A troubled young woman frees herself from her abusive past. A middle-aged criminal gets embroiled in a twisted revenge plot. A bad drugs trip pushes a teenage getaway-driver over the edge. A reformed offender plans the murder of a machine. An older woman reflects on the time in her youth when she brushed up against madness.

Five short stories, previously published as singles, along with three short novel excerpts, make up the first Crime-Mystery-Suspense Short Story Collection.

Approx’ 41,000 words.