Sunday today means a mystery sample
from my MIND SLICES short story
collection. Previously published in the Spring 2007 edition of Mouth Full Of
Bullets the story will hopefully keep readers guessing to the end. I don’t
remember now what gave me this twisted little idea……
Package of Pain
Mike Thornstein sat in his truck in
front of his own house as a light drizzle coated the windshield. The package was there again, even though it
wasn’t supposed to be. He had been
promised by everyone that it was all over.
The investigation was supposed to have ended months ago. He had been cleared, publicly exonerated, but
nothing changed.
It sat there wrapped in plain brown paper
on his stoop. When they first started
showing up every Friday like clockwork, his colleagues had searched for the
sender. Each one had been mailed from a
mailbox in Fort Worth. Television had
“Walker,” but all Mike had were bureaucratic bosses who decided the packages
weren’t a threat. When the sender wasn’t
identified after a few weeks, manpower and resources were delegated
elsewhere. Mike was still on suspension
while awaiting assignment, albeit very unofficially, and the packages were
still coming. Something had to be done
to end it.
The windshield wipers slapped across
clearing the glass. Visible again, the
package sat there waiting for him. He
turned the engine off and listened to it tick as it cooled. The glass slowly misted over as the drizzle
continued. The package dissolved from
view into globs of water on the glass. Sitting there, watching the mist fall,
wasn’t going to solve the problem.
Mike heaved himself out of his old
truck and crossed the leaf-strewn yard.
Rain and wind had stripped most of the leaves off the trees .....
If you liked the above sample, there
are 15 more short stories in Mind Slices: A
Collection of New and Previously Published Stories. Some tales lean towards the science fiction
side, some lean towards mystery, and almost all of them are suspenseful in some
way. Most stories also contain more than one genre. The e-book is currently .99
cents and is available online at:
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/243655
Barnes and Noble’s NOOK http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mind-slices-kevin-tipple/1113576100?ean=2940044983076
If you have not yet read the book, I
hope you take a chance on it.
Kevin
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2 comments:
Re-read a story from your collection the other day! ("Package of Pain")
For those who've not read it, it's packed with a lot of good reading.
Thank you, Terry.
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