Richard Kadrey
Blind Shrike
"This whole worlds wild at heart and weird on top. "
- Barry Gifford, Wild at Heart
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"They say that when your head gets chopped off, it can still see and hear for a few seconds, so Ill have to go with beheading," said Spyder Lee to Lulu Garou.
Spyder Lee was drinking shots of Patron Ajo tequila with Lulu, his business partner, at the Bardo Lounge just off Market Street in San Francisco.
Lulu looked into her empty glass and thought for some time, took a drag of her Marlboro Light and winked at the woman tending bar. "Being beaten to death," said Lulu. "Badly. I dont mean like with a baseball bat or rebar so youre out cold, but something small. " She crushed out her Marlboro in the ashtray the bartender slid in front of her. "An eight ball in a sweat sock. Thatd give your killer a good workout. "
"Not if the guy hit you in the head right off," said -Spyder.
"My mama was pretty free with her hands. Im a faster ducker," Lulu replied. She grinned. Spyder could tell she was unimpressed with his argument.
"Burning at the stake," he said.
"Drawn and quartered," Lulu countered.
Rubi, the bartender, took their empty glasses away. "Exactly what are you two rattling about?"
"Worst ways to die," said Spyder. "Being covered in honey and staked out on a red ant hill. "
"Dying of thirst. Like right now," said Lulu.
Rubi slid her hand across the bar and took hold of Lulus left pinkie. "You parched, baby?"
"Im drier than Candy Darlings cunt. &
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