Ink (39 page)

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Authors: Damien Walters Grintalis

 

 

 

 

A tattoo can be a work of art…or a curse. The devil is in the details.

 

The fearsome griffin inked on Jason’s arm looks real enough to climb off and take flight.
 
Jason thinks his new tattoo is perfect. Until he wakes up one night to find his arm temporarily ink free. Until he finds a brick wall where the tattoo shop should be.
 

As Jason’s world spins out of control, he comes to realize a truth as sharp as the griffin’s talons. The tattoo is alive, it’s hungry, and if Jason tries to kill it, he’ll die. The artist will remove it for a price, but he’s not interested in money or Jason’s soul. He wants something far worse…

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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locale or organizations is entirely coincidental.

 

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Ink

Copyright © 2012 by Damien Walters Grintalis

ISBN: 978-1-61921-079-0

Edited by Don D’Auria

Cover by Scott Carpenter

 

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

About the Author

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