Paige Hawthorne: Stories

A Winter's Universe Story (7)
This story is rated R. All minors - 18 and younger - must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. There's a television-addicted maniac loose in Kansas City. Add in ten hunky male strippers - such bad-boys. Full frontal. Gratuitous sex. Plus a morose KCPD crime scene photographer with a romantic streak. "Risk" features Winter Jennings, private eye. Co-staring Vanessa, Walker, Pilar, Hobo. And a psychopath to be named later. But television programs ... seriously?

Hey there, Winter Jennings reporting for duty. This little short story is a snapshot of an intriguing week. One specific period of time without the love of my life — Vanessa Henderson — who was attending a culinary conference in Mexico. But I was with the love of my life — 16-year-old Walker Jennings — a typical and perpetually-aroused relative of mine. Okay, son. While the cat’s away …

A Winter's Universe Story (1)
I'm Winter Jennings, 32, former police officer, current private detective. A now-single mother with a horny son, a friendly-enough ex. My father is about to retire as a respected homicide captain here in Kansas City, Missouri. My work is usually routine, mostly computer-driven. Except when it isn't. Revenge porn, a cult, a wife beater, insurance scams, pimps. A particularly nasty psychiatrist. Clitorides: Best New Author --2017.