by Gord Rollo
They seem to believe me. I think they do, anyway. Either that or they just don’t care as long as I’m happy and not hurting anyone. Someday I’ll tell them the truth. Someday I’ll sit Tuyen and Gia down and tell them all about Tommy, and Henrik, and Huong, and the little one-eyed boy my son had been named after. I’ll tell them all about Tartarus, the fortress on the edge of Hell, and the Lost Patrol, and the Ice Angels of Glazier Lake. I’ll tell them about the Archangel Michael and what the Gates of Heaven look like. I’ll tell them everything.
But I can’t do it right now. Not yet, until I find my proof.
Until then, I’ll have to let them keep on thinking I’m looking for lost treasure and other shiny mementos of a war that should never have happened. Seriously; what choice do I have? What would you do? It’s a lot easier to say you’re hunting around for gold and silver, right? I mean, how do I even begin to tell them that what I’m really looking for down there in the dark…is rainbows?
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Also by Gord Rollo
Rollo's Short Fiction
Gods & Monsters
Time & Space
Flesh & Blood
Standalone
Lost in a Field of Paper Flowers
The Face of an Unlikely God
Timothy Meek
Peeler
Strange Magic
The Translators
Valley of the Scarecrow
Crowley's Window
The Dark Side of Heaven
The Jigsaw Man
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About the Author
Gord Rollo was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, but now lives in Ontario, Canada. His short stories and novella-length work have appeared in many professional publications throughout the genre and his novels include: The Jigsaw Man, Crimson, Strange Magic, Valley Of The Scarecrow, The Translators, Only The Thunder Knows, and The Crucifixion Experiments.. His work has been translated into several languages and his titles are currently being adapted for audiobooks.
Besides novels, Gord edited the acclaimed evolutionary horror anthology, Unnatural Selection: A Collection of Darwinian Nightmares. He also co-edited Dreaming of Angels, a horror/fantasy anthology created to increase awareness of Down’s syndrome and raise money for research.
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