A Girl Close to Death: Miki Radicci, #6
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Sometimes you try to save a friend but you only end up saving an enemy.
When a teen runaway in and out of psychic Miki Radicci's life leads her to the latest target set by domestic terrorists, Miki almost dies in the hail of gunfire.
Death has never stopped Miki before and she doesn't plan on letting it stop her now.
Not when an elusive friend reaches out to her for help. Or when an insane ideology continues a violent plan set by their fallen leader.
A plan to take as many lives as possible in a private war.
Buy this mysterious and intense dark urban fantasy about a girl following death and redemption through the frigid and hate-filled streets of New York and feel your heart stop at its shocking end.
M.E. Purfield
M.E. Purfield is the autistic author who writes novels and short stories in the genres of crime, sci-fi, dark fantasy, and Young Adult. Sometimes all in the same story. Notably, he works on the Tenebrous Chronicles which encompasses the Miki Radicci Series, The Cities Series, and the Radicci Sisters Series, and also the sci-fi, neuro-diverse Auts series of short stories.
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A Girl Close to Death - M.E. Purfield
A Girl Close to Death
Miki Radicci, Volume 6
M.E. Purfield
Published by trash books, 2015.
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
A GIRL CLOSE TO DEATH
First edition. October 11, 2015.
Copyright © 2015 M.E. Purfield.
ISBN: 978-1519999245
Written by M.E. Purfield.
Also by M.E. Purfield
Auts Series
Auts (Coming Soon)
Books About Everyone
The Satellite
The Ableism of Salvation
What Sorrow Flies Off Roofs
The King of Dodgeball Goes with the Flow
When the Lights Go Out
Blunt Force Kharma
Bound Kharma
Kharma's Pursuit
Kharma's Glitch
Kharma's Gatto
Desolate Kharma (Coming Soon)
Blunt Force Kharma
Cities That Eat Islands
Cities That Eat Islands (Book 1)
Cities That Eat Islands (Book 2)
Cities That Eat Islands (Book 3)
Fish Hunt
Cities That Hide Bodies
Complete Cities That Eat Islands
Miki Radicci
A Black Deeper Than Death
In a Blackened Sky Where Dreams Collide
Blood Like Cherry Ice
Surly Girly
Bawling Sugar Soul
A Girl Close to Death
Heart on the Devil's Sleeve
Sinking Stones in the Sky
The Ghost and the Stream
Expressway Thru the Skull
Hacker's Moon
Miki Radicci Shorts
The Ultimate Miki Radicci Omnibus Vol 1
The Ultimate Miki Radicci Omnibus Vol 2 (Coming Soon)
Miranda Crowe
Bagged
Munki Moo Moo
Munki Moo Moo
Radicci Sisters Mystery
Psychic Sisters
My Dead Body
Saints
Squeezed
Broken Psychic Hearts
The Emptiness Above
The Sludge Below
Doe
Auties
The Killer
The Deceiver
Favors
Bumper
Rats In The Cage
Short Story
Natural Born Killer
Limits of Stupidity
MiLK
Orange Flecks
Through Tangled Nerves
The Creative
Defective Brain Club
Line
The Van Outside
Doorway Down
Just
Short of a Long Holiday
Lifetime Hallmark Scheme
Malignant Little Bastards
Pain Killer
Sibling Rivalry
Hole In The Head Freak (Coming Soon)
Neurodivergence on FH-358 (Coming Soon)
Stories
A Sandwich Can't Stop A Bullet
The Morrows
How To Make Friends with Teenage Anarchists
Tenebrous Chronicles
Party Girl Crashes the Rapture
Angel Spits
Six Feet
Tweens with Pop Guns
Lightning From The Fire
The Subject
Tenebrous Two
Darby & Cain (Coming Soon)
The Saoirse War
Ealu (Coming Soon)
Thainig An (Coming Soon)
Ag Dul Abhaile (Coming Soon)
Buama Ama (Coming Soon)
Fealltoir (Coming Soon)
Spas Reoite (Coming Soon)
Standalone
Breaking Fellini
Delicate Cutters
Jesus Freakz + Buddha Punx
Buddha Punx + Ghetto Girlz
Klepto Pyro Mojo
The Pick-Up
(R)Evolution
Angst
Watch for more at M.E. Purfield’s site.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Also By M.E. Purfield
TWO GIRLS AND A LOT OF BULLETS
MATCHING EYES
BACK AGAIN
INSANE
I KNOW YOU’RE THERE
A RETURN
THAT USED FEELING
BACK FLASH
FLOWING THROUGH THE VEINS
ALIBIS
CONNECTIONS
SKETCHES AND POSSIBILITIES
TOO OLD
SECRET SKETCHES
FAVOR?
WHAT’S TO SAY
WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING SHOT
FOLLOW
BUNNIES
BACK TO THE MAC
A FAVOR
MOJO RISING
CERTAINTIES
CAUGHT IN A NON ACT
UNCONFIRMED SECRETS
GHOST SISTERS
A MOMENT
CLOUDS
UNOFFICIAL HANDLING
DAMN PLASTIC
A SHOW
REWIND
HAWT WEASLE
STATUE OF LIBERTY
HATE AND LOVE
NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, SHIT GUY
BROTHERS LANE
RELEASE AND CATCH
CHASING LEADS
PLAYING THE PART IN FRONT OF A MULLET AND A KID
AGE OF MANURE
ALONE IN THE DARK
PREPERATION
ANIMALS AT PLAY
PROTECTED AND BABIED
AND ANOTHER THING ON THE WIRE
KIND OF BULLSHIT
MENTAL ASSISTANCE
PITY PUBLICITY
FAT CHANCES
WHY ME?
INTERIORS
LAST DROPS
BUNNY LOVE
UNDER QUALIFIED
HATRED’S WISH TO BE SAFE
DODGING THE WATER
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF FORGIVENESS
UP
A GIRL CLOSE TO DEATH
FIRST ONE IS FREE
OPEN AND UNANSWERED
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About the Author
TWO GIRLS AND A LOT OF BULLETS
Istep down the stairs of the library on 2 nd Ave and 8 th Street and soak in the environment of St. Mark’s Place. I finished my research early, just in time for lunch. Since I left Elite, my mind has been spinning with creativity. Coming to the library is the first time I left the condo in a long time. For the last few weeks I’ve been sketching freehand, trying to dig deep in my unconscious. Grandpa was starting to worry about me again. But this time I didn’t care. It’s not like I’m chasing bad guys for Elite or getting in any other kind of trouble.
I’m just working on my art,
I told him. It’s what we all want, right?
He grunted and went back to eating his dinner.
It’s half true. I am working on my art but I’m also hiding from the world. Now that I’m not with Elite I can’t get refills on the Novalexia that they supplied. The drug blocks the pain I feel from my psychic visions. So basically I’ve turned into a hermit.
Doesn’t matter in the end, though. What matters is getting back to work and creating.
I walk down 8th and pass the bistros and bakeries that shoot out appetizing scents to lure in eaters. It’s working on my senses. This soup and bread place calls my name. Plus they have their tables on the sidewalk and I can sit and eat and watch the world go by like a true art snob. Although I doubt anyone would know that I am an art snob. Since turning seventeen last month I don’t look any different except for my medium-length straight black hair; and I still wear pants or jeans in the summer even though the heat has been suffocating lately.
Inside, I order a bread bowl of clam chowder and a bottle of water. I take my tray of food, sit on a black metal mesh chair, and place the food down on the white-stained black table. As the soup cools in the July heat, I take out my cell and call Parker.
Hey, sexy,
he says.
Hey, cutie,
I say. Where are you?
At work.
Oh, good. I’m just a few blocks away.
Parker works at Kim’s Video on St. Marks. He claims it’s just a summer job until classes at The School of Visual Arts starts up again in September, but based on the way he talks about the store, how much he loves it, I believe he’ll be there longer.
Have you eaten? I ask.
Want me to bring you any lunch?"
I had something before I started. But thanks. You done at the library?
Yeah. When do you get off work?
Not till five.
Perfect. I can get some sketching done then we can play.
Real play?
I smile. I know what he means. Parker and I met one night at a club where we were both drunk. We had sex that same night. I also killed him, but that’s another story. Since then I’ve been putting up roadblocks about sex. Kissing and exploring is fine, but...I feel I need to know more about him before we jump into the big bang again. So far he’s been cool with it. Although, it’s only been a month.
"Sure. I can stop at the store and pick up that new GTA, I say.
That sound exciting for you?"
"Mmm nothing says sexy than Grand Theft Auto. So bad."
Why you dig me, right?
Definitely. But, um, what about your grandfather?
"He can play GTA with us."
Ha ha. Is he going to be there tonight?
No. He left town yesterday.
And he trusts you to be all alone?
Since I left Elite, Grandpa trusts me a lot more. But Parker doesn’t know about Elite, or even my psychic ability. Then it dawns on me: Maybe that’s why I’m delaying sex. Maybe I need to see how he handles my psychic ability first.
Of course he trusts me. Besides, it’s my condo. I bought it and pay the fees.
‘Where did he go?"
Visit an old army friend for a few days. Guy has been sick so I guess Grandpa’s been helping him out. Think he saved him in the war or something.
Since there’s no one to punch me in the face I will be glad to come over tonight.
Oh, I’ll punch you in the face if you want.
And you know what you can punch me in the face with.
I laugh, catching the attention of a bohemian couple at the table next to mine. Such a perv.
He he he.
I promise to stop by Kim’s on my way home after lunch and then cut off the call. I eat my chowder and skim the news on my cell phone. After eating, I walk back to the bike rack at the library for my twelve-speed. I slip on my helmet, secure my saddlebag, and peddle down 8th. I stop inside Kim’s and find Parker behind the counter sorting DVDs and old VHS tapes to go back out. Seeing his boss at the other side of the counter, I sneak him a quick kiss and say, See you later sexy.
I don’t want to get him in trouble at a job he likes so much.
Parker blushes while the boss shakes his head and smiles. A few customers glance over to see who’s so sexy.
I make my way back onto 2nd Ave and avoid being attacked by the afternoon rush of traffic. I don’t know if I’m getting better at maneuvering around this city or if the drivers are more tolerant. But I do know that I’m losing some serious weight riding this damn bike around. Plus I save some cash from not using taxis all the time.
I stop at the corner to make a turn on Houston, which can take me all the way to West where I live. I glance over to my right and notice a familiar face. She’s wearing a red flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her shoulders, a pair of cut off jeans, and dark blue Doc Martin’s. Her hair doesn’t look as long as it did the last time I saw her a few months ago in my apartment, but she does have a new blue streak in it. The last time I saw her she was coming in to use my art stuff and I was on my way out. When I realized how long it’s been since I saw her I assumed she went back home to her parents.
But I guess not.
She still carries her stuffed black backpack. Her face is worn down. She doesn’t look thirteen. Her pale slack skin surrounds hollow eyes. Is she sick? Did she catch something while on the streets? God, I hope she’s not tricking.
Alyssa,
I call out and wave my hand, which is dumb because she’s looking right at me from across the street. Lunchtime suits walk around her, paying her no mind. She doesn’t acknowledge me. No smile. No frown. Not even a middle finger.
Alyssa?
She turns and runs down Houston towards westside. Is she going to my place? As sick as she looks, she better be.
I peddle down the street after her, sticking to her side and moving against the flow of traffic. I keep calling her name, hoping she’ll stop and talk. She doesn’t. The only time she stops is at the corner of Broadway. She connects with my eyes. This time, a few feet away from her, slowing my bike down, I can see the desperation in them.
Alyssa, would you friggin’ stop and tell me what’s going on?
I shout past the other people on the street. Some shoot me weird glances like I’m a freak.
The homeless girl runs up Broadway for a few blocks. I stick to the sidewalk