“And Faustus hath so much to learn.”
***
THE END
Consummatum est
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It’s been a long time coming, and there are a lot of people who helped with this book. I regret not being able to thank them all here—actually, I can, so, thanks to all who, over the years, have lent a hand. I want to make special mention of my former agent Mary Grey, as well as my current one Damon Lane. Both have been invaluable in getting this book to the world. Also, thanks to Jeremy Lassen, who saw what others didn’t. And my editor, Ross Lockhart; great minds think alike. And my mother, who read all my stuff, and typed the first story many years ago.
A special thanks to my Stonecoast mentor Scott Wolven. His support and encouragement was and continues to be a candle in some of the darker nights of my writing. Thanks, Scott. Stay noir.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas Morrissey has been writing since he was ten, and amused himself with a Sears portable typewriter for a toy. His first short story, “Can’t Catch Me,” appeared in the 2005 anthology Brooklyn Noir, and won the Robert L. Fish Award for Best First Published Short Story from the Mystery Writers of America. His work has also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Faustus Resurrectus is his first novel, but it sure as hell won’t be his last.
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FIVE
TWENTY-SIX
TWENTY-SEVEN
TWENTY-EIGHT
TWENTY-NINE
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Faustus Resurrectus Page 36