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Long Week
By Ray Tabler
“Wait a minute.” The giant snake gasped, uncoiling a bit.
“Wha?” Klaff, the hero, was instantly wary.
“Look, I’ve had a long week. Can we just do this Monday?”
“Nine AM, Monday?”
“How about eleven. Fighting Shlon at nine.”
“I know him. He won’t take you long. It’s a date.”
Sword dripping with the white blood of the demon priests, Karak heaved against the stone idol, putting his full weight into the task. Shouts from the crowd below rose up to the cliff as the idol worshippers cavorted in a frenzy. Karak would show them their snake god, up close.