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Nobody touches the truck. Not even the Queen of the dead.
Charlie's a trucker, an Independent. Meaner 'n snakes, he’s been there, done that and kicked its butt - twice. What Charlie picks up, he delivers. And what Charlie delivers - is souls.
Then a recent job turns up, scarred from...
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Characters/People edit
- Charlie: Charlie's a trucker, an Independent. Meaner 'n snakes, he’s been there, done that and kicked its butt - twice. What Charlie picks up, he delivers. Of course - once he had a different name...
- Rosie: She used to be dead - but she's better now. And she's no lady. She's a bitch, and she's back - and Charlie isn't going to know what kissed him.
- Heffy: If it's broke - he can fix it. And if it ain't - he can break it.
- HEL: He's a poly-dimensional trans-optical hyper-sentient autonomous non-organic entity. And so's she...
Quotes edit
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“A bad day gettin’ worse had taken ‘worse yet’ and changed the spelling to ‘oh-shit’.”
Charlie -
““Trust me. Somebody offers you eternal life, check the small print first."”
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““I’m gonna find whoever was on the end of that damn whip. Then I’m gonna pull their lungs out. Through their ass.””
Rosie -
““It’s okay, Charlie. I love you, too. Gods know why. Actually, they don’t. Buggered if I do either, and I’m a goddess.””
Nemesis -
“Nemesis sighed. “Oh, sorry. I’m being rude. Charlie does that to people. And not-people. And rocks.””
Nemesis -
““Don’t mind sis’. She was born triplets. It gets confusin’.””
Charlie
First Sentence edit
The truck’s lights speared the night.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: Eighteen Wheels and No Roses
Chapter One: Red Light
Chapter Two: Take Your Job and Shove It
Chapter Three: Cracklin’ Rosie
Chapter Four: Chain, chain, chain…
Chapter Five: …Chain of Fools
Chapter Six: Burn Baby Burn
Chapter Seven: Bruised but not Broken
Chapter Eight: Who Wants to Live Forever?
Chapter Nine: On the Road Again
Chapter Ten: East Bound and Down
Chapter Eleven: Good and Broken
Chapter Twelve: Dust in the Wind
Chapter Thirteen: Handyman
Chapter Fourteen: Weird Science
Chapter Fifteen: Woman in Chains
Chapter Sixteen: Tighten Up
Chapter Seventeen: Working for the Man
Chapter Eighteen: The Bitch is Back
Chapter Nineteen: Pinball Wizard
Chapter Twenty: Going Down
Chapter Twenty-One: Left Hook From Right Field
Chapter Twenty-Two: Green Door
Chapter Twenty-Three: Two Faces
Chapter Twenty-Four: Time Warp
Chapter Twenty-Five: Blood on the Dance Floor
Chapter Twenty-Six: Lost on the River
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Denver
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Start Me Up
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Mystery Girl
Chapter Thirty: Going Inside
Chapter Thirty-One: Halfway Gone
Chapter Thirty-Two: Daytona Demon
Chapter Thirty-Three: Kick-Ass
Chapter Thirty-Four: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chapter Thirty-Five: Dream Weaver
Chapter Thirty-Six: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Walking After Midnight
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Ticket to Ride
Chapter Forty: Down Down
Chapter Forty-One: Ghost in the Machine
Chapter Forty-Two: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chapter Forty-Three: Message in a Bottle
Chapter Forty-Four: Pistol Whipped
Chapter Forty-Five: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chapter Forty-Six: Ease on down the Road
Chapter Forty-Seven: Pay the Ferryman
Chapter Forty-Eight: Jailbreak
Chapter Forty-Nine: Wild Wild Angels
Chapter Fifty: Viva Las Vegas
Chapter Fifty-One: I’m Not In Love
EPILOGUE: By the Dashboard Light
Authors & Contributors edit
- Graeme Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: MuseitUp Publishing
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: January 18, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-77127-247-6
Page Count: 280
Publisher: MuseitUp Publishing
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: January 18, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-77127-247-6
Page Count: 280
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