The very first line of the Jim Butcher short story,
Day One, that was included in the new anthology
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy by Shawn Speakman made me laugh out loud:
.....My name is Waldo Butters, and I am a Jedi Knight, like my father before me.
As did this interchange between Butters and Michael:
.....“Tell me what you see.”
.....“That homeless guy on the bench?” I asked.
.....“Yes.”
.....I took a breath and said, “There’s a big yellow exclamation point floating over his head.” After a brief pause I added, “I’m not crazy. My mother had me tested.”
And also this interchange:
.....The Call comes from higher up.”
.....“What?” I asked. “You mean like . . . God? God speaks video game?”
.....“When the Almighty speaks to men, He always does it in voices they can understand,” Michael said.
