Vengeance is Blind: Three Scott Drayco Short Mysteries (5 page)

Drayco watched in horror as Pichford’s head
bounced into chunks of rock and scrub brush before he sank below
the muddy water. Emotionally and physically drained, Drayco sagged
back against the cliff and took in his surroundings. The sandstone
was quite spectacular. A lot like Georgia O’Keeffe’s red canna
painting. As he waited for the waters to recede, he counted the
rings of the sandstone layers, trying not to think about the
spirits of all those who had perished in these canyons over the
millennia, watching along with him.

“The Devil to Play” was first published in
Static Movement
in 2008.

“Valley of the Shadow of Death” was first
published in
Midnight Screaming
in 2009.

This is the debut publication of “Blood
Antiphon.”

Past career hats BV Lawson tried on include
maid, super-speedy typist, classical musician, radio announcer,
being in TV commercials (for all of one day), research assistant,
TV features writer and working for the Discovery Channel. Now a
full-time freelance writer, she's penned articles for various
publications and won awards for her many published stories and
poems.

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