Bed of Nails (39 page)
That night, after drinking too much “bush beer” at a
tumunu
, I tossed and turned in the grip of a nightmare that saw my injured arm shrivel to a black stick.
Come the first light of dawn, I sat outside on the patio, listening to the South Pacific waves while I constructed the plot of this novel.
Slade
Vancouver, B.C.
Other books
The Sporting Club by Thomas McGuane
True Blend by DeMaio, Joanne
Secrets in the Lyrics by S.M. Donaldson
Memoirs of a Private Man by Winston Graham
Comet and the Champion's Cup by Stacy Gregg
Equal Access by A. E. Branson
Protecting Their Child by Angi Morgan
Cantona by Auclair, Philippe
Unknown by Unknown
