Desk Jockey Jam
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“You look like you’ve seen a ghost, mate,” said Fluke.
“Did you see it too?” He heard how utterly dazed and insanely stupid he sounded.
“Nope?”
“Mitch?”
“Nah, you’re the one got stung.”
“I don’t know what just happened.”
Mitch laughed, but not unkindly, and jostled Fluke. “You’re in trouble, Dan.”
“But I haven’t done anything. I just stood there like they told me to.”
“Yeah, you did something.”
Dan turned to Fluke, always the ‘go to’ for tricky things. “What did I do?”
“I think you might have taken the plunge, mate.”
“What are you talking about?”
“She’s the one.”
“What?”
“She’s the one.”
“What one?”
Mitch jumped in, “Some pissed off angel in a nappy shot you in the fat head with a laser beam.”
“Be serious!”
“I am. She just hit you for six, Dan. You’re gone.”
Dan looked at Fluke to verify the emergence of this horror, both hands up as though to ward off the danger, to bounce the dirty truth of it away.
“Yeah,” said Fluke, “Your dog days are over bar how fast she tells you to fuck off and how long you stay depressed about it.”
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Acknowledgements
This story is for readers who enjoyed surfing through Grease Monkey Jive.
Blame it on Rhian Cahill for suggesting it and the trusty BTA for agreeing it can make like a grommet and have its own wave.
Special thanks to Kathryn Pryor for expert beta reading, and Rebekah Turner, mother of Chaos Born and The Chronicles of Applecross, for the fabulous cover art.
Hail to the girls of the Sydney Roller Derby League and roller girls everywhere. You really rock.
Table of Contents
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Whip it meets Wall Street
1: Bitch
2: Big Swinging Tricks
3: Puce
4: Pivot
5: Warmer
6: Bruised
7: Sucker
8: Contact
9: Epiphany
10: Confession
11: Suicide Zone
12: Soul Crush
13: Stickyfoot
14: Fresh Meat
15: Holding the Star
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About Ainslie Paton
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