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Just Shoot Me Now: Poker Boy, #19
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Poker Boy wants nothing more than to be left alone in a good game of poker. But a cherub circles overhead in the poker room wanting to talk.
And Poker Boy knows this cherub and knows the little guy represents trouble.
Even worse, the question the cherub asks Poker Boy could change a lot of futures.
How really, really annoying.
Author
Dean Wesley Smith
Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.
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Just Shoot Me Now - Dean Wesley Smith
Poker Boy wants nothing more than to be left alone in a good game of poker. But a cherub circles overhead in the poker room wanting to talk.
And Poker Boy knows this cherub and knows the little guy represents trouble.
Even worse, the question the cherub asks Poker Boy could change a lot of futures.
How really, really annoying.
CHAPTER ONE
THE LITTLE JERK cherub just kept fluttering around near the ceiling of the poker room at Spirit Winds Casino. He acted like a bird trapped inside a small room with no windows. I know he was trying to get my attention, but the last thing I wanted to deal with tonight was a cherub.
And actually he had a couple small birds with very long beaks with him and they seemed to be flying in a figure-eight pattern, just missing each other as they moved around and around over my head.
The game was as good as a five-ten
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