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    Dis: An Urban Midgard Short Story
    Dis: An Urban Midgard Short Story
    Dis: An Urban Midgard Short Story
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    Dis: An Urban Midgard Short Story

    By Margo Lerwill

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    Colbie Moss has bigger concerns than being one of the dísir, the undead avatars of the Norse spirits of fate known as Norns. She has lost a mythic blade entrusted to her by her uptight yuppie mentor, no less than a Norse god of old. Now the blade is in the middle of a gang war that has left a beloved friend on the brink of death. Colbie will have to decide how far she is willing to go to recover the blade, save her friend’s soul, and keep gods and Norns alike from getting wind of the collateral damage.

    “Dis” is an Urban Midgard short story, approximately 8,900 words (or roughly 30 pages) of urban fantasy with a noir sensibility that will appeal to fans of Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, and Laurell K. Hamilton.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMargo Lerwill
    Release dateMay 29, 2011
    ISBN9781452484853
    Dis: An Urban Midgard Short Story
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    Margo Lerwill

    Margo Lerwill nests in a windowless cubicle in a dark government hive, furtively scribbling out plans for the destruction of civilization disguised as harmless urban fantasy. Epic fantasy alternate weekends in months containing the letter ‘r’. She enjoys Caravaggio paintings, South Park humor, and movies where the monsters stay dead at the end. Her work has previously appeared in Leading Edge, Deep Magic, and numerous local and regional periodicals no one has ever heard of.

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      Dis - Margo Lerwill

      DIS

      AN URBAN MIDGARD SHORT STORY

      by

      Margo Lerwill

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      *****

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Margo Lerwill on Smashwords

      Dis

      Copyright © 2011 by Margo Lerwill

      http://margolerwill.blogspot.com/

      Cover by Robin Ludwig Design

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored on or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      *****

      Dedicated to Delmer, Marjorie, Harry, and Anne.

      *****

      DIS

      AN URBAN MIDGARD SHORT STORY

      For the second time in one night, I stood out in the open talking to thin air. A glance along the length of the darkened residential street found it deserted, but I still felt myself wearing that pinched-lipped frown that friends always said made me look sour. If someone sees me, they’re going to think I’m crazy.

      Hey, lady, you paying attention to this or what?

      I turned back toward the art deco house, stained with the grime of dirty air and foul weather and faded from pink to unbleached bone. Was the sharp tongue on Pa Xiong a dead thing or a teenager thing, I wondered. Already I couldn’t stand her. Her ghost stood, so to speak, just left of the front door to the Xiong home with her feet in her aunt’s flowerbed. Good thing Pa was already dead.

      I swallowed the listen-here-Miss-Thing voice pushing its way up my throat, but failed to prevent the eyebrow arch. I wouldn’t have gone all the way out to the cemetery and summoned you in the middle of the night if this wasn’t important, Pa.

      She snickered and tossed her

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