One Foot in the Grave 1 by Simmons Wm. Mark

Author:Simmons, Wm. Mark [Simmons, Wm. Mark]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780671877217
Publisher: Baen
Published: 1996-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

—Daniel 12:2

“They were already gone when I got here,” Lupé said. She was sitting on the foot of the bed with the cover pulled loose and wrapped about her nakedness.

“When I heard Luath bay I figured the jig was up and came charging in. I only beat you by a minute, at best, and didn’t notice the sign until I had reverted and the general came rushing through the door.”

Suki sniffed delicately. “They used blood.”

Lupé nodded. “They knew that blood would get the general’s attention even if the positioning of the message didn’t.”

“So what happened?” I wanted to know.

“Scripture,” Smirl announced from the doorway. “You want to banish a redcap? You read a passage from the Bible to them.” He looked at the painted mirror and shook his head in admiration. “Diabolical: tricking a redcap into reading the passage himself!”

I looked around. “So where did he go?”

“Ask Taj,” Lupé snapped. “We’ve got to get out of here right now!”

“Clues?” Smirl asked, looking around the room.

“None. They were expecting us. But I checked, anyway.” She began shifting back to wolf form.

“We’d best do as the lady says,” Smirl said, backing toward the door. Suki was already outside. “Company will be showing up any minute and we don’t want to be here when they arrive.” He went with the wolf right behind him. I was the last one out and, as I closed the door behind me, something on the ground caught my eye. I grabbed it and ran for the bus.

Suki already had the bus in motion as I jumped on board and back on the road out of town before I could find a seat. The black limo was nowhere in sight.

“Where?” Suki yelled as she steered a return course toward the highway.

Mooncloud was studying the road map. “If we head back down Highway 69,” she said, “we won’t hit another town until Pleasanton.”

“Time?”

“At least a half hour,” I said. “Stay on State 68, past the highway; go another six miles or so and look for an unpaved road going south.”

“Where will that take us?”

Mooncloud looked up from the map. “Somerset?”

“Not so much a town as a wide place in the road,” I said. “But it will give us a place to park and talk about what we do next.”

Suki nodded decisively. “I am going to have to trade off, soon.”

Mooncloud picked up the cellular phone and punched in a number. “Dennis? Taj. Where are you?” She listened for a moment. “We’re still pulling up our socks, here. Chris has recommended we stop over in a little place called Somerset. West on 68 then south on—damn, the map doesn’t even name the road! Can you find it on your map? Good. After I get the kids tucked in, maybe we can find a restaurant and continue our search for the perfect cup of coffee and slice of pie.

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