The Xenophobic Hitman: The Hitman Stories, #2

By Gary Jonas

Need someone killed?  Hire a pro.

The hitman is back in action, this time in Chicago where a femme fatale hires him to help her with a little boyfriend trouble.  Her lover has mob connections, so this could get ugly.

Note that this story is rated R for sex and violence.  It first appeared in Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction.  It also appears in Quick Shots and The Hitman Stories (an omnibus edition of all 6 hitman stories).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Denton & White
• Release date: Jan 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386931003

Gary Jonas

Gary Jonas is the author of the Jonathan Shade fantasy series, the novel One Way Ticket to Midnight, the story collection Quick Shots, and the novella Night Marshal: A Tale of the Undead West, the first in a new vampire western series that will be penned by various authors. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. Gary was born in Japan and has since lived in Ohio, Florida, Oklahoma, and Colorado, where he now resides.

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THE XENOPHOBIC HITMAN

Gary Jonas

Originally published in Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction edited by Thomas S. Roche, 1997

Reprinted in Quick Shots by Gary Jonas, 2011

I hate people. Fucking hate them. I'm sitting in the bus station, okay? Minding my own business. Stupid jerk-off sits down in the chair next to me, which doesn't tickle me pink, but doesn't piss me off, either. I figure, hey, it's a free country.

Anyway, this dude sits down and he's talking to himself about this and that and the retard is slobbering all over his stinky brown suit. I'm thinking maybe that suit used to be white, but since the wind ain't blowing his scent at me, I'm cool. I'm kicked back waiting for my bus at two in the morning, reading yesterday's news.

Bastard turns to me. Check out the dame, he says.

I glance at my shoulder to make sure he hasn't spit on it, then lean forward and look at the bitch he's cocking his head toward. She's not too shabby. She's reading a paperback novel. I like girls who read. Her