You have to understand, a place like Rusty’s bar has its own rhythm. It’s a low hum of spilled beer, stale smoke, and…
No one corrected them. Not even Melissa, though she looked like her throat hurt, her face pale with a fury that wasn’t hers…
The silence that followed wasn’t just quiet. It was a vacuum. It sucked the air out of the room, pulled the Vivaldi from…
I screamed again, a raw, pathetic sound that died in the humid air. And that’s when I heard it. A twig snap. Not…
My world is divided into two parts. Before, and After. Before, I was just a father. A husband. A soldier. After, I became…
The gate at Fort Kessler, Wyoming, appeared out of the high-desert haze like a mirage. Grace Mallory kept both hands on the wheel…
The alley reeked. It was the smell of Miami that the tourism boards try to hide—a thick, wet-wool blanket of rotting food, stale…
I always dreamed of my wedding day. But I never dreamed it would end with me, soaked and shivering, watching my entire life…
The key hit the lock, but it didn’t turn. A fumble. A curse under his breath. I froze, the wooden spoon halfway to…
The fluorescent light in the hospital hallway hummed, a flat, buzzing sound that felt like it was drilling directly into my skull. It…