（外文电子版资料）Terry Bisson - Dead Mans Curve.pdf

DEAD MAN鈥橲 CURVE 1 DEAD MANS CURVE By Terry Bisson Get any book for free on: www.A Get any book for free on: www.A DEAD MAN鈥橲 CURVE 2 Youre not going to believe what Im going to tell you, Hal said. Probably not. But Im going to tell you anyway. Probably are. There is another world. Probably is. Camilla, quit acting silly. If you could see me over the phone, youd know that I was serious. Another world! Besides this one. Like Lechuguilla, I said. Like the Ruwenzori. No. Really different. Like the Moon? The Moon is part of this world. Im talking about something much, much more amazing. Get your clothes on, Im coming over. The Moon is not part of this world. And I dont walk around the apartment with no clothes on. And Im watching Unsolved Mysteries, so dont come over until nine unless you can keep your mouth shut. Hal was my best friend, is my best friend, all the way from grade school, on and off. We were the only ones from our class, eleven years after graduation, who werent married. The only halfway normal ones, anyway. Hal went to Bluegrass Community College in Frankfort, and sold dope. I worked at the KwikPik and watched Unsolved Mysteries. Get any book for free on: www.A DEAD MAN鈥橲 CURVE 3 Joke. Hal didnt arrive until 9:07. I was sitting on the front steps of the Belle Meade Arms, smoking a cigarette, waiting for him. My last boyfriend wouldnt let me smoke in the apartment, and I kept the prohibition (along with the apartment) after I got rid of him. It was a warm July night and I could hear Hals 85 Cavalier a block away. The transmission had a whine. Its probably the worst car ever made and I ought to know; my last boyfriend worked for a Chevy