(eng) Mur Lafferty - Shambling Guides 01 by The Shambling Guide to New York City

Author:The Shambling Guide to New York City [City, The Shambling Guide to New York]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Zoë got the rest of the story from her coworkers: apparently the jogger that Paul had eaten had had a brain tumor, and Paul had eaten it. This gave him an upset stomach, and he wasn’t able to lurch as fast as the other zombies, and Public Works caught him.

Zoë tapped a pen on her desk. “What if whoever took the brains is aiming for a zombie uprising?”

Morgen whistled. “Wow. Conspiracy theory, meet Zoë; Zoë, meet conspiracy theory.”

Zoë shrugged. “You tell me another reason to steal a zombie’s brains. Tell me why you think all of this is happening.”

Morgen snapped her fingers, interrupting Zoë. “Didn’t you tell me that Paul was supposed to tail Wesley last night? And he didn’t do it because he got hungry. You think it could be connected?”

Gwen gnawed at her bottom lip in a very non-goddess-like gesture. “I don’t know. It’s terribly far-fetched.”

“I can’t think of any other reason for what is going on,” Zoë said. “You come up with an explanation, let me know. For now I will work with my door closed and I’d appreciate not seeing Wesley without someone to back me up. Or John. And, uh, you did say Montel ate last night, right?” she added as an afterthought.

Gwen nodded. “He went home to his personal stash.”

Zoë sighed with relief. “All right. I’ll see him, then, if he wants.”

Gwen and Morgen left Zoë alone to work, but her head was too much of a whirlwind with what was going on. She wondered if there was a way to leave the world of the coterie once introduced to it. She fingered the talisman around her neck.

A knock came at her door and she looked up. Phil opened the door, a hard look on his pleasant, round face.

“Hi, boss,” she said.

“Zoë. We need to talk.”

“Is this about the zombie thing last night?” she asked.

He waved his hand at her. “There are other things to discuss, which is why I want privacy.” He closed the door behind him. “How are you holding up?”

Her first instinct was to say, “I’m great!” but she stopped herself. After a pause, she said, “Honestly, boss, I’m not holding up. I’m a little overwhelmed right now. Last night was pretty intense—I am guessing you heard?” She blushed and didn’t look at him.

“Morgen told me about your evening, yes.” His voice was even.

“Anyway, I’ve still got a bit of a hangover, or whatever you call the day after being with an incubus.” Phil nodded. “And now there’s the thing with the zombies, and Morgen and Gwen are talking about war, and I don’t know whether I should look at Public Works as good guys for protecting me or bad guys for killing Paul, who I liked. I’m supposed to be planning a book here, but suddenly that seems very low-priority.”

“I have had time in the past weeks to regret giving you a chance at this job. But still think you’re in the right place. I have Morgen’s and Montel’s accounts of what happened last night.

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