Mississippi Roll. Джордж Р. Р. Мартин

      

      

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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      Source ISBN: 9780008283551

      Ebook Edition © August 2018 ISBN: 9780008286521

      Version: 2018-07-03

       Dedication

       For Edward Bryant

       brother-in-arms

       father to gators

       our ace on roller skates

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Copyright Acknowledgments

Mississippi Roll Rules

In the Shadow of Tall Stacks by Stephen Leigh: Part 1

In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 2

Wingless Angel by John Jos. Miller

In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 3

       A Big Break in the Small Time by Carrie Vaughn

       In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 4

       Death on the Water by Cherie Priest

       In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 5

       Find the Lady by Kevin Andrew Murphy

       In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 6

       Under the Arch by David D. Levine

       In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 7

       In the Shadow of Tall Stacks: Part 8

       The Wild Cards Universe

       About the Publisher

       Copyright Acknowledgments

      ‘In the Shadow of Tall Stacks’ copyright © 2017 by Stephen Leigh.

      ‘Wingless Angel’ copyright © 2017 by John Jos. Miller.

      ‘A Big Break in the Small Time’ copyright © 2017 by Carrie Vaughn.

      ‘Death on the Water’ copyright © 2017 by Cherie Priest.

      ‘Find the Lady’ copyright © 2017 by Kevin Andrew Murphy.

      ‘Under the Arch’ copyright © 2017 by David D. Levine.

       Mississippi Roll Rules

      Mississippi Roll is a seven-card stud poker game.

      The rules are as follows:

      1 Seven cards are dealt to each player, facedown.

      2 Each player passes one card to the player on his left.

      3 Each player passes two cards to the player on his left.

      4 Each player passes three cards to the player on his left.

      5 Each player discards two cards from his hand, arranges the five remaining cards in the order he wishes to reveal them, and places his hand facedown in a pack before him on the table.

      6 The players roll their top card. A round of betting follows, starting with the player with the high card showing.

      7 The remaining cards are revealed one by one, with each roll followed by a round of betting.

      8 The high hand and low hand split the pot.