Black Sun by Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin

Author:Gail Z. Martin & Larry N. Martin [Martin, Gail Z. & Martin, Larry N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independently published
Published: 2020-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

On Saturday, I went early to the speakeasy to unload barrels in preparation for the weekend crowd, finishing the job from the night before. I had begged off playing bouncer, so I could drive West and Sarah to their fancy gathering but promised that I would help handle rowdy patrons on Saturday night. That appeased him but left me chafing at when I might get a look at the mines.

When I came back to the rooming house, Mrs. Kemmner told me I had a visitor. To my surprise, Dr. Ziegler waited nervously in the parlor.

“I had a vision,” he blurted, barely waiting until we’d greeted each other. “I saw creatures in the shadows, hideous gray things that had the bodies of men but heads like squid, with tentacles and a sucking maw.” Interesting that he had come to me to share his premonition. I wondered again just how much he guessed from seeing me as god-touched.

“Please tell me what this means,” he begged. “I have never seen the like. It troubles me, and my books have little to say.”

I drew him to the corner, where we would be less likely to be overheard. “There is a plot afoot to bring something old and evil from deep in the mines. I haven’t completely figured it out, but I should know more tomorrow. I came here to stop that plot, and I intend to do so.”

The doc drew himself to his full height and squared his shoulders. “I will come with you.”

“I’m not sure—”

“No, but I am,” he said, in a tone that meant the matter was settled. “There is an old mine beneath the city. My grandfather took me down into it many times when I was young. I know the way, and I can lead you. If there is to be some horror from below, it would make sense to summon it here, in an abandoned mine rather than in one that’s working, where there would be more people to see.”

He didn’t have to say out loud what we both understood. Bringing a monster to the surface in the middle of a city would provide it with more food than at a distant mine. It would feast on the citizens of Reading, and then move on to do the bidding of its masters.

“Alright,” I said. “As long as you know it will be dangerous.”

He favored me with a tired smile. “I know how to handle a gun. Sometimes, the best way to be a healer is to prevent the injuries from happening.” He reached beneath his jacket and withdrew a thin copy of The Long Lost Friend.

“This is for you. Carry it with you. It protects those who bear it. You have the himmelsbrief I gave you?”

I patted my coat. “Yes. It’s an amazing document. I’ve seen some of its power already.”

He nodded. “Oh, yes. I have been looking for answers in my books since we talked. I have searched the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, powerful spell books, for ways to control the spirits of the earth.

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