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    The Black Rat: Something Special
    The Black Rat: Something Special
    The Black Rat: Something Special
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    The Black Rat: Something Special

    By James "Grim" Desborough

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    A vigilante, a 'working class Batman', aims to bring Justice to the streets in the 1970s. A pulp style story of corruption, violence and murder. How high does the corruption go and what can one man with a gasmask and a tool-belt do about it?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames "Grim" Desborough
    Release dateJun 8, 2012
    ISBN9781476128597
    The Black Rat: Something Special
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    James "Grim" Desborough

    Game designer, writer, self publisher, freelancer, rakish fop, gentleman bastard, ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres.

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      The Black Rat - James "Grim" Desborough

      The Black Rat: Something Special

      Published by James 'Grim' Desborough at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Postmortem Studios (James Desborough)

      Written by: James 'Grim' Desborough

      Edited by: Salome Jones

      Layout/Production: Michael Garcia

      Cover: Rowena Aitken

      © 2012 Postmortem Studios (James Desborough)

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The Black Rat

      Something Special

      Episode 1: John Brown's Body

      The two lads marched down the street, swinging their shoulders, cans of beer in their hands and long tartan scarves flowing out behind them. They sloshed beer in their exuberance and shouted at the top of their lungs.

      B-A-Y, B-A-Y, B-A-Y C-I-T-Y, With an R-O-double-L, E-R-S, Bay City Rollers are the best!

      SHUT UP! came a hoarse holler from further down the street, the shape of a naked, beer-bellied man silhouetted in a shabby sash window by a dim, flickering yellow light. Some of us are trying to sleep! Even that light, and the light chatter of the television, would disappear soon. Three day weeks and power cuts to save money and energy. Welcome to the modern world.

      Fuck off, you wanker! The lads shouted back in unison and then ducked into a side alley together. One of them stopped at the mouth to watch the street while the other vanished back into the dark and yanked a can of spray paint out of his pocket. Spraying the wall, writing out the name of his idols one giant letter at a time.

      He'd just finished the 'Y' when

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