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    A Blackmail and a Birthday: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember
    A Blackmail and a Birthday: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember
    A Blackmail and a Birthday: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember
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    A Blackmail and a Birthday: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember

    By Misti Wolanski

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    While waiting for her boyfriend to treat her to her first drink for her 21st birthday, Ember hears a gun.

    (A short story of about 3600 words—about 10–15 minutes of reading for the average reader)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMisti Wolanski
    Release dateOct 4, 2011
    ISBN9781502299666
    A Blackmail and a Birthday: a short story: Tales from the Darkworld: Ember

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      A Blackmail and a Birthday - Misti Wolanski

      A Blackmail and a Birthday

      Tales from the Darkworld

      Misti Wolanski

      http://mistiwolanski.com/

      Draft 2 Digital Edition

      Copyright ©2011

      All Rights Reserved

      While waiting for her boyfriend to treat her to her first drink for her 21st birthday, Ember hears a gun.

      Cover by the Author

      Image © Roger Kirby (theswedish) on FreeImages

      This is a work of fiction. People, places, and events are made up; any that aren’t made up have all been processed through the shredder of the author’s imagination and therefore at best bear only superficial resemblance to their originals.

      This work is licensed in its original format for your personal enjoyment. It is not licensed for resale or sharing by e-mail, torrent, or other file-sharing method. Thank you for respecting the author’s rights.

      A Blackmail and a Birthday

      A GUN CHAMBERED a bullet, two alleys down from the club Ember had picked to celebrate her twenty-first birthday.

      She tilted her head so she could hear better. The halogen lights hindered her eyes in the black night, but her hearing was better, anyway, out of water. Too many people chattered around her for her to tell if any speech accompanied the gun. No gunshot, not yet, not unless the gunman had a really good

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