Authors: Mark Edward Hall
Apocalypse Island (54 page)
“That makes me sad,” Laura said.
“Yeah, me too. It’s like we had this one chance and we screwed it up.”
Laura smiled up at him, the handsome young man who would soon be her husband. “You and Eli are still here,” she said. “In my mind that’s proof that we didn’t totally screw it up. As long as you’re still here there’s hope.”
“Yes,” he said kissing her softly on the lips. “There’s still hope. There’ll always be hope. I love you, Laura Higgins.”
“I love you too, Danny Wolf.”
“You ready to do this?”
“Absolutely.”
As the wedding march began, the bride and groom locked arms and walked down the path between all their seated guests toward the altar and their future.
THE END
Anyone familiar with the city of Portland, Maine knows that I have taken liberties with its geography, its police department as well as Portland’s Catholic Church. Fiction writers are allowed certain liberties. What can I say?
Although there are many islands in Casco Bay, to my knowledge the only Apocalypse exists strictly in the imagination of this writer.
My wife Sheila (who is also the novelist S. Ramsay Hall) edited the manuscript and did a great job. Thank you, my love.
Cyrus Wraith Walker did the cover art and the book trailer. Thank you, my friend.
My next novel, Soul Thief is tentatively scheduled for release in early 2013. For those who like series characters, Portland Police Lieutenant Rick Jennings will make a return.
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Apocalypse Island
Mark Edward Hall,
Richmond, Maine,
January 28, 2012
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