Party On

Literary lagniappe for the final day of the STRIKE PRICE release party (in the spirit of Mardi Gras, which goes on for about a month....) Why does the Raven Mocker appear? Who employs the assassin?
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And for anyone recovering from yesterday, Robert Earl Keen writes, "The road goes on forever and the party never ends."