The Necromancer's Reunion

By Mortimer Jackson

Destiny. Can we avoid it, or are we doomed to be forever who we were meant to be? Funeral director and part time necromancer Sebastian Grimm seeks to end his life of loneliness by reuniting with his old, childhood friend, only to find her murdered. In order to find out who's responsible, Sebastian must resurrect his childhood friend and love. But can the necromancer still find happiness, or is it not his destiny?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mortimer Jackson
• Release date: Dec 24, 2011

Mortimer Jackson

Mortimer Jackson is a self-published author living in the underbellies of suburban California, where as a novelist he writes in the hopes of one day joining the ranks of the overrated.

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The Necromancer’s Reunion

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Mortimer Jackson

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Copyright 2011 The Morning Dread

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The Necromancer’s Reunion

Chapter 1

Out With The Old, In With The New

It was a Saturday morning when Sebastian Grimm found himself on the front door of Dina Malloy's two floor address. A bright and sunny Saturday morning. The kind he had long grown accustoming to spending alone reading the morning paper, attempting crosswords while occasionally examining the poorly written comic strips that populated the following page.

On the day of this tale however, things were different. Sebastian was almost forty miles away from his funeral home, clad in his finest beige suit, a box of chocolate in hand, and suffused with every intention of changing his life for the better. So hopeful was the necromancer in fact, that throughout his hour long drive around traffic he'd done nothing but whistle the tune to Singing In The Rain.

It was only once he arrived at Dina's address and knocked on the front door that he felt any shift in his mood. He'd gone from joyous and merry, to joyous and merry but with butterflies bouncing about his gut. He devoted his remaining time alone to feeling suddenly conscious of his breath, and realizing that he didn't know what he would say once the door came open.

There were solutions to this, of course. First, Sebastian sprayed his entire mouth with mint enough times that he began to lose feeling in his tongue. Second, he prepared in his mind an introduction, and rehearsed it to himself until he was able to let it all out without a second's thought.

Hi, my name is Sebastian Grimm. You probably remember me from a while ago. We used to be next door neighbors when we were kids.

Oh my god! he imagined Dina would say. Sebastian. It's so great to see you. What are you doing here?

And to this, Sebastian would find himself stumped. At a loss for words to