Mean Streets by Jim Butcher; Simon R. Green; Kat Richardson; Thomas E. Sniegoski

Author:Jim Butcher; Simon R. Green; Kat Richardson; Thomas E. Sniegoski
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Fantasy, Horror, Anthologies, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781440699948
Publisher: ROC
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

NOAH’S ORPHANS

THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI

ONE

Remy knew it wasn’t real, the product of some strange, dreamlike state, but he didn’t mind in the least. Seeing her this way—it was almost as if she were still with him.

Almost as if she were still alive.

She had called to him from inside their Maine summer home, and he’d gone to her, climbing up the stairs to the second floor.

Standing in the doorway to one of the spare rooms, he watched her.

Her back was to him as she looked out one of the open windows onto the expanse of backyard, verdant with grass that would need a lawn mower’s attention sooner rather than later. She was wearing a white cotton dress that billowed and moved in the warm summer breeze coming in through the window. And as he silently stared from the doorway, he was reminded of how much he loved her, and how incomplete he would be without her.

“Remy,” she called out again. He answered, startling her. She laughed that amazing laugh, and turned to face him.

“There you are,” she said, eyes twinkling brighter than the highest spires of Heaven.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.” He stepped into the room.

“No fear,” she said with a slight shake of her head as she reached out to take his hand.

Deep down he knew that this was all wrong, that Madeline had passed away three long weeks ago from cancer, but he couldn’t help it, eagerly wrapping himself in the warmth of a lie.

Her hand was cold and wet and he was about to ask if everything was all right, when he realized how dark it had become in the room.

Black, like the inside of a cave.

And from outside he heard the sound of heavy rain.

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