by Joe Peacock
streets?"
"Not really," Sully said. "But I've been here since they started torching places in the Subs...waitin' in case one of them poked their knobby heads up through the hatch there so I could knock it off!"
"Well, if they're not up here yet, they will be soon. Think you could go get the bike for us?" Marlowe asked.
"Nope," Sully answered. "But I can get the truck."
"Something wrong with the bike?" Jen asked.
"Yeah, it won't hold three people," he replied calmly.
"No fucking way," Marlowe said. "We can't afford to have you come--"
"My truck, my rules," Sully said. “Or feel free to walk.”
Marlowe sighed. "Fine, whatever," she said. "Just be quick about it."
"Hot damn!" Sully said, beaming. "Okay, hunker down here, I'll be back in a jiff!" He made his way out of the back office and through the back door to the shop. The rumbling of a custom motorcycle could be heard through the walls.
"Wait, the motorcycle's already here?!? That son of a..." Marlowe said, grinding her teeth. Before she could make her way toward the door, the bike growled its way out of the back lot of the bookstore and off into the distance.
"That's Sully," Jen said with a chuckle. "Trust me, he's solid."
"He's extra weight, and we need to travel light."
"He's useful, and we need the help."
"We're about to go get some help," Marlowe said, putting her back against the wall and sliding down it until she landed gingerly on her rear. "If they're still there, that is."
"They who?"
Marlowe pulled a Battery bar from the duffel bag and unwrapped it. "My fan club," she remarked casually as she took a huge bite.
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End Of Volume 1
About the Author
Joe Peacock has been writing on the internet in some form or fashion for 20 years. This is his first work of fiction, and it's scary as hell to release into the world. But he has learned a lot about writing through the process, and it has been a lot of fun working on this story. He also writes his own bios and doesn't quite know why he's doing so in the third person. He has cats and dogs and lives in Atlanta, GA.
Credits
Words and website stuff: Joe Peacock
Edited by: Rowena Yow
Vol. 1 Cover art by Meghan Hetrick: Website
Website and supporting art by Alex Monik: Website
Other books by Joe Peacock
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The Marlowe Kana Series
Volume 1 (this book)
Volume 2 (Coming soon!)
Mentally Incontinent: That Time I Burned Down a Hooters, That Time My Stalker Crashed on My Couch, and Nine Other Stories from My Weird Life
Everyone Deserves To Know What I Think: Collected Writing, 2003-2013
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