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pulled out the Colt Cobra, held it in both hands, aimed, shot the creature
between the eyes just as he was about to rip himself free. Machine man swayed
as the hollow point round bounced around his skull. He crashed to the ground
with the meat and metallic sound of a car accident.
I raised the pistol to sight the woman, but she was gone. When I reached the
spot on the mezzanine where Scorpion had been, all that was left was a delicate
female hand in a pool of blood.
At least I’d left her something to remember me by.
I stood on the sampan’s deck, the orange glow from the burning warehouse
receding in the distance.
Tiger Lily smiled, handed me a beer. Later, when I was not around to cause
her loss of face, I knew she’d light incense and say a prayer for O’Connell
at the rickety wooden spirit house on the pavement outside the Sunrise Club.
I pulled on the beer. The glow had almost disappeared beneath the skyline.
I turned away and savoured the cool breeze of the headwind against my skin.
O’Connell knew the risks and I didn’t have time to mourn.
I had the rest of my money to collect.
THE END
Andrew Nette
is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia.
He is one of the editors of the on-line magazine,
Crime Factory
. His
short fiction has appeared in
Crime Factory: The First Shift
by New
Pulp Press and
The One That Got Away
, an anthology of crime stories
released in 2012 by Australian independent publisher Dark Prints Press. His
debut crime novel
Ghost Money
will be published by Snubnose Press in
2012. His blog, www.pulpcurry.com explores
crime film and literature, particularly from Asia and Australia
.
FROM AMERICAN VIKING TO ZANE:
A Brace Godfrey Chrestomathy
With Commentary by Johnny Shaw
In the summer of 1998, I was fortunate enough to sit down with the immortal
"King of the Three-Shots," Brace Godfrey, and talk to him about
his life’s work: over six hundred novels published between 1969 and 1988
that comprised more than two hundred individual adventure series. There is no
complete bibliography for Godfrey’s work, but I asked him to pick his
favorite "Three-Shots."
He presented me with 26 series, using the alphabet as his limitation. "Wrote
so damn many, forgot more than I remember," Godfrey told me, "And
I ain’t got the time to dick around with this kind of bullshit."**
I, personally, may have included such fan favorites as Mafia Berserker, The
Expunger, and Blonde Squad, but I think this list makes a strong case for the
wealth of Mr. Godfrey’s imagination.
AMERICAN VIKING – Erik Leifson’s family has lived in the United
States since before the country existed, the descendants of a Viking expedition
in 700 AD. For hundreds of years in rural Maine, Erik’s people remained
isolated from the rest of the world. The last of the line, Erik must find
a new path, leading him to the chaos of New York City.
Ragnarok &
Ragnaroll, Midtown in Midgaard, Norse Force
.
THE BRAIN – After his release from prison for a crime he didn’t
commit, super-scientist Quentin Maxwell uses his genius to develop a pair
of high-tech boxing gloves. Taking to the streets, he uses his brain to punch
the lights out of the criminal organization that framed him.
Cerebrawl,
A Present for Mandy, The Brain vs. The Brain
.
CODENAME: BLACK BELT – Ex-stuntman and martial artist Lance Horner
is recruited by the CIA to help battle the rise of N.I.N.J.A., an evil cabal
hellbent on reclaiming Asian treasures from the American museums that are
now their rightful owners.
Dojo of Death, Karate Chop Chop Shop, Lady
N.I.N.J.A
.
DINGO (written as Linden Miles) – Some claim that Australian Aborigine
Hozzle Adlinga is part dingo. That’s only a legend, but what is true
is that he is the best tracker alive, and his often mysterious powers are
sought after worldwide.
Fair Dinkum, The Boomerang Brigand, Didgeridon’t
.
THE EXORCISMIST – The Vatican
between the eyes just as he was about to rip himself free. Machine man swayed
as the hollow point round bounced around his skull. He crashed to the ground
with the meat and metallic sound of a car accident.
I raised the pistol to sight the woman, but she was gone. When I reached the
spot on the mezzanine where Scorpion had been, all that was left was a delicate
female hand in a pool of blood.
At least I’d left her something to remember me by.
I stood on the sampan’s deck, the orange glow from the burning warehouse
receding in the distance.
Tiger Lily smiled, handed me a beer. Later, when I was not around to cause
her loss of face, I knew she’d light incense and say a prayer for O’Connell
at the rickety wooden spirit house on the pavement outside the Sunrise Club.
I pulled on the beer. The glow had almost disappeared beneath the skyline.
I turned away and savoured the cool breeze of the headwind against my skin.
O’Connell knew the risks and I didn’t have time to mourn.
I had the rest of my money to collect.
THE END
Andrew Nette
is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia.
He is one of the editors of the on-line magazine,
Crime Factory
. His
short fiction has appeared in
Crime Factory: The First Shift
by New
Pulp Press and
The One That Got Away
, an anthology of crime stories
released in 2012 by Australian independent publisher Dark Prints Press. His
debut crime novel
Ghost Money
will be published by Snubnose Press in
2012. His blog, www.pulpcurry.com explores
crime film and literature, particularly from Asia and Australia
.
FROM AMERICAN VIKING TO ZANE:
A Brace Godfrey Chrestomathy
With Commentary by Johnny Shaw
In the summer of 1998, I was fortunate enough to sit down with the immortal
"King of the Three-Shots," Brace Godfrey, and talk to him about
his life’s work: over six hundred novels published between 1969 and 1988
that comprised more than two hundred individual adventure series. There is no
complete bibliography for Godfrey’s work, but I asked him to pick his
favorite "Three-Shots."
He presented me with 26 series, using the alphabet as his limitation. "Wrote
so damn many, forgot more than I remember," Godfrey told me, "And
I ain’t got the time to dick around with this kind of bullshit."**
I, personally, may have included such fan favorites as Mafia Berserker, The
Expunger, and Blonde Squad, but I think this list makes a strong case for the
wealth of Mr. Godfrey’s imagination.
AMERICAN VIKING – Erik Leifson’s family has lived in the United
States since before the country existed, the descendants of a Viking expedition
in 700 AD. For hundreds of years in rural Maine, Erik’s people remained
isolated from the rest of the world. The last of the line, Erik must find
a new path, leading him to the chaos of New York City.
Ragnarok &
Ragnaroll, Midtown in Midgaard, Norse Force
.
THE BRAIN – After his release from prison for a crime he didn’t
commit, super-scientist Quentin Maxwell uses his genius to develop a pair
of high-tech boxing gloves. Taking to the streets, he uses his brain to punch
the lights out of the criminal organization that framed him.
Cerebrawl,
A Present for Mandy, The Brain vs. The Brain
.
CODENAME: BLACK BELT – Ex-stuntman and martial artist Lance Horner
is recruited by the CIA to help battle the rise of N.I.N.J.A., an evil cabal
hellbent on reclaiming Asian treasures from the American museums that are
now their rightful owners.
Dojo of Death, Karate Chop Chop Shop, Lady
N.I.N.J.A
.
DINGO (written as Linden Miles) – Some claim that Australian Aborigine
Hozzle Adlinga is part dingo. That’s only a legend, but what is true
is that he is the best tracker alive, and his often mysterious powers are
sought after worldwide.
Fair Dinkum, The Boomerang Brigand, Didgeridon’t
.
THE EXORCISMIST – The Vatican
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