Part 1 The heat hit me first. A solid wall of it, thick, wet, and smelling of ozone, hot steel, and the faint,…

Part 1   The shop lights were off. I was just setting my wrench down in the shadows of the garage doorway when…

Part 1   The voice on the phone was the principal’s, Mr. Davies, and it was a strained, apologetic instrument struggling against an…

Part 1   The gravel tore my palms before my brain even registered the fall. Dust filled my mouth, coppery with the taste…

Part 1: The Summons The room fell silent the moment I walked in. My father chuckled under his breath, a low, dismissive sound…

Part 1   My name is Hillary Parker, and I’m thirty-five. When my husband, David Mitchell, slapped me at our tenth-anniversary dinner, the…

Part 1 I Was the CEO of a Billion-Dollar Bank. I Saw an Old Man in Faded Clothes and Had Security Throw Him…

The Handcuffs, The Biker, and The Silent Code   The afternoon heat was a thick, vibrating haze above the blacktop. Eleven years on…

Sergeant Kopczak’s face was a mask of begrudging respect. He handed the DR-80 simulator over, the heavy-gauge plastic casing warm from the Texas…

My life was built on silence. The silence of my sprawling Manhattan penthouse, where the only sound was the distant, polite hum of…