Dead Men Dancing - A collection of short stories
Sruthi1998
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  • Reads 64
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  • Parts 4
  • Time 53m
Sruthi1998
Complete, First published Nov 12, 2020
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A collection of short stories:

(I) The Interrogation
A hardened detective faces the suspect of a truly gruesome murder. Would he be able to wring out a confession from him, or is there more than what meets the eye?

(II) God's Grave
An imprisoned God awaits its sentence.

(III) It's a Not-so-Wonderful Life
(1970's South Africa, during Apartheid)
A soldier lies on a hospital bed, anticipating the worse and wondering if things might have gone a different way if he was not who he was.

(IV) The Seance
A medium talks to the spirit of a petulant young girl, trying to find out who killed her and where her body was.
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Stories from the Edge

10 parts Complete Mature

This collection of ten stories covers a number of genres, including crime, horror and humor. A woman accidentally kills her abusive husband and flees to start a new life. A veteran cop hunts a serial killer. A young man on death row revisits his life. A taxi driver picks up a young woman who is not what she seems. A Private Detective investigates blackmail. A Forensic Pathologist descends into paranoid madness. A woman detective takes revenge against an abusive senior officer. Two detectives investigate the abduction of a food critic. In a future TV game show, contestants must perform an autopsy live in the studio. Three men must solve a problem caused by a mix-up in a mortuary. The stories examine the dark side of society and humanity, with a twist of absurd realism.

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