Johnny Gruesome is a heavy metal horror novel, while not especially gory, manages to be quite gritty. In Johnny Gruesome, the lead villain is Johnny Grissom, an angry young man who has a vendetta against the world. He is best friends with Eric Carter, who is a bit more clean cut and lacks Johnn...
Riding the elevator to the fifth floor of the immense pre—World War II building, Gary steadied his partner. Inside the cluttered apartment, Frank made a beeline for his bedroom. Gary closed and locked the door. One minute later, Frank emerged sniffling with white powder under his nose. He appeare...
He had pulled on the tattered remains of his shirt, and his shoulder holster held the fabric together beneath his jacket. His clothes reeked of sweat, urine, and smoke, and he stood in the rain for a full minute, allowing the cold water to rinse the stench from them. Cain, he thought, shaking his...
He had earned three hundred dollars for the day, better than usual. Once he deducted his gas money, food expenses, and coffee tab, he had just over two hundred dollars left in his pocket. Aishe would be pleased, though he doubted she’d show it. His beautiful wife still had too much of the old cou...
Maria drank two margaritas, but Jake stuck with Diet Coke. Walking up the steep driveway to their suite in the settling darkness, Jake pointed at the mop handle on the ground. “Someone took the snake.” “Why didn’t they take the mop handle, too? Isn’t it covered with guts or whatever snakes have i...
“Arm yourselves.” Candice tore off a page for herself and another for Landry and slid the pad to Shelly. Landry took his seat between Mace and Candice as the FBI agent pushed the notepad beyond Norton to Karol. Shelly and Norton each produced an electronic writing tablet to use instead. “We’re ob...