Sean Gilbert

Night People Sean Gilbert

"I had to finish what I began. I had to go back to the old 606 Café and find out why so many weird things had been happening to me lately. I had to face the monkey man and make him tell me what was going on. Because that sassy mermaid had been right. Something was coming, and I was somehow caught in the middle of it. So I needed to find out what was happening. The monkey man had suggested quite strongly that if I entered his layer again he'd eat me, but I couldn't let that deter me. I had to know why I had seen the things I'd seen. The iron gate to the café courtyard was usually locked, but on nights like that one the gate was left open for me just the same, if only for show. I seem to always be welcome. Maybe I'm drawn to these moments, my Cu Chulainn moments, and that's why opportunity always presents itself so plainly to me in situations like this. Trouble always leaves the door open for me. And I usually am more than happy to walk through it..."