by Jeff Somers
EXTRAS
MEET THE AUTHOR
A PREVIEW OF EQUATIONS OF LIFE
PROLOGUE: HE REALLY ENJOYS THIS PART
PART I
I: VERY HIGH ON THE LADDER
II: HARD AND NOISY WAS HIS ONLY WAY
III: YOU JUST HAD TO LET HIM DANCE
IV: SORRY ABOUT THE BLOOD
V: LIKE FATHER FUCKING TIME IN THE FLESH
VI: JUST PLAIN OLD MURDER
VII: I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO
PART II
VIII: MY NEW HOBBY: IGNORING THE SMELL
IX: THEY SAY SHE IS A FLOATING HELL
X: IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE GUNS, I’D BE INSULTED
XI: ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES I’D LIKE TO SHOOT HIM
XII: MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER PERSON
XIII: THAT IS… UNFORTUNATE
PART III
XIV: YOU GET AROUND
XV: YOU GOT MY PERMISSION TO SHOOT THE LOT
XVI: YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC
XVII: I HEAR I MIGHT ACTUALLY OUTLIVE YOU
XVIII: WE JUST FIND PEOPLE TO PAY US FOR WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO ANYWAY
XIX: YER GONNA NEED MORE GUNNERS
XX: I KILL EVERYBODY
XXI: THINK OF ME AS AN EXECUTION
PART IV
XXII: HERE WE ARE, AND WE ARE SO SPECIAL
XXIII: EVERYONE WANTED TO HIRE ME ON
XXIV: IF YOU WERE PAYING ME, I’D TELL YOU THAT COSTS EXTRA
XXV: OOH, LOOK, AVERY’S TRYING TO THINK
XXVI: NOT AS MANY PROBLEMS AS BEING TURNED INSIDE OUT BY RADIATION
XXVII: A MOMENT OF CRAZY
XXVIII: SOMEONE WAS TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT BEING KNOCKED ONTO THE GROUND
XXIX: IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A PLEASANT FORTY MINUTES
XXX: THERE’S A LOT OF WE IN THAT SENTENCE
XXXI: I WENT FOR SOMETHING MORE EXCITING
XXXII: THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE SOUND OF HIM LAUGHING AT ME
PART V
XXXIII: SHEER DETERMINATION AND WILLINGNESS TO HURT
XXXIV: UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE, AND THEN GONE. USUALLY DEAD.
XXXV: THEY’LL HAVE HIM DANCING AND JUGGLING
XXXVI: YOUR PROBLEM IS YOU THINK YOU’RE SPECIAL
XXXVII: RISING TRIUMPHANTLY FROM THE TRASH BIN OF HISTORY
XXXVIII: EATING MY BRAIN ONE TINY BITE AT A TIME, TUNNELING
XXXXIX: HAD MET ME BEFORE AND HAD A GRUDGE
XL: SIT ON THIS ROCK FOREVER NOW PLAYING WITH OUR BONES
EPILOGUE: I STARED AT THE HEAD. THE HEAD STARED BACK.
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BY JEFF SOMERS
PRAISE FOR THE AVERY CATES NOVELS
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