The Magician's Apprentice

By J.M. Snyder

Devon Taylor helped fashion a local street magician called Harry Marvel into the well-known illusionist Harry Marvelous. In the seven years they’ve been together, Devon has worked alongside Harry onstage as his apprentice. To Devon, Harry is an incredibly sexy older man, and the love they share is nothing less than pure magic.

But in today’s world, even children find it hard to believe in magic. When Devon overhears a teenager mocking Harry before a show, he invites the boy on stage to help out with Harry’s famous disappearing act.

Unfortunately, the boy really does disappear on his way back to his seat after the performance.

When the show is over, Devon and Harry find themselves confronted by security. Harry insists his illusions aren’t real, but does Devon know something Harry doesn’t?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Jan 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781611529982

J.M. Snyder

An author of gay erotic romance, J.M. Snyder began self-publishing gay erotic fiction in 2002. Since then, Snyder has worked with several e-publishers, most notably Amber Allure Press and eXcessica Publishing.Snyder’s short fiction has appeared online at Ruthie’s Club, Tit-Elation, Eros Monthly, and Amazon Shorts, as well as in anthologies released by Alyson Books, Cleis Press, and others.For more book excerpts, free fiction, and purchasing information, please visit http://jmsnyder.net.

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The Magician’s Apprentice

By J.M. Snyder

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Copyright 2013 J.M. Snyder

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The Magician’s Apprentice

By J.M. Snyder

After the show, a security officer is waiting for Devon Taylor as he exits stage left. With the quickest of glances, he sums her up—relatively young, early thirties at the latest, with blonde curls escaping her cap in wispy tendrils which make her look frazzled this late in the day. There’s a nervousness in her fingers, the way she taps her notebook and pen, that says she doesn’t want to be here.

Me either, honey, he thinks, squelching a grin before it can escape at the thought.

She’s unmarried, he assumes, or at least there’s no ring on her finger, so she probably doesn’t have any children, either, though in today’s society that’s a hard call. But when she sees him, she doesn’t fly over like a harpy, so Devon thinks yeah, no kids. Because he knows why she’s here, and any mother would already be accosting him, demanding answers. For this woman, her career comes first.

Mr. Taylor? she calls.

Despite the hustle backstage, Devon