“Hit him again.” The roundhouse blow exploded on my jawbone. Cold pain radiated to my eye and neck. I hung my head, drool and blood ...

One day the mailman found Aunt Tillie’s house wide open with no sign of her. It was bitter cold, yet all the doors and windows ...

“Just get on with it, Tony!” the detective said. “Tell me what happened at the restaurant tonight.” “Okay, okay. But it started long before tonight, ...

The desert horizon shimmered like it tends to do in mid-August. I had been patrolling I-15 all day, stopping revelers between LA and Vegas. The ...

A bang shattered the sultry afternoon. I spun around, scanning the parking lot. Twenty yards away a white pickup truck stood at an awkward angle, ...