Already Dead
A Novel
Reeks: Joe Pitt Casebooks
Charlie Huston
- Those
- stories
- you
- hear?
- The
- ones
- about
- things
- that
- only
- come
- out
- at
- night?
- Things
- that
- feed
- on
- blood,
- feed
- on
- us?
- Got
- news
- for
- you:
- they’re
- true.
- Only
- it’s
- not
- like
- the
- movies
- or
- old
- man
- Stoker’s
- storybook.
- It’s
- worse.
- Especially
- if
- you
- happen
- to
- be
- one
- of
- them*.*
- Justask
- Joe
- Pitt.There’s
- a
- shambler
- on
- the
- loose.
- Some
- fool
- who
- got
- himself
- infected
- with
- a
- flesh-eating
- bacteria
- is
- lurching
- around,
- trying
- to
- munch
- on
- folks’
- brains.
- Joe
- hates
- shamblers,
- but
- he’s
- still
- the
- one
- who
- has
- to
- deal
- with
- them.
- That’s
- just
- the
- kind
- of
- life
- he
- has.
- Except
- afterlife
- might
- be
- better
- word.From
- the
- Battery
- to
- the
- Bronx,
- and
- from
- river
- to
- river,
- Manhattan
- is
- crawling
- with
- Vampyres.
- Joe
- is
- one
- of
- them,
- and
- he’s
- not
- happy
- about
- it.
- Yeah,
- he
- gets
- to
- be
- stronger
- and
- faster
- than
- you,
- and
- he’s
- tough
- as
- nails
- and
- hard
- to
- kill.
- But
- spending
- his
- nights
- trying
- to
- score
- a
- pint
- of
- blood
- to
- feed
- the
- Vyrus
- that’s
- eating
- at
- him
- isn’t
- his
- idea
- of
- a
- good
- time.
- And
- Joe
- doesn’t
- make
- it
- any
- easier
- on
- himself.
- Going
- his
- own
- way,
- refusing
- to
- ally
- with
- the
- Clans
- that
- run
- the
- undead
- underside
- of
- Manhattan–it
- ain’t
- easy.
- It’s
- worse
- once
- he
- gets
- mixed
- up
- with
- the
- Coalition–the
- city’s
- most
- powerful
- Clan–and
- finds
- himself
- searching
- for
- a
- poor
- little
- rich
- girl
- who’s
- gone
- missing
- in
- Alphabet
- City.Now
- the
- Coalition
- and
- the
- girl’s
- high-society
- parents
- are
- breathing
- down
- his
- neck,
- anarchist
- Vampyres
- are
- pushing
- him
- around,
- and
- a
- crazy
- Vampyre
- cult
- is
- stalking
- him.
- No
- time
- to
- complain,
- though.
- Got
- to
- find
- that
- girl
- and
- kill
- that
- shambler
- before
- the
- whip
- comes
- down
- .
- .
- .
- and
- before
- the
- sun
- comes up.
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