Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    1/9

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    2/9

    Order

    Download

    romeospikes.com@romeospikes

    Get a copyof

    ROMEO SPIKES

    from one of these retailers:

    http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://es.twitter.com/RomeoSpikeshttp://es.twitter.com/RomeoSpikeshttp://romeospikes.com/http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/romeo-spikes/id477111951?mt=11http://www.amazon.com/Romeo-Spikes-ebook/dp/B0061OW3Q8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1343158259&sr=1-1&keywords=romeo+spikeshttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/romeo-spikes-joanne-reay/1107043694?ean=9781451674460&itm=1&r=1&z=y&http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451674446http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=3920&search_query=1451674449http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=1451674449http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?isbn=1451674449http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/romeo-spikes-joanne-reay/1107043694?ean=9781451674446&itm=1&r=1&z=y&http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451674449/simonsayscom
  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    3/9

    1

    . . . But I say, lifes to shrt.

    sh ign him. H cqud fingni gitt th chw bw.H fg n. Fift-fiv. But fim thn I w t ft. ltt fuit

    nd fib. and fih i.H mv c. a bt f bth in h . s wht u

    ct?I t ix pund f gp d.Tht t f gp.Nt whn u quz thm dwn t win. sh tun t him.

    Th night i ung. Fih wh.sh f th ipp f hi dptu. Tun bc t th b nd tp

    th bw f h wing.

    Th ung bmn pnd t h mph, pic up btt,nd ppch with bih gin. Hi hi i ufd int h fgd.

    It th ij, ight?H twit th c, diing up th vum f hi pp. Th wmn

    tit h chin. Nt in nw t hi qutin, but t pu tut hmmcf nc fh.

    sh wtch h pu th g bimfu. Piutt h fingbut th tm. Wnt u jin m?

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    4/9

    JOANNE REAY4

    ant u witing f mn?H fu ct wmp th djcnt t but h wft fing in

    dimi. Jut cmpn buin.W, if u wnting cmpn, mmth bmn mtin

    fing btwn hi cht nd htht buin t.H pu np pn. sh pu ut th twnt-d bi.

    Wht d tht gt m?Fh nut.sh withdw, jw tight.

    ld, thi i Mnhttn. H tp th ch. and tht dnt gtu mn.

    sh bc h hud, hiting h bt. Tn g, Iwud hv bn u fnt. I d v diffnt.

    Did u i spid-Mn?sh gimc. Fth h hi with fuiu fing. How youngi

    he . . . ?

    H mv t t th btt, but h ntch it b th nc.Im nt finihd. Nt t.Th bmn gth up n f th twnti. Tht hud cv it.

    Gnc t th btt. It jut th dg.sh wtch h tun nd w w. His whole life ahead of

    him.

    And mine?sh inh dp. a h bt bhind, pid

    i th ti f dncing dun.Squandered. Scattered.Th ung anni Tgu hd gdutd tp f h c with

    dctt in pchit. H pcit w th digni f ui-cid tndnci. Th pcptin m b tht uicid i pctic fth p, but vidnc hw if f du uxu t b th hppu.

    rnting ct ffic n th Upp Wt sid, h imgin wth cint cming f h vic. anxiu pnt, php,

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    5/9

    ROMEO Spikes 5

    t Pi, pn in th upp fidbut nthing h wd. s thugnt c upn D. anni Tgu. and h cm t nc, nd t

    quit pic.Easy money.

    But th ung dct i pt w b th und f h phnnt inging. H dbt i nd , t i h pfi, h uh tpubih, ubmitting ngth tic t th New Scientist. With ctit, Hw th kid Hng in th Hmptn, th tic xp cutu f f-hm nd uicid mngt th wth tn f Nw

    y. sntchd up b th New York Times, h hcing dt fic th sund pg. rdi ttin ing f intviw nd tvi-in n ch ft, ft ti nc it dicv tht D. anni T-gu i ung nd big-btd. But th mdi ptight intnifi, itbcm n inviv, buning ht, igniting h ch nd tuning itt h. D. anni Tgu, it tnpi, fbictd th ttitic ndfifid th tng ttimn. Th gitt h w uunding h

    c tun ut t b niv, nd, bw b bw, mid hw f diinfm h p, h pfin puttin i dtd.

    Sliced. Shredded.

    sud b vn, h tugg n, iving ff t cd. Unti hthwn ut f h ptmnt t Bdw nd Futh, nding bc inth wmp f luiin wh h w bn. and wh th n cmp i Mphic Fid Pnitnti. Th bc bic tuctu

    m i muum, nd pppit , m pin witthi xcutin h thn t n th fciit.

    Th i pitin vib nd, fcd with itt c cmptitin,h cu th jb f chif pchitic ffic. H dut i t mnituicid tndnci mngt th inmt. Th ug t i nf i pim indict f innit, nd uicid ttmpt i t ftn udb pp w t ctif n inmt unund mind. a t f x-

    cutin fqunt fw. Th wdn f Mphic Fid, wh ntn ditubnc t th ntu div f dth within hi dmin, d-

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    6/9

    JOANNE REAY6

    Tgu h jb thi: t tp dth-w pin fm tingthi wn iv.

    Th in i nt t upn h.H n f pup i t fv.sh w n, d ft d, ft , xmining th in-

    mt, dcing thm n nd igning w thi t chnc f pp.Cutching h cipbd nd ticing th bx, h id imgin thtWdn Duggin might vntu dcid t xtnd h pnibiitin dg futh, n gtu mt hv h wih h igntu

    nd thn pung h pn dp int th inmt ctid t, ippingwid h, guhing h . . .

    sh ph th t f th win int h g. knc it bc.Thit-fiv h h bn t Mphic Fid. H wh if . . . if ntnc.

    Th g tm w, unhing h fctin nt th mibhind th b. sh gimc t th d wmn wh t bc t h.

    Hair too black, too brittle. Eyes rolled in wrinkles. And those hands,those ancient hands. Spotted, scaly, fatless claws

    Th bitt f-ttc cntinu unti h m dwn h fit ndud d nth btt, dg n ng cuff c h . God,no wonder when people off themselves, they shoot their head.

    sh inh w. e bc v t xp h wtch. It it thn h thught. sh pu h ct fm th djcnt t. H

    cud iv t n mmnt. sh nd t cmp hf. rmmbwh h i h. rmmb t t hi nm.

    sh ugnt fumb in h pct, tiving buin cd.Hd it t m ngth, tining t d th m cuiv pint.

    Christopher HatchlingSenior Buyer, Phobos Books

    on th jun ut fm luiin, iding hu t th ipt, h

    bught Phb tit: Pharaohs from a Far-Flung Star. a bic f b, it pmid t tun th d.

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    7/9

    ROMEO Spikes 7

    h cnnd th th txt within. But h pwd n, cmmnd-ing hf tht h w, t t, ding m ch. Thn thught

    bund h bin: If Id done my research thirty-five years ago, I wouldntnow be reduced to this. offing twd pubihing hu wht hnw t b n th-htting mnucipt.

    How could they ever appreciate the prophecy it holds? So strange, so

    obscure . . .But thi w mti f int h hnd nd it wi b h vtin.sh pu h pin tight. lift h chin. rmind hf tht

    anni i ht f antic G nm, fcting h t. Itmn uctin. sh wi i gin.

    Im not finished. Not yet.

    sh pu m mi fm h pu. Chc h tth f ip-tic nd h ip f tth m. H hbit i t bit dwn hd whnnv ttc. Th mi twit in h pm h ch th b b-hind h. shd i t Chitph Htching bf h h.

    sh nd tht fctin hd tt, t dp h fc int cu cdf wcm.

    Th mi pic up mn. Hi hi tumb in thic cu. D.Tgu thin h ip. sh hd hpd f mn d, uggtdb th pitht seniorbu. But Hatchlingit i. Fh fm th gg fmbitin. H tid c th cpt, n up nd nc xtndd. shcgniz th gnd-git f mn iving f unch with mt

    wmn. sh wv h hnd, nd, hi cnnct, hi wgg w.D. Tgu, Im Im t.Im sorry Im old.

    sh div hw mi, nt t ipp m win.yu quit n tim. sh t dp wig, fuff h hi. I cncmmnd th ij, if u wud i g.

    T f m.

    Too young, too young . . .sh t h hi nd inid h hd, th ch wi th im

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    8/9

    JOANNE REAY8

    H vic dp, hu nw. o hggd. sh cn n ng t.s, Chitph . . . u d?

    sh ift h bg btwn h g, ch dp int th d, bwnfd. I hv mthing v pci t hw u.

    and fm within, h ift tight bund fi.

  • 7/31/2019 Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay

    9/9

    Order

    Download

    romeospikes.com@romeospikes

    Get a copyof

    ROMEO SPIKES

    from one of these retailers:

    http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://romeospikes.com/http://es.twitter.com/RomeoSpikeshttp://es.twitter.com/RomeoSpikeshttp://romeospikes.com/http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/romeo-spikes/id477111951?mt=11http://www.amazon.com/Romeo-Spikes-ebook/dp/B0061OW3Q8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1343158259&sr=1-1&keywords=romeo+spikeshttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/romeo-spikes-joanne-reay/1107043694?ean=9781451674460&itm=1&r=1&z=y&http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451674446http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=3920&search_query=1451674449http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=1451674449http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?isbn=1451674449http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/romeo-spikes-joanne-reay/1107043694?ean=9781451674446&itm=1&r=1&z=y&http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451674449/simonsayscom