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    Last Cigarette
    Last Cigarette
    Last Cigarette
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    Last Cigarette

    By Mike Ramon

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    A short story. A hitman named Slade takes his latest victim out to the desert and makes him dig his own grave. But this victim isn't who he appears to be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Ramon
    Release dateAug 25, 2013
    ISBN9781301197149
    Last Cigarette
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    Mike Ramon

    Born and bred in the Midwest.

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      Last Cigarette - Mike Ramon

      LAST CIGARETTE

      Mike Ramon

      © 2013 M. Ramon

      Smashwords Edition

      This work is published under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0). To view this license:

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      The car came to a rough stop, the tires sliding in the sand. The engine idled for a moment, and then fell silent. The driver got out of the car and slammed the door shut. He wore a suit, expensive shoes, and polarized sunglasses. He looked around; nothing all around but empty desert. The temperature hovered near a hundred degrees,

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