Hard Blows
Short Stories of Mystery, Crime and Suspense

“A spine-tingler right to the final sentence.” Dick StodghillSixteen thrilling short stories from an award-winning author of mystery and suspense: “Hard Blows” An ex-con stalks a prosecutor.“The Killers (Allison’s Version)" Allison Culbertson encounters killers in a diner.“Stranger in a Strange Band” A man with a secret tries to start over.“Why the Hearse Horse Snickers” A killer targets a divorce lawyer.“The Bullet Fee” Wyatt Blake hopes his client is innocent of using a butterfly hairpin as a murder weapon.“Must Be Murder” A professor who witnesses a murder while teaching her online class finds no one believes her.“The Planted Gun” A planted gun implicates an innocent (but dead) man.“The Spy in the Suitcase” A “honey trap” leads to a spy in a suitcase.“Inquest for a D.A.” Wyatt Blake faces an inquest into the suspicious death of his wife.“The Secret Legacy” A secret hidden in a safe deposit box is worth going to jail over.“No Such Thing as Free” No Country For Old Men meets Home Alone.“Epic Parkour Fail” A teenage boy practicing parkour witnesses a murder.“The Un-Dead” A detective watches in horror as a murder victim tears himself out of a body bag.“The Hanging Tree” A boy visiting the “hanging tree” finds his life in peril.“The Death Warrant” A new constitutional amendment requires law enforcement in each county to kill one criminal per year without trial or conviction.“Son of a Slain Cop” A boy whose cop dad was gunned down gets a chance years later to solve his father’s cold case.