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Murphy, C E - BANSHEE CRIES

C.E. Murphy

This oneТs for my mom, Rosie Murphy, who wanted to know what
the story with JoТs mom was



Dear Reader,

In September of 2004 I got an e-mail from my agent, the
incomparable Jennifer Jackson, saying sheТd just spoken with my
equally incomparable editor, Mary-Theresa Hussey, who wanted to
know if IТd be interested in participating in a LUNA Books anthology
as one of three contributing authors. The other two authors were to
be (need I say the incomparable?) Tanith Lee and Mercedes
Lackey.

Not being a great fool, I said yes.

A month of frenzied thought was interspersed with me singing,
УOne of these things is not like the others,Ф followed by a flurry of
frenzied writing. The result is УBanshee Cries,Ф Book 1.5 of the
Walker Papers. It fits chronologically between book one, Urban
Shaman, which came out in June 2005, and book two, Thunderbird
Falls, due out in May 2006.

I hope you enjoy the story!

1

Sunday March 20th, 2:55 p.m.

Cell phones are the most detestable objects on the face of the
earth. Worse than those ocean-variety pill bugs that grow bigger
than your head, which were on my personal top ten list of Things
To Avoid.

My life had been a lovely, cell-free zone until nine weeks, six days,
and four hours ago. Not that I was counting. On that fateful day I
got an official business phone to go with my bulletproof vest and
billy stick. IТd even been given a gun to go with my shiny new
badge.

I wanted those things about as much as IТd wanted to bonk my
head on the engine block IТd sat up beneath when the phone rang.
I rubbed my forehead and glared at the engine, then felt horribly
guilty. It wasnТt PetiteТs fault IТd hurt myself, and sheТd been through
enough lately that she didnТt need me scowling on top of it all.