Family Ties

Do you like madness? Murder? Parenting gone horribly wrong? If so, I hope you'll read my story, "Family Ties," online at Black Heart Magazine.


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I. The last time I was at these waters I nearly drowned. But that was years ago, when I was a boy. I’ve learned to stay on the right side of the fence and I stand here, safe, looking onto a shrinking horizon. The clouds are gathering in the distance, angry, gray, almost black. I can’t worry about that.

I am here for the lie.