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Shadow Man
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Shadow Man
"That's what I am.
A shadow among shadows.
The Shadow knows.
I laugh at that phrase.
An old pulp fiction hero of the movie serial days.
He was fantasy.
I'm not.
There are bad people in this world.
They better hope I don't find them!
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John Pirillo
The author was born in Washington, Pennsylvannia. He loves animals and birds. Has two pet cockatiels that keep him company while he writes. He has a lovely daughter and a rascally grandson. He is rich in friends that matter and well adjusted to a life of challenges. He writes and draws every day. He loves anything science fiction, fantasy or extremely well written. Same goes for movies and TV. Not married currently, but has an eye and ear open to possibilities. :)
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Shadow Man - John Pirillo
Shadow Man
John Pirillo
Copyright 2019
Table of Contents
Epiphany
Prelude
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Epiphany
The crowning glory of the universe is...
Our smile.
Prelude
Dark knows dark.
God!
He had cried out in his own language.
Not really,
I said with a smirk.
Kill him!
The Dark Hand ordered.
That was when I noticed I had stepped into a hall filed with the suckers.
Hundreds of them.
All armed.
All ready to do a favor for the leader.
Ready to shred me to bits.
Well, sorry, but I must interrupt such fancies. I am not cannon fodder, nor the sacrificial lamb. I used the flickering shadows about the room, to step in and out swiftly through them, grab a follower and fling him into the dark maw of the shadow lands.
They wouldn’t die.
Right away.
But they’d have a lot of time to think about their errors in kindness and logic.
At my right.
I grabbed one of them by his throat, flung him.
Scream.
Gone.
A knife darted at me.
It passed through my body into the body of another follower who had been dashing at me with a sword in the air.
He fell.
I didn’t.
I turned and grabbed the attacker by his wrist, yanked.
He flew behind me into the shadow lands, screaming as if he were going to hell.
Not really.
But close enough.
The shadow lands were not for the meek.
Then I turned about to face the remaining hundreds.
It was going to be a long and weary night.
They charged me.
I charged them.
Chapter One
He held
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