Side Jobs by Jim Butcher EPUB & PDF – eBook Details
- Author: Jim Butcher
- Genre: Sword & Sorcery Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
- Publish Date: December 6, 2011
- Size: 1.4 MB
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Status: Avail for Download
- Price: Free
A RESTORATION OF FAITH
Takes place before Storm Front
This is the first of the Dresden Files stories, chronologically, and it was the
first time I tried to write short fiction for the professional market. I originally
put it together as a class assignment at the University of Oklahoma’s
Professional Writing program, more than two years before Storm Front found
a home at Roc.
This one won’t win any awards, because it is, quite frankly, a novice effort.
It was perhaps the third or fourth short story I’d ever written, if you include
projects in grade school. I had barely learned to keep my feet under me as a
writer, and to some degree that shows in this piece. Certainly, the editors to
whom I submitted this story seemed to think it wasn’t up to par for
professional publication, and I think that was a perfectly fair assessment.
Read this story for what it is—an anxious beginner’s first effort, meant to
be simple, straightforward fun.
• • •
I struggled to hold on to the yowling child while fumbling a quarter into the
pay phone and jamming down the buttons to dial Nick’s mobile.
“Ragged Angel Investigations,” Nick answered. His voice was tense, I
thought, anxious.
“It’s Harry,” I said. “You can relax, man. I found her.”
“You did?” Nick asked. He let out a long exhalation. “Oh, Jesus, Harry.”
The kid lifted up one of her oxford shoes and mule-kicked her leg back at
my shin. She connected, hard enough to make me jump. She looked like a
parent’s dream at eight or nine years old, with her dimples and dark pigtails
—even in her street-stained schoolgirl’s uniform. And she had strong legs.
I got a better hold on the girl and lifted her up off the ground again while
she twisted and wriggled. “Ow. Hold still.”
“Let me go, beanpole,” she responded, turning to glower back at me before
starting to kick again.
“Listen to me, Harry,” Nick said. “You’ve got to let the kid go right this
minute and walk away.”
“What?” I said. “Nick, the Astors are going to give us twenty-five grand to
return her before nine p.m.”
“I got some bad news, Harry. They aren’t going to pay us the money.”
I winced. “Ouch. Maybe I should just drop her off at the nearest precinct
house, then.”
“The news gets worse. The parents reported the girl kidnapped. The police
band is sending two descriptions around town to Chicago PD, and they match
guess who.”
“Mickey and Donald?”
“Heh,” Nick said. I heard him flick his Bic and take a drag. “We should be
so lucky.”
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