a straight line six months
back to September 1939, could see the direct cause and effect chain that had
gotten him here and how it had started with his decision to cheat the system
rather than beat it.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Levesque was born in Canada and grew up in
Southern California. By day, he teaches composition and
literature—including Science Fiction—at Fullerton College, and by
night he works on his novels and short stories. He joined the ranks of
independent novelists in 2012 with the release of
Take Back
Tomorrow
and followed that
with
Strictly
Analag
and the first Ace
Stubble novella,
Dead
Man’s Hand
.
2013
saw the release of
Unfinished
Business
,
the
second Ace Stubble novella, as well as
The Girl
at the End of the World
,
a
YA post-apocalyptic novel. When not writing or grading papers, he spends time
with his wife and daughter, works on his collection of old pulp magazines, and
tries to be better than a mediocre guitar player.

You can see more about Richard and read some free
short stories at his
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