Original Publication Date: October 31, 1985
Setting: Modern New Orleans
This is the Christmas story that features the gangster Gallagher and Simi when Gallagher is temporarily relocated to New Orleans to help battle Daimons.
It’s currently one of the stories in the DARK BITES anthology and Winter’s Night ebook.
To order a copy of the story in a book, please see the Dark Bites page.
Characters
Gallagher
The hero
James Cameron Patrick Gallagher came into the world with a chip on his shoulder. The son of poor immigrants, he rose through the ranks of the Irish mob to be a major crime boss. Quick to anger, he took nothing from anyone and refused to be tamed until the day a Portuguese immigrant's daughter crossed his path. Instantly in love, Gallagher defied everyone to claim her for his own. He adored his wife and was trying to go straight when fate...
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Simi
The heroine
Hello, I'm the Simi and it is more than a name it is an attitude. I would tell you what Simi means, but then I'd have to kill you and though you are probably quite tasty, Akri gets all cranky when I snack on humans. Akri knows, but he's not telling neither. I have been with akri for a long, long time. How long? I don't know. It's something like dog years. What is a dog year? I had a dog once, but I ate him so he didn't last a whole year. He...
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