Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille by Steven Brust

Author:Steven Brust [Brust, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9780765306647
Publisher: Ace
Published: 1990-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I found Jamie looking out the window of our apartment. Leaning against the wall next to him was an Ithaca 12-gauge side-by-side double-barreled shotgun. I said, “Is it loaded?”

“Huh?” He snapped his head around. “Oh. You startled me.”

“And you didn’t go for your gun?”

“Should I have?”

“Maybe. I don’t know.”

“Yeah, it’s loaded. But the safety’s on.” He indicated the big black .357 lying on the counter as if it were just another kitchen utensil. “That’s loaded, too, but there’s no round under the hammer.”

“That’s a great comfort to me. What were you thinking about?”

“Guns.”

“What about them?”

He shrugged. “I was shot once, you know.”

“No, I hadn’t known that. What happened?”

“Nothing. Never mind.”

“You seemed to enjoy picking out your toys.”

“I did. You would have, too.”

“Maybe.”

“But I was standing here thinking that I might actually have to use one of these. I mean, point it at someone and pull the trigger.”

“Think you can?”

“Yes.”

“I couldn’t.”

“You sure?”

“Not completely, I guess.”

He stood there a moment longer, then turned to me. “Libby once told me she was afraid of guns, because it would be too easy for her to shoot someone. Now I know what she means.”

“I understand.”

He nodded and turned back to the window. I came over and stood next to him. “Like, for instance,” he said, “wouldn’t you kind of like to just open up the window and blow that little motherfucker away?”

I followed his gaze. Short, curly-haired Claude was leaning against a tree, watching our apartment from just across the street, arms folded, as calm as you please. I didn’t answer Jamie, in part because I found myself agreeing with him.

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