"Ron Goulart - Memoirs of the Witch Queen" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goulart Ron)

тАЬYou know we have to have a completed manuscript in three months,
dude. Certain people here at Greensea are gettingтАФтАЭ

тАЬInza Warburton is aware of that, Rudy.тАЭ

тАЬI had to fight to get them to take her book for the winter list,тАЭ said his
editor. тАЬAnd it was a battle to get you hired. Since IтАЩve worked with you
before and you live just one town over from that self-styled witch, you
wereтАФтАЭ

тАЬSheтАЩs a witch queen,тАЭ corrected Sanson. тАЬMeaning sheтАЩs top-seeded
in the quack sorcery community. You knew that, Rudy, which is why
Greensea wanted her memoirs in the first place.тАЭ

тАЬBe that as it may,тАЭ said Rudy, тАЬweтАЩve got to start seeing more pages
damned soon. Otherwise ... otherwise ... otherwise....тАЭ

тАЬRudy?тАЭ

Sanson heard a bouncing thump, followed by the sound of stacks of
fat manuscripts sliding off a desk to thunk onto a thick rug.

тАЬRudy?тАЭ

Then a young woman said, тАЬPaul, this is Polly.тАЭ

тАЬWhatтАЩs happened to Rudy?тАЭ

тАЬWell, I donтАЩt exactly know. HeтАЩs lying here on the floor of his office in
some sort of coma and his feet are twitching and his face is a lobster color.
I have to go get help. WeтАЩll call you later.тАЭ

тАЬYeah, okay.тАЭ

For several minutes he sat in his only armchair, looking out not at the
damp, overcast day but at the blank tan wall behind his small sofa.

Rising slowly, he said, тАЬIтАЩd better go see Inza Warburton.тАЭ

****

The carved wooden door was yanked open with such force that the
brass gargoyle knocker rattled and thumped. A large, plump arm reached
out from the shadowy hallway, pulling him in out of the rainy early afternoon.

тАЬSo good to see you, hon.тАЭ

Two large plump arms encircled him and, as the heavy oaken door
was booted shut, he was hugged enthusiastically by the immense Inza
Warburton.