Killing the Dead, a fantasy short by Scott Marlowe

by @scottmarlowe 9/10/2010 9:15:00 AM

Killing the Dead is the second story in my "assassin without a name" series. The first is Fine Wine, also available as a free download.

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"I am authorized to offer you double your normal rate because this job is a bit... abnormal."

I put my wine glass down, letting the smoothness of the '74 Crusus Sabeler slide down my throat and settle in my stomach before I responded. "Abnormal... how?"

I'd been enjoying a bottle of the shiraz when I saw the man poke his way through the wineshop's front door. That he was looking for me, I'd no ... [More]

Short Fiction

by @scottmarlowe 2/28/2010 10:20:00 AM

Fine Wine

In which an assassin makes a deal.

"Fine Wine" is a short piece I wrote in about an hour, with several edits following that initial brain dump. It started with a single sentence that just popped into my head: "Abelard ate a lot. That was why, after I'd slashed my knife across his belly..."

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Killing the Dead

An assassin is ... [More]

Fine Wine, a fantasy short by Scott F. Marlowe

by @scottmarlowe 1/19/2010 8:59:00 PM

"Fine Wine" is a short piece I wrote in about an hour, with several edits following that initial brain dump. It started with a single sentence that just popped into my head: "Abelard ate a lot. That was why, after I'd slashed my knife across his belly…"

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Abelard ate a lot. That was why, after I'd slashed my knife across his belly, I half-expected his bulbous stomach, chock full of the tender roast, broccoli, soft rolls, and the most delicate shiraz I'd ever sampled—all served just an hour before by his fat merchantship's very own staff—to come tumbling out l... [More]