Brown Girl in the Ring

As soon as he entered the room, Baines blurted out, "We want you to find us a viable human heart, fast."

"Bloodfire!"Rudy cursed, surprised. "Is that what you a-say?"

He stared at the scared-looking man from the Angel of Mercy transplant hospital up by the Burn. Douglas Baines had obviously never ventured into Rudy's neighbourhood before. The pudgy man had shown up in a cheap, off-the-rack bulletproof that dragged along the flood, his barrel chest straining at its burst buttons. He looked foolish, and he looked like he knew it.

From Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson 2007. Published by Grand Central Publishing.