Ice Water

In "People in Hell Want Ice Water" - an eerie and suspenseful short story about connection, trust, and self-preservation - a random hookup amidst the COVID-19 pandemic brings two lonely people together when they need it most. Colin is an immunocompromised software engineer living alone in Los Angeles when he meets Martha on an early morning walk. She’s irreverent and mysterious, and although Colin knows better than to invite a stranger into his house, it’s been over 40 days since he’s been touched, and he can’t resist the temptation.

Rafe is filming his next action adventure movie in Alaska, and Fin joins him. She arrives just in time to save his life when he's trapped alone while diving under the ice. Then while filming an ad for a movie tie-in product back in the Caymans, both Fin and Rafe suffer near miss attempts on their lives. Next, several of her friends go missing, and Fin realizes that past enemies have come back to target her friends and family. Can she track down the crime syndicate and save her friends, or will her efforts be too little, too late?

TODAY, OUR NATION IS LIKE A SHIP being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong...