What about him? one of Brisco’s entourage asked, glaring at Jablonski. They all were, actually. He wasn’t a popular man. I pretended to think about it. Well, here’s the thing. I promised I wouldn’t ki...
Westie grinned. First men to ever escape the Iceberg. Hell, I bet they’ll make a movie about us. George Clooney might play me. You don’t look anything like George Clooney, Jake said. Said might, not w...
There are two answers to evil, she said. The first is to justify it. The evil that you do is for a good cause, you’ll be validated in the end, it needed to be done, etcetera, etcetera. Of course, once...
The truth is, Nadine purred into my ear, since the moment we met, all I’ve been thinking about is you, me, and my favorite pair of scissors. I think I’d start by gelding you, like the vile animal you...
The princes of hell were too old, too powerful to operate on Earth. They couldn’t even set foot here without kicking off the apocalypse ahead of schedule. So every prince had a hound: the one demon in...
The first combination I tried was 666. You know how some people always set their passwords to password or secret even though those are terrible choices? In my experience, ask a demon to pick a three-d...
So, Emma. Where are we on the ranch project? We’re signing tomorrow. Things couldn’t be running any more smoothly. Ranch project? I asked. Emma beamed at me. It’s a coup. 4. What kind of coup, exactly...
Shape-shifter? he snorted. No such thing. I leaned back on his couch and tilted my head at him. Gary? I said. You’ve got demon blood. You know I’m a sorcerer and that magic is real. Are you really gon...
Problem there, I said, is you didn’t keep track of them. The name Lauren Carmichael mean anything to you? He shook his head, brow furrowed. No. Should it? There weren’t two tunnels. There were three....
If I was bound for hell, I’d drag her down with me.
I love working with fanatics. You just wind them up, and off they go.
I can’t hear you, people! Make some noise if you want a good show. How about death? Do you wanna see lots and lots of death tonight? I took in the applause, the hollering, the hammering feet, basking...
Hey, you don’t have any financial background, do you? I robbed a bank once, I said, and Caitlin kicked my shin under the table. To their credit, Emma and Ben favored me with polite chuckles. Melanie s...
Help me? I shouldn’t have looked, but I did. The silhouette of a bloated man cowered in the dark, extending a fat, trembling hand with half its fingers gnawed to stumps. Please, he wheezed. I can’t st...
Bye, Stanwyck, I thought. I promised Coop I’d send you straight to hell. Looks like you’re taking the long, scenic route instead. I’d be lying if I said I gave a damn.
At this range, a gut shot from a .32 probably won’t kill me. Oh, I won’t be loving life, but I’ll be alive and conscious enough to squeeze this trigger twice. Now, you take a blast from my piece? You’...
Adrenaline after a gunfight’s like a coked-up rock star in an expensive hotel room. It doesn’t leave until it trashes the place.
According to Caitlin, he’d been on the throne since Hannibal discovered elephants, and he was so slippery he would orchestrate assassination plots against himself when he got bored, just to keep his w...
A sharp crunching sound echoed across the cramped office. Pinfeather’s eyes went wide, his body rigid as a steel pole. He looked down. Caitlin’s hand was buried in his chest up to the wrist. A rivulet...
A marketing ploy, or proof of Illuminati mind control? Over the past week, the images have spread from Miami to Houston to LA, painted by ordinary citizens who claim to have no memory of the deed. Pla...