Kiss & Hell (The Last Casket Book 2) by Wallen Jack

Author:Wallen, Jack [Wallen, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Autumnal Press
Published: 2016-02-25T18:30:00+00:00

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With the chord structure of “Nightmare” laid out, Billy strapped on his new Les Paul. The pickups hummed to life with the tell-tale sign of warm perfection. The instrument begged to rock, and Billy was about to oblige.

Max van Angst counted them down, and Kitty In A Casket ripped into the fresh song with an abandon they hadn’t felt in a very long time. The song came together as if it were the resurrection of a long-lost friend, channeled through a distortion-veiled ghost of Cliff Gallup. Every chord, every riff, every melody and beat wound and unwound with edge and beauty.

When the song came to a sonic-boom close, Billy pulled the neck of the guitar to his lips and planted a kiss on the waxed maple wood. “God, I fucking love this thing.”

Kitty sashayed to Billy and purred with a pout on her lips. “Should Kitty be jealous?”

Billy plucked out a sensual riff and shrugged.

From the audience, Toque offered up a hearty round of applause. “I have to say, dear friends, that song is like a swift kick in the balls. By that, I mean, it will immediately get you to your feet and dancing about like a madman on fire. Bravo.”

Todd stepped down from the stage and cleared his throat for attention. “If you guys don’t mind, I’d like to show you the video Tom and I did for the show. However…in order to do it up right, we have to play the song that goes along with it. If you’ll humor me, when I say go, everyone turn upstage and dig into ‘Deep Black Underground’.”

Collective nods from the band brought a “Whoop” from Todd, who then raced to his laptop, tapped a few keys, and rushed back to the stage. Behind them, light danced and flicked across a white sheet pulled taut across the wall.

“Go!” Todd shouted.

The band tore into the song as the video came to life. The short film ran in perfect synchrony with the music…as if each second of celluloid was intentionally matched to rhythm and tone. Max was the only one unlucky enough not to be able to take in the sight. He did, however, stare on at the genuine smiles emanating from his new bandmates.

“Oh, fuck, that must be brilliant!” Angst shouted.

Kitty tossed him a devil horn and ripped into the final refrain. When the song ended, the music was replaced by a joyous noise of laughter and praise.

Billy was the first to offer up high-fives to Todd and Tom. “You clowns made some serious magic.”

Toque stepped up to the lip of the stage. “I think I have exactly what you need to make that absolutely perfect.” Without another word, Toque bent over and opened a hidden door on the front edge of the elevated platform stage. From it, he pulled a nylon bag roughly five feet in length. Before anyone could question him, Toque removed the contents from the bag. He turned and, with a wink, said, “It’s a sixteen-foot projection screen. I had it custom made to fit behind that stage for movie nights.

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