“The money?” The man held out a clean, manicured hand. A startling contrast to his torn and grubby clothes.
“Don’t you want to see my credentials, Dr. Silver?” I asked, hoping this man was indeed the infamous Doctor Samuel Silver.
“Doctor.” His hoarse laughter turned into a thick coughing fit. Shoulders heaving with effort, he spit a blood-laced wad of phlegm onto the cracked sidewalk. Wiping his mouth on his sleeve, he said, “I’ve no interest in who you are or what your agenda is. All I want is your money.”
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Fiction by Maria V. Snyder
"Protect the Children" appeared in the Spring 2005 "Consequences" issue of Eye Contact.
Bio: Maria V. Snyder is a meteorologist turned writer whose adult fantasy novel, Poison Study, will appear in October 2005 from Luna Fantasy.
