The Edge of Hell

By Peter Galarneau, Jr

How would it feel to be scattered across the rocks? Fifty feet, jagged edges, no mercy for a drunken teenager. A few swigs of whisky under the blazing Arizona sun and you jump...and wake up in a big ol’ truck inner tube, floating within the dark pit of hell toward a destiny filled with evil’s promise.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Galarneau, Jr
• Release date: Sep 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9780982512999

Peter Galarneau, Jr

Peter Galarneau Jr.'s works include the YA novels: "Dr. One" and "Crazy House"; and "The Edge of Hell", "The Worms Within Us", "Muldoon's Nursery" and the multi-volume saga "The 2012 Trilogy". He is a professor of media studies and public relations at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia. He lives with his wife and cats (Foot Foot, Theodora, Braveheart) within the comfort of the West Virginia hills,

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The Edge of Hell

A Short Story by

Peter Galarneau Jr.

First Publication in Mystic Fiction, © 1994, by Peter Galarneau Jr.

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the author or the author’s designee.

The Edge of Hell is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places and incidents either are the culmination of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, places or people, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

ISBN: 978-0-9825129-7-5

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Also by Peter Galarneau Jr.

Short Stories

The Worms Within Us (1994)

Blood Barters (1996)

Muldoon’s Nursery (1997)

Novels

The Cubit: The 2012 Trilogy I (2008)

The Djed: The 2012 Trilogy II (2009)

O-Time: PUSH* (2010)

Journey of the Daggers: The Complete 2012 Trilogy (2012)

How would it feel to be scattered across the rocks? Fifty feet, jagged edges, no mercy for a drunken teenager. A few swigs of whisky under the blazing Arizona sun and suddenly, Brian Poletree had sprouted wings. Or at least his thick, flabby arms felt feathered.

He won't do it, a kid behind Brian said purposely loud to another. Poletree Chicken. A dish best served cold. The boys laughed.

I'll do it, Brian snapped and lifted the bottle to his lips. Sour mash pushed his courage and his wide bare feet to the edge of the cliff. His bloodshot eyes made final calculations. He'd need a running start, a leap of about ten feet out, and the hope that the others were not lying about the Salt River's depth below.

Come on Poletree. Get your fat ass out there. You're holding up the line. Jimmy Peters jumped up and to his friend, Johnny St. John, whispered, Watch this.

Brian backed from the cliff's edge as Jimmy stepped onto the hot sand behind him. A tattooed hand slapped hard on Brian's reddening shoulder. Man, Jimmy said, "let me explain something to you. You see all those people