Comments on 'He Only Appears In The Moonlight'Red splattered across the graph-like neck of Mooney's acoustic guitar. What calluses his fingers had been armored with had long ago fallen off. His bony, dark fingers tripped from C back to G. Sweat sheeted off of his forehead. He desperately wanted to run his handkerchief across his brow, but didn't dare.
_Oh, you'll meet him there. Sure as the sun hangs in the sky. But you gotta play every single song you know before he shows._
Throat feeling like a gravel pit, Mooney Brown began his last song, "Oh Death." Peering up from the lonely crossroads toward the field of stars in the sky, Mooney heard a shuffle.
_Now you can't look at him. If you do, you'll jes' be sucked down to the dyin' reaches. Jes' play along._
A big man. Strangely lit, as if he was sucking up the stars behind him. Sat down on the log next to Mooney. Sweet, sweet music from two guitars now.
_You shore you wan' do this, boy? Ain't no turnin' back. He drives one hard bargain._
No longer tired, Mooney's fingers slid nimbly across the frets.2008-05-11T23:21:21Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/29948Comment on He Only Appears In The Moonlight<p>Thanks. Yeah, just going for that old story of selling your soul to the devil for the gift of music.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29948?basename=616712008-05-11T23:21:21ZThe Unnamablehttp://ficlets.com/authors/the_unnamableComment on He Only Appears In The Moonlight<p>“The Devil Went Down To Georgia” but with guitars? I must say I am intrigued.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/29948?basename=612542008-05-09T22:31:25Zkaellinn18http://ficlets.com/authors/kaellinn18