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The Black Bird [MultiFormat]
eBook by David Barr Kirtley
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eBook Category: Fantasy
eBook Description: Dashiell Hammet's Sam Spade discovers that the Maltese Falcon is also Edgar Allen Poe's Raven in this darkly twisted philosophical tale.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Gothic.net, 2000
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2005
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [162 KB], eReader (PDB) [20 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [5 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [6 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [70 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [75 KB], hiebook (KML) [74 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [31 KB], iSilo (PDB) [4 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [6 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [34 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [12 KB]
Words: 1563
Reading time: 4-6 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
A talking bird is rather unnerving, especially one that is in fact a falcon statuette motionless on a mantelpiece. Quite a mystery. Dialogue runs smoothly and impressively in this dark tale, black as the godamn bird with ominous words, to unveil an unfinished twig in protagonist Spade's crime-solving past. Those who enjoy this suspenseful book will immensely enjoy Kirtley's 'The Disciple,' 'Seeds-for-Brains,' 'They Go Bump'--an insightful masterpiece that plays with fear--as well as most of Darrell Bain, including 'Unforeseen Reward.' Stephen Popkes' 'Deathwitch' may be well worth a read too. -Eugen Bacon, Fictionwise Recommender
The black bird on the mantelpiece spoke. It said, "Nevermore."
Spade looked up from cleaning his pistol. The bird, a black-lacquered falcon statuette, sat motionless. Spade placed his pistol down on the desk, pushed back the brim of his hat, and approached the bird. "You talk?" The bird watched him evenly with two small, black eyes. "Yes," it answered. Its voice was eerily familiar somehow. "How?" Spade demanded, "You're just a statue." The bird's lacquered beak moved when it talked. "Sounds like a mystery to me." Spade confidently lit a cigarette. "Well, I'm good with mysteries. I just solved one."
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