Redneck Apocalypse by Eric S Brown

Author:Eric S Brown [Brown, Eric S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780692270431
Publisher: Great Old Ones Publishing
Published: 2014-08-19T22:00:00+00:00

The day had flown by in a raging shitstorm. The sun was setting as Bryson drove his personal patrol car up to the mayor’s big house at the top of Rhode’s Cove. It had taken him hours to get here. Everybody that saw him as he left the department tried to stop him and ask about the “monster”. Not all of them were people he could just ignore. He had to keep up appearances no matter how fragged over he was. He had posted two of the department’s remaining five deputies at the morgue with strict orders to keep everyone but Doc Mills away from the creature’s body. If he returned and learned they hadn’t, there would be holy Hell to pay for those boys and they knew it.

Mayor Thompson’s personal assistant, Mary, met him at the door of the house.

“Good to see you, Sheriff,” she smiled at him. “Fred’s waiting in his study.”

“Thank you Mary,” Bryson nodded at her, removing his hat.

As Bryson entered, Thompson looked up from the stack of paperwork that lay before him upon his desk.

“You really let it all drop in the pot this time, didn’t you, George?” Thompson frowned at him.

“With all due respect, sir,” Bryson said, “how the Hell was I supposed to know that thing was really real?”

“We’ve both known for a long time that it might be. Don’t matter though. What we need to talk about now is damage control. This mess will for sure grab some national attention and we need to put the right spin on it.”

“Gonna be hard with that crazy vet out there telling folks the truth,” Bryson warned.

“Then we shut him up, don’t we, George?”

“And just how—”

“I think you know what you have to do,” the mayor’s smile was thin across his lips and very feral.

“What about that kid who was with him?”

“Scott’s boy? I don’t think he’ll be a problem since you played ball with clearing that idiot trucker’s name in the press. Leave him be for now.”

“Understood,” Bryson answered, putting his hat on as he turned to leave.

“Wait,” Thompson ordered, and Bryson stopped where he was. “One more thing, George. Are we sure that creature was the only one out there?”

“Surely, it had to be, sir,” Bryson answered. “I can’t imagine there being more things like that around here, or there would have been a lot more trouble than even what we’ve seen over the years.”

“Good,” Thompson eyed him. “I don’t want any more surprises blindsiding us like the one last night. Got it?”

“Yes sir,” Bryson nodded and left the mayor sitting at his desk. He had work to do, and it was the kind that was best to get done quickly so that it could be forgotten about.

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