Operation Vampire by Steven G Johnson

Author:Steven G Johnson [Johnson, Steven G]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blood Moon Press
Published: 2020-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

Why do you want to join the spiritual scouting force, Pruitt?

Gonna look good for the girls when we win, ain’t I right? Glory outfit like you guys, I bet you put the King-n-Kaiser up against the wall with your own two hands. Just make sure there’s a photographer along, click-click! ‘Cause I’d look real good on the cover of Life.

Despair’s not an issue for you.

Despair’s for losers and sob sisters, Sarge. I ain’t neither one.

And it doesn’t bother you that we’re going to be in the worst places the Enemy has?

I’m a Lucky Man, baby! I’m a cinch to survive the war. I fall out a window, I’m gonna land in a pot o’ money.

Your tests didn’t show any Gifts besides dowsing.

Yeah, an’ a good thing, too, am I right? I know all them schmucks who were making a big noise with their Luck got snapped up in the Airborne once we got inta this thing. And where are they now, hah? Seems to me every time I see an Airborne division in the paper, it’s got a different number. 82nd, 101st, 17th, 19th…you use ‘em once an’ throw ‘em away, see? Like ballpoint pens.

No, those other schmos had the Luck, but they didn’t have the brains. I kept mine under wraps. An’ here I am, both feet on the ground.

You beat the test?

What test? You got a test for Luck now? I din’t take no Luck test.

It’s in there. We don’t like to tell people what we’re testing for.

Well, I guess I just slipped through the cracks. Huh. How ‘bout that. See? I really do have the Luck.

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