Just Another Job: Emberlight Universe

By Frederick Lacroix

When Nadya's dinner gets interrupted by a paranoid man, she knows she's in for a weird time.

She meets the client in a park at night, and while the man is definitely crazy, his request is believable enough that she accepts the job.

Just how much will Nadya regret taking on this client?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Monolithic Press
• Release date: Nov 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781989056196

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JUST ANOTHER JOB

By Frederick Lacroix

Nadya Riverdale exited the Pointy Ears Burgers, balancing her brown, grease stained bag and the large cardboard cup filled with soda n one hand, and her ringing phone in the other.

The night was warm in Fall City, too warm for a summer night, and what little wind there was got lost through the maze of buildings that clung tightly together like a copse of trees. There was heavy traffic in the streets, the level of noise it brought also felt out of the ordinary as trucks and cars and emergency vehicles sat bumper to bumper for hours, revving and hitting their horns, trying to escape the concrete jungle and out into a more peaceful world. The streetlights illuminated Fall City like it was daylight, obscuring any possible sighting of the stars above, and that lighting was made worse by the billboards, neon shop signs and the thousands upon thousands of car headlights. The delicious aroma of restaurants, fast food joints and bakeries was dampened and diluted by the permanent, acrid carbon monoxide smell that clung to everything with a fury.

Nadya let her bag fall on a table just outside of the large windows of the Pointy Ears Burgers that announced a SUPER SPECIAL SALE in yellow, green and red flashing neon lights. She gently put down the cardboard cup next to it, and answered her phone.

Nadya Riverdale, she said.

Finally, the man's voice said on the other end. I was told you could help me.

Maybe. What seems to be the problem?

No, no, no. Not on the phone. He lowered his voice. I'll call you again in half an hour with a location where we can meet.

Nadya sighed. Another crazy. Maybe