Modern Sorcery: A Jonathan Shade Novel (35 page)

“That’s all well and good, but I don’t do domestics.
 
You should—”

“Let me finish, Mr. Shade.”

I shrugged and motioned for her to continue.

“He came down to my office.
 
He told me that if he couldn’t win my heart, he’d have to steal it.”
 
As she spoke, she unbuttoned her blouse.
 
She slowly opened it enough to reveal an incision in her chest.

“What the hell?” I said.

“He stole my heart, Mr. Shade.
 
I want you to find him and steal it back.”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

They say that truth is stranger than fiction.

Some of the following is true.  For example, Gary Jonas writes fantasy novels such as
Modern Sorcery
and
One-Way Ticket to Midnight
.  Well, that’s sort of true.  The truth is that he’s already written those, but he will write more unless he gets too bored.  But we’ll call that an example of true.  Gary’s wife is Jessica Alba.  Sadly, this is false.  Jessica Alba won’t return his calls, but that’s the way it goes, and no, the restraining order doesn’t prevent him from going to California.

Gary is an author for Sky Warrior Books.  This is also true.  In our quest for world domination, we know that having someone like Gary at our side during a zombie apocalypse is pretty useful.  We can at least throw him in front of the zombie hordes while we run away screaming.

It's not that we don't appreciate our authors.  We just know our limitations.

 Gary, however, has added a number of true and false questions for us to puzzle over.  Here are three; can you pick out the false one?

1. Gary’s stepmother hired a stranger to shoot off her foot with a shotgun.

2. Gary dreams of creating a religion so he won’t have to pay taxes and, in spite of the fact that he writes fantasy, people will believe him and pay him lots of money.

3. Gary dressed in drag and appeared on stage in front of a large audience telling a popular fantasy author that he wanted the author to lick his beaver, and raised his skirt to reveal a stuffed beaver hanging there ready for action.

 Which is false?  None of them.  Which is why Gary is part of the Evil Overlord plan and a valued minion. His other works
 
include the upcoming
Quick Shots,
a collection of short stories and
Modern Sorcery,
an
urban fantasy series.  Check out his website
HERE
.

Oh, and don't tell him about the zombie hordes.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Artist Mitchell Davidson Bentley spent the last 20 years moving physically from place to place and artistically from traditional oils to cyber compositions. Trained in the traditional medium of oil by his mother, and inspired by his grandfather’s love of science fiction, Bentley began his career as a full-time science fiction artist in 1989 from his home base in Tulsa. While actively involved in the science fiction art world, Bentley also moved from Tulsa to Austin to Central Pennsylvania where his search for knowledge earned him bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Penn State University. Over the same period of time, Bentley shifted from the more traditional oil painting to airbrushed acrylics, and since 2004 has been working exclusively in electronic media.

As art director of Atomic Fly Studios, Bentley produces cover art, marketing materials and Web sites while he continues to produce quality 2D artwork marketed through the AFS Web site and at science fiction conventions across the United States.

Bentley has lectured at universities, worked in film, edited publications and served as Artist Guest of Honor at more than a dozen science fiction conventions. He has also earned 35 awards, is a lifetime member of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, and is serving as President.
 
Visit his website at
http://www.atomicflystudios.com/

Books Published by Sky Warrior Books

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Alma Alexander

2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Embers of Heaven (E-book, Trade Paperback)

S. A. Bolich

Firedancer (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Windrider (E-Book, Trade Paperback)

M. H. Bonham

Prophecy of Swords (E-book)

Runestone of Teiwas (E-book)

Serpent Singer and Other Stories (E-book)

Bob Brown

The Dragon, The Damsel, and the Knight (YA E-book)

John Dalmas

Soldiers! Part 1(E-book)

Soldiers! Part 2 (E-book)

The Second Coming (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Deby Fredericks

Seven Exalted Orders (E-book)

Carol Hightshoe (Editor)

Zombiefied: An Anthology of All Things Zombie (E-book)

Gary Jonas

Acheron Highway (E-book)

Modern Sorcery (E-book, Trade Paperback)

One-Way Ticket to Midnight (E-book)

Quick Shots (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Frog and Esther Jones

Grace Under Fire (E-book)

Pat MacEwen

The Dragon’s Kiss (E-book)

Rough Magic (E-book)

Michael J. Parry

The Oaks Grove (E-book)

The Spiral Tattoo (E-book)

Phyllis Irene Radford

Healing Waves: A Charity Anthology for Japan (Editor) (E-book)

Gears and Levers 1: A Steampunk Anthology (Editor) (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Gears and Levers 2: A Steampunk Anthology (Editor) (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Lacing Up for Murder, A Whistling River Mystery (E-book)

So You Want to Commit Novel (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Dusty Rainbolt (Editor)

The Mystical Cat (E-book)

Deborah J. Ross (Editor)

The Feathered Edge (E-book, Trade Paperback)

Laura J. Underwood

Ard Magister (Book One of Ard Magister) (E-book)

Dragon’s Tongue (Book One of the Demon-Bound) (E-book)

The Hounds of Ardagh (E-book)

Steven E. Wedel (Editor)

Tails of the Pack (E-book)