Fully Loaded (37 page)
Authors: Blake Crouch,J. A. Konrath
He said, “Calm down, Rachael.”
Her name sounded like a foreign word on his lips.
He took out a syringe from his black leather jacket and uncapped the needle.
“What is that?” she asked.
“You have nice veins.”
He ducked into the Escalade and turned her arm over.
When the needle entered, she gasped.
“Please listen.
If this is some kind of ransom thing—”
“No, no.
You’ve already been purchased.
In fact, right now, there isn’t a safer place in the world for you to be than in my possession.”
A gang of coyotes erupted in demonic howls somewhere out in that empty dark and Rachael thought they sounded like a woman burning alive, and she began to scream until the drug took her.
BLAKE CROUCH
is the author of DESERT PLACES, LOCKED DOORS, and ABANDON, which was an
IndieBound
Notable Selection last summer, all published by St. Martin’s Press. His newest thriller, SNOWBOUND, also from St. Martin’s, was released in 2010. His short fiction has appeared in
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
,
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
,
Thriller 2
, and other anthologies, including the new SHIVER VI anthology from Cemetery Dance. In 2009, he co-wrote “Serial” with J.A.
Konrath
, which has been downloaded over 250,000 times and topped the Kindle bestseller list for 4 weeks. That story and DESERT PLACES have also been optioned for film. Blake lives in Durango, Colorado. His website is
www.blakecrouch.com
.
Blake Crouch’s Works Available on Kindle
Andrew Z. Thomas thrillers
Other works
Draculas
with J.A.
Konrath
, Jeff Strand and F. Paul Wilson
Perfect Little Town
(horror novella)
Serial Uncut
with J.A.
Konrath
and Jack
Kilborn
Bad Girl
(short story)
Four Live Rounds
(collected stories)
Shining Rock
(short story)
*69
(short story)
On the Good, Red Road
(short story)
Remaking
(short story)
The Meteorologist
(short story)
The Pain of Others
(novella)
Six in the Cylinder
(collected stories)
Coming soon...
Break You
Killers (with J.A.
Konrath
)
Killers Uncut (with J.A.
Konrath
)
Serial Killers Uncut (with J.A.
Konrath
)
Stirred (with J.A.
Konrath
)
Visit Blake at www.BlakeCrouch.com