An Agreement with Hell
When a devil needs to make a deal, all hell breaks loose.
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CHAPTER I
Jack tightened his hands on the .45, feeling the silver crosses on its grip dig into his palms. The protective spells sewn into the lining of his jacket were playing havoc with his nerves, jangling them with discordant warnings of the presence of the mal’akhim.
The devils circled around the broken angel like ants around a dead bird, their claws and tongues tentatively touching, probing, tasting. The angel quivered. One tattered wing twitched.
Jack swore. Still alive. He slid the semiautomatic back into his jacket pocket. He wouldn’t get any thanks for blowing a hole through a member of the Heavenly Host. Instead, he slipped out his cell phone and hit speed dial.
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Miscellaneous Facts
• An Agreement with Hell was written for National Novel Writing Month, 2005
• Jack’s character was inspired by Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John stories and novels
drupagliassotti @ April 26, 2010