Dig Two Graves, Part 6

The hospital in San Diego wasn’t so bad. I got warm food twice a day, and some of the nurses were nice to look at. The only part I didn’t like was…


Dig Two Graves, Part 5

Tijuana greeted me with a hot hand. Entering the city at midday felt like walking into a furnace. Everywhere, for as far as I could see, were old…


Dig Two Graves, Part 4

Three years later. My wrestling career ended less than two months after The Creature from Los Alamos wrapped up in New Mexico. Mr. Fuller put me…


Dig Two Graves, Part 3

Mr. Art returned to the set on Friday afternoon. By that point, I was sick to death of Kolb. I was too sullen and riddled with worry to talk, so he…


Dig Two Graves, Part 2

“You’re one ugly bastard, but in a cute way.” It was fourth day of shooting, and Sharon Silverwood introduced herself to me. The beautiful blonde…


Dig Two Graves, Part 1

The three people responsible for the most colorful days of my life all had the same reaction when they first saw me. “You are one ugly bastard,” they…


There’s Only Us, Chapter 3

Early morning’s dim light crept over Alec’s sleeping body on the floor. He stretched his limbs out and slowly rose. His half-closed eyes scanned the…


There’s Only Us, Chapter 2

Alec looked at his father in awe. He always did so before a search started. How could he not? With that big black beard, tattered coat, frayed rope…


There’s Only Us, Chapter 1

All the buckets were empty. The big ones, the small ones, wood ones, metal ones, broken and rusted ones: none held a drop. Alec reached his slender…


The Man Who Cuckolded Himself, Part 4

X. Like Poe’s unnamed murderous narrator in “The Telltale Heart,” who tormented his elderly charge by sneaking into his room and making presence felt…