I kept reading this story as an allegory...or wanting it to be an allegory. If so, an allegory for what? Propping up the status quo? The drag of tradition? What we inherit from our parents? People whose work is more important than their relationships? A deaf God? Martyrdom? Having just fin...
Denver private eye Johnny Lane is so busy he has to contract out his overflow cases. When a young woman approaches him to find her birth parents, he's willing to take the case for almost nothing. Almost. It would be a breath of fresh air after all the lowlife cases he's now stuck with . . . and t...
From acclaimed author Dave Zeltserman comes a dark, captivating thriller unlike any you've ever seen, a killer unlike any you've ever imagined, and an ending unlike any you've ever dreamed of.
I almost didn’t answer it assuming it was the same tough guy from before, but then looked at the caller ID and saw it was my son, Michael. At first I didn’t believe it, thinking my eyes were playing tricks on me. “Michael?” I said, my voice cracking as I answered the phone...
she said.“I know. I visited Carver’s mom and this is what her house smelled like. I’m going straight into the shower, scrub myself raw—and if that doesn’t work, buy some industrial-sized drums of tomato juice. And I’ll probably have to burn my clothing.”He tried to sidestep her, but Susan moved q...
Jerry Hallwell eyed him suspiciously as he rung up the sale. “What are you buying a machete for?” he asked. “Wha’cha think for? My weeding.” “I heard you weren’t doing that anymore.” “You heard wrong. Put that in a bag.” Hallwell gave Durkin a long look before doing as he’d asked. Durkin handed h...
His next assignment had been marked as a murder. After he checked the satellite photos of the target’s home using Google Earth, he felt confident that he’d be able to get the job done in less than a week despite taking four days off so he’d still be able to earn his bonus and keep Barry off his b...
While Bill needed to take two connecting busses, he was able to get seats near the back in both of them and hide himself with a newspaper. A few times while waiting for the busses he caught other passengers looking curiously in his direction, but he found if he stared back at them with an angry s...
The people kept their distance, a low murmur coming from them. Jim looked away from them and saw the back doors of the limo open. He recognized Zach and Wilfred as they left the car, both of whom looked amused. Two more men got out also. These two he didn’t recognize. One was about his size, the ...
He worked out regularly and took a great deal of pride in his appearance. Now, though, there was more to it than that. With the bank robbery only one week away he had to prepare himself, get as strong as possible.He caught another quick look in the mirror as he pushed a hand against his stomach, ...
in Applied Math and Computer Science. I spent a lot of hours as a kid watching old movies with Hitchcock, the Marx Brothers, and film noir being my favorite, especially The Roaring Twenties, The Third Man and The Maltese Falcon. I also always read a lot, everything from comic books, Mad Magazine,...