It’s Just Tearing Me All Apart
D. R. Hunter’s gripping thriller was first published in his trilogy, Revenge: Three Tales of Retribution. The novelette is reprised here in an expanded form.
The FBI statistics indicate that there are between thirty to fifty serial killers out there, roaming this country at any one time. Your odds are slim (~1: 10,000,000) yet you are eight times more likely to cross paths with one of these monsters than see the five bucks you put down each week win the grand prize in the power ball lottery.
Warning. This is a disturbing story about disturbed people involved in murder and mayhem … torture and sadistic sex. It is also a tale about bad luck for the victims and the victimizer.
Circumstances dictate our lives. Some of you believe we have choices as to how we respond. People like me know that is simply fate casting its shadow. But be it choice or chance, the next time you're out on a stormy winter night in rural WhereEver experiencing car trouble and you find you have no bars on your cell phone and there is only one farm house for miles with its lights on. You will have read this little tale and you'll definitely know what NOT to do.
D.H. Hunter