title: The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom
author:  Jonny Duddle 
description: <b>Jonny Duddle</b> is the author-illustrator of the hugely successful picture books <i>The Pirate Cruncher</i>, <i>The Pirates Next Door</i>, and <i>The King of Space</i>. <i>The Pirates Next Door </i>has sold over 100,000 copies in paperback in the U.K. and won the 2012 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Jonny Duddle also worked as a character designer for Aardman Animation's Oscar-nominated film <i>The Pirates!</i> He lives in Wales with his wife and two young children.
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  ## Metrophage
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Richard Kadrey
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Richard Kadrey
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Metrophage
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Now I lay me d own to sleep
  
  
  I hear the sirens in the street
  
  
  All my dreams are made of chrome
  
  
  I have no way to get back home
  
  
  
  
  
  — Tom Waits
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  The Petrified City
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A crip by the name of Easy Money ran the HoloWhores down at a place called
  Carnaby's Pit. At least he had been running them the last time Jonny Qabbala,
  drug dealer, ex-Committee for Public Health bounty hunter, and self-confessed
  loser, had paid him a visit. Jonny was hoping that Easy was still working the
  Pit. He had a present for him from a dead friend.
  
  
  The ugly and untimely murder of Raquin, the chemist, had left an empty spot in
  the pit of Jonny's stomach. Not just because Raquin had been Jonny's
  connection (since it was a simple matter for Jonny to get his dope directly
  from Raquin's boss, the smuggl