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by Urban Waite

Eddie and Rob go way back. Back in the day they used to fight dogs for money – it was bloody and dark, and it made them rich. One night, things went badly; the police came, they only just got away, and now Rob is trying to move on. Until one night, Eddie calls – and the past proves harder to escape than Rob imagined. A brilliant short story from the author of The Terror of Living.

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18 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2011

About the author

Urban Waite is the author of The Terror of Living, named one of Esquire's Ten Best Books of the year. His latest book is The Carrion Birds, an Indie Next Pick and the recipient of starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. His short fiction has appeared in the Best of the West anthology, the Southern Review, and other journals. He has degrees from the University of Washington, Western Washington University, and Emerson College. He lives in Seattle with his wife.