I
Make Landfall
Half past seven, a haunted house that serves liquor. Ignore the ground floor entirely — the bar is in the basement and they call it the Catacombs.
Chapter One
The Run
Chapter Two
How It Goes
II
Take The Ship
Two dollars buys fifteen minutes of shuffleboard and the right to talk trash until closing. Whatever gets wagered here is binding.
III
Say The Word
Walk into a bakery, tell a stranger a password, and watch a bookcase let you through. Dessert and a hi-fi system on the other side.
IV
No Survivors
The car sleeps in Ybor. You collect it tomorrow, in daylight, with coffee. Tonight nobody is negotiating about who is fine to drive.
Chapter Three
Getting Home
The plan