title: day's night: poems
author:  Jorge Reyes 
description: Jorge Reyes, a native of Santiago de Cuba, is the author of three books, including My Words Mean Something, his first collection of poems. His other books include: Guia Para Descubrir Tu Cuerpo and Rediscovering Cuba: A Personal Memoir. Reyes lives in South Florida.
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  "a hard day's
  
  
  night-searcher" copyright © 2006 by
  
  
  Sherrilyn Kenyon
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Isn't it great?" Rafael Santiago
  
  
  wasn't a religious man in any sense of the word, but as he read the short
  story
  
  
  Jeff Brinks had published in the SF magazine in his hands, he felt a deep need
  
  
  to cross himself. . . .
  
  
  
  
  
  Or
  
  
  at the very least, club the college student over the head until he lost all
  
  
  consciousness.
  
  
  
  
  
  Keeping
  
  
  his expression carefully blank, Rafael slowly closed the magazine and met his
  
  
  Squire's eager look. At twenty-three, Jeff was tall and lean, with dark brown
  
  
  hair and brown eyes. He'd only been a Squire to Rafael for the last couple of
  
  
  months, since Jeff's father had retired. An eager young man, Jeff had been
  good
  
  
  enough at remembering to pay bills on time, run Rafael's business, and help to
  
  
  protect his immortal status from the unknowing humans. But the one thing Jeff
  
  
  had wanted more than anything else was to pub