Category: STORY
Where Did You Get That Ring?
Where Did You Get That Ring? New Mexico Territory, autumn of 1889. Aboard the wood-paneled first-class dining car of the Santa…
I Need to Buy a Father
I Need to Buy a Father Outside, rain poured across the grey spires of Seattle. Inside Vale House, crystal chandeliers glittered…
Don’t Swallow That Pill, Sir
Don’t Swallow That Pill, Sir Thirty-eight-year-old Alessandro Moretti governed the East Coast syndicate with absolute, unyielding discipline. Surrounded by bulletproof glass, private…
It Doesn’t Taste Like Mommy’s
It Doesn’t Taste Like Mommy’s Thirty-seven-year-old Mason Vance held undisputed dominion over the city’s five boroughs, controlling luxury high-rises, international shipping ports,…
The Song Behind the Forbidden Door
The Song Behind the Forbidden Door For forty-nine consecutive nights, thirty-eight-year-old Lorenzo Moretti lay motionless inside the fortified medical wing of his…
The Stuffed Dog for Toby
The Stuffed Dog for Toby Before sunrise, a three-year-old girl asked a three-billion-dollar tycoon for one stuffed toy dog. But when she…
Hi, Sleeping Man.
“Hi, Sleeping Man.” For twenty years, nobody in the underworld was allowed close enough to touch Damiano Vitale while he slept. Not…
“The Wedding Is the Funeral.”
“The Wedding Is the Funeral.” Less than an hour before he was scheduled to take his marriage vows, Mafia Boss Dominic Moretti…
“Tell Me, Mister… Can I Borrow You for One Whole Day?”
Tell Me, Mister… Can I Borrow You for One Whole Day? Twelve of New York’s most dangerous men had spent the night…
She’s Lying, Sir. There Is No Baby
“She’s Lying, Sir. There Is No Baby.” The private dining room of the Moretti penthouse was fragrant with white roses, roast lamb,…