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The Hell of It: A Tor.Com Original by Peter Orullian
bookshelves: spring-2015, published-2015, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, under-50-ratings, gangsters, games-people-play, gambling, e-book
Read from March 04 to 23, 2015
http://www.tor.com/stories/2015/02/th...Description: Some heroes don't carry blades or go to war. Some heroes are fathers desperately trying not to fail their sons.
Opening: Russet hues lit the western horizon and caught in the surfaces of the quiet harbor. Soon the sun would set, making Malen Staned’s scrub-work more difficult. But he was nearly finished. Kneeling on the trawler deck, he scrubbed away fish blood with a stiff brush and scraped the tougher bits with a flat knife.
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