A few minutes before midnight, Clarence Samuel Gravitano carefully turned the Lincoln Mark IV down the dimly lighted alley. The windshield wipers, set to the lowest intermittent setting against the constant mist, moved to the right across the windshield, then back to the left. Through the streaked windshield to the left lay a row of docks. Beyond them was the Atlantic Ocean, and it was raging, slamming against the massive upright timbers that marked the edge … Read more
When the shot went off and the red brick next to his head sang a whiny song of ricochet, Dexter Mancuso ran out of his sandals. At a dead run, he rounded the corner of a long, dark alley. Had his pursuer seen? Not quite halfway into the alley but certain the guy was about to come around the corner, he grabbed the rusted edge of a dumpster and vaulted himself into it. His left knee … Read more
Y’know, I ain’t sure how it happened, really. I swear, Bobby and me was just talkin’ when some lady screamed. ‘Least it sounded like a lady. But I didn’t see her or nothin’. Anyways, that screamin’, that made me look around right quick. So I did. An’ I stared ‘cause I couldn’t believe it myself. Some maniac’s bearin’ down on me in a big ol’ truck. A truck! Here, y’know? An’ I yelled, “Hey, what the … Read more