Excerpt: The Trials Of Elijah Marcus Ash

“Now, ye don’t wanna be movin’ ‘round a bunch, else ye drop one o’ them Easter Eggs ye got. It could get a right messy,it would.”

Galen stepped away from the bed and Sam motioned for the three wives to do the same. They looked on from the door jamb. Elijah said, “I think that that concludes our transaction then. Did you want a receipt, ‘cause I’ll have to mail it to you, if that;s all right with you?”

The man remained motionless, trying to figure out a way out of his predicament. Elijah noticed this and said “C’mon. really? Did you think that we were going to make it that easy?” and he pulled out his pistol, when Galen stopped him.

“Nah mate. I got me a better idea.” And he fished around in his bag, pulling out the slingshot. He rooted around some more and found three or four stones from the last time. You never know.

He pulled back the slingshot and fired the first one into the man’s chest. It made a nice solid thump and it looked like it hurt a lot, but the man didn’t dare flinch. Galen launched the second one and his him square between the eyes. That did the trick. The man howled, the grenade dropped out of his mouth and the trio started running down the hall, pushing the wives as they went.