Hob Lesatz for Hire (Arcanoir, #1)

Arcanoir: Magic and fantastical creatures returned to the world at the turn of the century. But by the 1930s, it had only made the shadows that much darker.

"Sure, I'm Hob Lesatz. For hire. That's what it says on the door, anyway. But good etching won't get you a thing down on the waterfront in San Francisco. Not when you can get it just as nice on a tombstone. But if you're going to make a living, it helps if people can find you without a locator spell. I do whatever I can to shake a couple nickels together and hope they mate, especially if it takes a strong back and a stronger stomach. But some days it doesn't matter how much money you have because no doctor can vaccinate you and no mage can ward you against trouble. Especially when a dame straight out of your past comes sashaying in with a double helping of it."

Once upon a time, there was a woman Hob loved, but that was back before he did a nickel in Alcatraz. Now Roxy's back, and she needs Hob's help. Helping her will run Hob up against a feral hooker, her viciously deranged pimp, and even a few faces from his past.

The hooker and the pimp will leave scars, but it's Hob's past that could kill him.

"Hob Lesatz for Hire" is an Arcanoir short story by Joshua Unruh. Approximately 15,000 words.

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Hob Lesatz for Hire (Arcanoir, #1)

Arcanoir: Magic and fantastical creatures returned to the world at the turn of the century. But by the 1930s, it had only made the shadows that much darker.

"Sure, I'm Hob Lesatz. For hire. That's what it says on the door, anyway. But good etching won't get you a thing down on the waterfront in San Francisco. Not when you can get it just as nice on a tombstone. But if you're going to make a living, it helps if people can find you without a locator spell. I do whatever I can to shake a couple nickels together and hope they mate, especially if it takes a strong back and a stronger stomach. But some days it doesn't matter how much money you have because no doctor can vaccinate you and no mage can ward you against trouble. Especially when a dame straight out of your past comes sashaying in with a double helping of it."

Once upon a time, there was a woman Hob loved, but that was back before he did a nickel in Alcatraz. Now Roxy's back, and she needs Hob's help. Helping her will run Hob up against a feral hooker, her viciously deranged pimp, and even a few faces from his past.

The hooker and the pimp will leave scars, but it's Hob's past that could kill him.

"Hob Lesatz for Hire" is an Arcanoir short story by Joshua Unruh. Approximately 15,000 words.

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Hob Lesatz for Hire (Arcanoir, #1)

Hob Lesatz for Hire (Arcanoir, #1)

by Joshua Unruh
Hob Lesatz for Hire (Arcanoir, #1)

Hob Lesatz for Hire (Arcanoir, #1)

by Joshua Unruh

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Arcanoir: Magic and fantastical creatures returned to the world at the turn of the century. But by the 1930s, it had only made the shadows that much darker.

"Sure, I'm Hob Lesatz. For hire. That's what it says on the door, anyway. But good etching won't get you a thing down on the waterfront in San Francisco. Not when you can get it just as nice on a tombstone. But if you're going to make a living, it helps if people can find you without a locator spell. I do whatever I can to shake a couple nickels together and hope they mate, especially if it takes a strong back and a stronger stomach. But some days it doesn't matter how much money you have because no doctor can vaccinate you and no mage can ward you against trouble. Especially when a dame straight out of your past comes sashaying in with a double helping of it."

Once upon a time, there was a woman Hob loved, but that was back before he did a nickel in Alcatraz. Now Roxy's back, and she needs Hob's help. Helping her will run Hob up against a feral hooker, her viciously deranged pimp, and even a few faces from his past.

The hooker and the pimp will leave scars, but it's Hob's past that could kill him.

"Hob Lesatz for Hire" is an Arcanoir short story by Joshua Unruh. Approximately 15,000 words.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940016119397
Publisher: Pulp Diction Press
Publication date: 11/01/2011
Series: Arcanoir , #1
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 357 KB

About the Author

Joshua Unruh writes all the things. He has developed webseries and television pilots that have never been produced, comic books that have never been drawn, and roleplaying games that have never been played. But he always publishes the stories!

Through his imprint, Pulp Diction Press, Joshua specializes in modern retro fiction. Action scientists, haunted cowboys, girl super spies, diverse superheroes, and marauding vikings are just some of what he offers through PDP.

Joshua strives to make everything he writes clever, interesting, or funny. Like Meatloaf said, two out of three ain't bad.

He makes his home in Oklahoma City with a wife, a son, a dog, and no room in the storm shelter when the inevitable tornado hits.

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