drove to Las Vegas with all the evils in the world in the trunk of my car?” Scathach nodded happily. “I could hardly leave it at the dojo. Someone might have opened it.” Billy shook his head and let out a sigh. “All the evils of the world,” he murmured. “Can I ask what you’re going to do with them?” “I was going to lock them away where they would never be found.…” “But I’m guessing you’ve changed your mind,” Billy said. The Shadow smiled. She dropped her mirrored Aviators onto her face. “There’s a Shadowrealm I’m going to release them into. It’s the home of the Elder Crom Cruach.” She paused and added hesitantly, “You could tag along if you like. It’ll be dangerous.” She turned to look at him and peered over the top of her glasses. “It might even be fun.”
An authority on mythology and folklore, Michael Scott is one of Ireland’s most successful authors. A master of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and folklore, he has been hailed by the Irish Times as “the King of Fantasy in these isles.” “Billy the Kid and the Vampyres of Vegas” is a short story based on Scott’s worldwide bestselling Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series: The Alchemyst , The Magician , The Sorceress , The Necromancer , and The Warlock , all available from Delacorte Press. Also available as an ebook original is the short story “The Death of Joan of Arc.” You can visit Michael Scott at dillonscott.com . Follow Michael on Facebook and on Twitter.