A trio of people try to escape a contract that the mob has out on them. More codes added as the story progresses. Caution! This story contains graphic violence, severe torture and intense retribution.
A story in the Hero League Universe
This is the backstory, basic building blocks,a timeline for stories being posted to this Universe and a character list for each story. Not required reading for authors joining the fun, but it might help keep track.
The treasure is real enough but can the two escaped convicts co-operate long enough to dig it up when one is a psychopathic sexual predator and the other's wife is along for the ride?
Discontent, disgust, desperation, can trigger violent reactions. Desperate people do desperate things. Sometimes, their desperation leads to scorched earth tactics. Hopefully a lovely phoenix will arise from the ashes.
This is basically the same as Dawn of the Deer, but re-written into what I hope is a much better paced and less ambiguous story. I am leaving the original here as well, as a mark of the changes which occur in all of us over 26 years.
Lewis is sat watching the lively picnic while his wife Shelly is socialising among relatives. The drinks come round and what he's offered seems to have a magical effect on the rest of his day! ... Lewis joins his mother for dinner at her hotel and then stays the night! ... ... By the time dawn arrives his future has changed! He finds himself running a diamond mine, in South Africa! ... ... A long slow pot boiler ... enjoy!