Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Issue Zero by Dean Wesley Smith

Author:Dean Wesley Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WMG Publishing

“Not only that, she said my cigar was bigger than yours.”

Hurricane Smith downed his drink.

“So how much was your nine percent of the play worth?” he asked.

“Nothing,” I said. “The damned thing closed on opening night. The critics said it was the worst hymn anyone ever heard.”

Hurricane chuckled. “That’s critics for you. They’re never happy unless they’re convincing you that what you like just isn’t any good.” He poured himself another one. “Still, it was an interesting story. They still together, the producer and the lady?”

“Far as I know,” I answered. “I guess it was pretty interesting at that. Maybe I’ll write it up for one of them true adventure holodisks.”

“Why not?” he agreed. “You got a title?”

“I thought I’d call it A Canticle for Leibowitz.”

He shook his head. “You may get top marks as a space hero, but you ain’t ever going to make it as a writer if you think something called A Canticle for Leibowitz is going to sell more than ten copies.”

“It does lack a little punch,” I admitted. “What would you call it?”

“That’s easy enough,” said Hurricane. “I’d call it A Cannibal for Leibowitz.”

It made perfect sense to me, and if I ever write this heroic epic up, that’s exactly what I’m going to call it, unless some effete namby-pamby editor changes it to something else.

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