Better Off Dead, Lightning Chuck 2

By Christopher Watson

Forced out of obscurity, Lightning Chuck Wilson finds scores of mages begging to challenge him, the former World Dueling Federation champion. They try to lure with money, prestige, and others things Chuck had, lost, and didn’t miss. Finally, one boasts that any veteran of the current dueling leagues could best any of the old WDF’s top competitors. Chuck proves him wrong, but instantly regrets it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Watson
• Release date: Feb 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781625380371

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BETTER OFF DEAD

Copyright © 2013 by Christopher Watson

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Published 2013 by Elsewhere Publishing

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BETTER OFF DEAD

CHUCK WILSON STOOD close to straight. His Arcane Bolt pummeled abdomen begged him to double back over. Mind against it, his brow furrowed, and lip curled as he drew a deep breath.

He raised his red-gloved hand in victory.

Around the dueling platform atop the Vegas Strip’s famed Paragon Casino, hundreds of golden clairvoyance sensors flashed orange to clairaudience. Cheers and jeers from remote viewing locations around the world bled through in a cacophony of delight and outrage.

Bryant’s last-ditch spell, Mummy’s Touch, left Chuck’s mouth coated with ash. Blood seeped from his right upper and lower gums where the summoned Minotaur had whacked him with a warhammer.

Sucking on the blood, Chuck swished it around; pieces