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    Ice, Ice, Baby (An Ethan Banning File)
    Ice, Ice, Baby (An Ethan Banning File)
    Ice, Ice, Baby (An Ethan Banning File)
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    Ice, Ice, Baby (An Ethan Banning File)

    By Naomi Clark

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    Before Ethan Banning was a down-and-out demon-possessed PI, he was just a down-and-out PI. Follow his pre-Shoregrave adventures in the Ethan Banning Files, a series of short stories.

    Christmas Eve at Ethan's regular bar isn't going according to plan. Yeah, he's got the cash, the whiskey, and the slender possibility of a kiss under the mistletoe, but the dead girl he's found in the ladies' room is really putting a dampener on things...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaomi Clark
    Release dateDec 14, 2014
    ISBN9781310691485
    Ice, Ice, Baby (An Ethan Banning File)
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    Naomi Clark

    Naomi Clark is a nineteen-year-old writer, actress, blogger, singer, and vlogger. Naomi has been writing since she was eight years old, and this is her first published work. She lives in New York City with her mother, father, and her dog named Hope. In her spare time, she likes to crochet, walk her dog, bake, and cook for her family. She is also very active in her church and loves to work with kids. Her vlogging channel is coming to Youtube in Spring 2017. You can follow her on Instagram @glittergirl40 and on Facebook @NaomiClark.

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      Ice, Ice, Baby (An Ethan Banning File) - Naomi Clark

      Ice, Ice, Baby

      A Short Story

      by Naomi Clark

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      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2014 Naomi Clark

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      Ice, Ice Baby

      About the Author

      Ice, Ice Baby

      Sometimes, if you're a really good boy all year, Santa will reward you richly. Other times I figure Santa just fucks up. I hadn't been a good boy all year by anyone's standards, but I'd still won five hundred bucks on a scratch card on Christmas Eve. So I guess Santa hadn't had time to check his list twice.

      Christmas Eve in Sylvester's is a pretty happy time. The barmaids wear Santa hats and Sylvester hangs mistletoe over the bar, like there's anyone worth kissing except the barmaids, who never go for it. He'd even sprung for a real tree this year, although the damn thing looked like it should've been chopped for firewood several Christmasses ago. It was shedding needles at a depressing rate, and the fairy at the top looked kinda drunk and slutty.

      Or maybe that was my fifth whiskey talking. So whatever. Manically upbeat Christmas music pounded through the speakers and everyone looked a little cheerier than usual. Given that Sylvester's is the place you come when even the disreputable bars kick you out, that counted for a lot.

      I knocked back

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