Feast of Shadows [Part 1] by Rick Wayne

Author:Rick Wayne [Wayne, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rick Wayne
Published: 2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00

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Gone,” Fish said from his throne behind the counter.

“Gone? Did he say where he went?”

“Naw. I don’t mean he stepped out, lady. I mean he left. Moved out. Whatever you said spooked him real good. I told you.” He wagged a fat finger at me. “I told you you was trouble. You and Vicky both.”

I stood there for a second.

Spooked? What could I have said to spook him enough to run?

Fish leaned to get a better view of my eye and whistled. “Damn, girl. What happened?”

I tapped the skin under my eye gingerly. It was puffy and totally bruised. No amount of foundation was going to cover that shit.

On the floor next to the counter were two identical cardboard boxes. I could see through the flap that they were full of blue vials—potions. It looked like they were getting ready to go somewhere.

“I’m going up,” I said.

Fish yelled after me that it was a waste.

He was right. The room was empty, save for the hookahs and other junk. Even the oil lamp was gone. The mattress was leaning against the hutch. I glanced to the floor underneath it. I could still see the card. I got down on my knees and reached in and pulled it out.

The Fool.

There was no writing on this one, but I think he’d been using it as a bookmark as well.

I looked under the rest of the furniture and behind the mattress and around the boxes, but that was it. The bathroom was empty, too, save for someone’s old toothbrush and an empty roll of toilet paper. Half a white sheet dangled.

Fish came up the stairs then holding a baseball bat studded in nail heads.

“Going zombie hunting?”

He was breathing hard and not at all happy with me.

“Alright,” I said, raising my hands. “Alright. I’m going.”

Maybe it was because I had just been looking at tarot cards, I dunno, but as soon as I got downstairs, the first thing I noticed in the shop was a tarot deck in a stiff plastic case. It was hanging on a spinning rack next to a Jesus Christ action figure, complete with karate-chop arm. I wasn’t sure if that was to beat the devil or stop you from masturbating. I pulled the deck from the wire hook. It was totally not what I was expecting. It came with a free download, a way to get guided readings by yourself through your phone. I guess there really is an app for everything.

“Go on,” Fish said as he lumbered toward the back. “Get out.”

“I’m gonna buy this. Jeez. Relax.”

The door bells jingled while I was reading the instructions on the back. It was a few moments before I noticed it was too quiet. I couldn’t hear any other customers in the store, despite that someone had clearly come. I listened. I walked around the aisle of Japanese toy figurines. Nothing. At the end of the row was a bunch of stuffed animals, masks, and a mirror. I stepped back until I was just outside the mirror’s reflection.

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