William Lewis is a literary agent. Over the years, he’s been able to perform his duties in the small town of Perry, in Sardis County.As a literary agent, William has gone over many contracts in his time. He’s signed off on them as a witness, and helped his clients get the best terms that he can.William is having lunch at Ethel’s Diner in Perry when he’s approached by Raymond Hollingsworth. Hollingsworth has a contract that he’d like William to look over and sign off on as a...

Megan Beck has been asked to perform a highly top-secret job for Justice Security, assigned by their FBI liaison, Marcus Moore.Megan is given sparse instructions on what she is to do, but no information about why she’s doing this particular job, or who the target might be.The job, unfortunately, has to be done on the night of her husband’s birthday. Dexter is understanding, but disappointed. He planned to celebrate with her, and his brother that night.Facing disappo...

They're called the "grunts" - the uniformed officers of Justice Security. They don't have the cushy, highly publicized jobs held by the plainclothes members of the company - they're the people that appear in the background every day at banks, office buildings, and retail establishments, providing a secure environment for customers and workers.Gus Brazzle is one of those grunts. His assignment is a store that deals in used books, music, and movies. Gus has become quite close to the ...

Someone…or some thing…is killing people across Sardis County. Sheriff Billy Napier and Deputy Alan Blake are trying their best to find the killer before someone else falls victim to the “Sardis Slasher”.The problem with finding the killer? No clues are left behind for the forensics team to evaluate.Katie Montgomery Blake and her aunt, Margo Sardis, are trying to help, but are also coming up empty. Carol Grace Montgomery and Mary Smalls have made a discovery, too…and that di...

Thirty seven children, along with their bus driver, have been kidnapped on their way to school. They’ve been hidden away in a location known only to the kidnappers, and booby-trapped so that explosives will go off at 5 PM, unless the kidnappers receive their demands.What they want is simple: Joey Justice. They want to trade Joey to Esteban Fernandez for the bounty, and they’ll kill the children unless it happens.The city’s FBI chief, Marcus Moore, orders Justice Security to...

It's Christmas Eve in the city.Dexter Beck, his wife Megan, and Percival "King Louie" Washington are driving to a special Christmas Eve function.Louie and Dexter share with Megan a story of another Christmas Eve in the early days of Justice Security, when the fledgling company is providing security for the band, Omega.Omega is in town to perform at a special Christmas Eve charity concert.Louie and Dexter are driving the drummer, Gil Mullins, to the concert, when the...

Two California girls agree to a camping trip with a boy they met in a bar.The boy has a special talent…and the girls’ life expectancy has grown short.This unsettling story, inspired by the hit song by John Stewart, asks…What is the spooky secret of…Gold?

Megan Beck has been asked to perform a highly top-secret job for Justice Security, assigned by their FBI liaison, Marcus Moore.Megan is given sparse instructions on what she is to do, but no information about why she's doing this particular job, or who the target might be.The job, unfortunately, has to be done on the night of her husband's birthday. Dexter is understanding, but disappointed. He planned to celebrate with her, and his brother, that night.Facing disapp...

Colonel Quentin James Abernathy (Ret.), once a member of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, returns in "Heart Of Glass", the follow-up story to The Lion Sleeps Tonight.Colonel Abernathy retired as a life-long bachelor. In this story, the good Colonel tells a tale only known by a precious few.The time of the story is World War II, and the Colonel is a young leftenant stationed in North Africa, fighting Rommel’s Desert Rats. He relates the story of the love of his ...

Someone...or some thing...is killing people across Sardis County. Sheriff Billy Napier and Deputy Alan Blake are trying their best to find the killer before someone else falls victim to the "Sardis Slasher".The problem with finding the killer? No clues are left behind for the forensics team to evaluate.Katie Montgomery Blake and her aunt, Margo Sardis, are trying to help, but are also coming up empty. Carol Grace Montgomery and Mary Smalls have made a discovery, to...

Meet Colonel Quentin James Abernathy (Ret.), former member of Her Majesty's Armed Forces.Colonel Abernathy retired some years ago as a bachelor, and now lives off his pension and his family's fortune. He is quite old, and belongs to a stately London gentleman's club.In The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Colonel Abernathy tells a tale to a club acquaintance - a tale of 1950s British Guyana in South America, and the Colonel's encounter with a lion.But this is no ordina...

Paul Stiles is spending his Saturday morning mowing his lawn, when his next door neighbor dies a peculiar and spectacular death on Paul’s front lawn. Paul knows something terrifying is happening, but he doesn’t realize that it’s the beginning of a war of survival for humanity.Islamic terrorists have paid rogue Russian scientists to create a plague of genetically created “bugs”, and have turned them loose on the free world, intending to kill the “infidels” of the world. But they did...