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    Smoke

    By Christopher Minori

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    Tommy Baker is a gambler. If only he were better at it, he wouldn't have a loan shark about to kill him over five thousand dollars. In desperation, he makes a deal with a strange old man, who offers to give him the money in exchange for Tommy's cigarette habit. All Tommy has to do is never smoke again. It's a crazy deal, made by a crazy man. How could Tommy lose?

    A story from the upcoming horror anthology, Dirty Little Secrets, from the twisted mind that brought you the cult play, The Texas Chainsaw Musical!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMinorJoy Studios
    Release dateJul 17, 2016
    ISBN9781536596755
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      Smoke - Christopher Minori

      Acclaim for The Texas Chainsaw Musical!, created and written by Christopher Minori, music and lyrics by Cory Bytof:

      The book, by Christopher Minori, is insanely clever, the music and lyrics, by Cory Bytof, toe-tapping and equally mad, with a few goose-bump-inducing numbers, Andrea Simakis, Cleveland Plain Dealer

      A fun evening of theatre... I kept asking myself, 'Why am I laughing hysterically at all this gore?' The answer?  The whole thing was just so bizarre and the epitome of well done farce!, Roy Berko, National Critics Association

      a daffy delight... filled with catchy, slightly gory tunes and rivers of blood, Pat Craig, Contra Costa Times

      ...a fun-filled evening for those with an affinity for the eerily asinine., Bob Abelman, NEohioPAL Review

      original... a fun musical spoof; some very witty dialogue., Kevin M. Thomas, San Francisco Examiner

      Smoke

      From the upcoming anthology,

      Dirty Little Secrets, available September 4th, 2016

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      Christopher Minori

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      Edited by Haylie C. L. Kramer

      Smoke

      From the anthology, Dirty Little Secrets

      A MinorJoy Studios Book / July 2016

      All rights reserved

      Copyright © 2016 by Christopher Minori

      Cover copyright © 2016 by Christopher Minori

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      This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and

      incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or

      are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales

      or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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      For information address: MinorJoy Studios Books, 3807 Brads Court,

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      Five thousand is a lot of money, but if you really need it, I know someone who'll give it to you.

      Yeah, I really needed it. I had fucked up—big time. I got a tip; I made a bet. If I'd won, I'd be living large at the happy age of twenty-three. Instead, my tip fell through, I lost the bet, and now I owe five grand to a man who swears he'll kill me if I don't

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