HOT MUGGY NIGHTS Designed by Franklin Vandiver Cover illustration by Bill Harris Edition of one hundred January 2010 From the jacket: Pepper Gray was a cheerfully ignorant grease monkey down at the local garage whose biggest problem was scrounging up enough cash for a 20 oz. Enter Gerald Ford, a mysterious stranger with a deadly deal that Pepper can't refuse. Before he knows it, Pepper is in over his head in a murder plot that seems to quickly get away from him. Can he escape the mess he's made before it's too late, or will his actions get the better of him? Eric Marth's classic combines all the elements that made him a fan favorite: daunting atmosphere, hard-scrabble characters and a plot that doesn't stop. Hot Muggy Nights was first published as a serial between November 2007 and February 2008. It has been edited and improved since it first appeared on http://hotmuggynights.blogspot.com