Showing results for "locks" in Short Stories

A hit man stalks his mark at a race track. A sociopath crosses every moral boundary to become a published author. An ex-mercenary obsessively defends his "perimeter" from a dangerous interloper. A man for hire grudgingly accepts help from a teenage girl to track an online predator. In a dystopian future, young people struggle for survival underground, forming themselves into vicious gangs with only the graffiti of the "last journalists" accepted as truth. Andrew Vachss collects 20 tight, powerful stories - all from the past decade of his career, including some now published for the first time - along with an original screenplay.

Peerless medical jurist Dr. John Thorndyke unravels nine more tales of greed, deceit, theft, and murder—including the sinister meaning behind a pickpocket's discarded plunder; a man terrorized by a vengeful ghost; a young wife accused of poisoning her older husband; a body concealed beneath the floor of a cottage; and the case of an unknown criminal mastermind and a strong room with an impossibly complex lock...

Archaic weapons vs. modern drug dealers.

Gladys Rumbold seeks liberation from her tyrannical father and embarks on a daring escape from Chicago. Determined to forge a fresh start in Seattle, she boards the Prairie Queen Express under the care of Mr Fisher… Little does she know that her desperate flight will thrust her into a treacherous web.

Marybelle Greenleaf had everything: wealth, respect, and the anticipation of her first child. Her future seemed bright, untarnished by any clouds of trouble. Little did she know, troubles have a way of barging in uninvited, often in overwhelming waves. And so it was for Marybelle!

Amy Spring is faithfully biding her time, waiting for the glorious day on which she will say her vows and commit her life utterly to Christ and the convent. From an orphan babe in arms, she’s been in Saint Basiliscus, and her future is set. But today, she hears terrifying news. Marry a scoundrel, or the convent and the adjoining orphanage will be destroyed.

John makes up his mind to marry May Forster, the prettiest young woman in the village. After John asks her to marry him several times, May finally agrees. John says that his love for May is so great that he would come back from the dead if that was what she wanted him to do. Two days before his wedding, John leaves to visit his seriously ill godfather. May begs him not to go because she has a feeling that something bad will happen. John reassures her that nothing will prevent him from arriving at his wedding on time.