This is the second book in the Aberrations Series, a collection of ten new, short stories to tease and tickle.
How would you feel if you came face to face with a contract
killer? I did, and it formed the basis for my title story.
But then, most, if not all of my yarns have a foundation in
something I've heard, read or personally experienced.
I've kept a diary, for example, but have not had as macabre
an experience as the old man in my tale, Dear Diary.
One might wonder, for example, whether, given the chance, the leopard might ever change its spots? Read my take on it and find out for yourself. This story was based on an actual event involving my wife, when she was just six years old. Her mother was so appalled by what happened, she refused to ever speak about it, or hear about it for the rest of her life.
I am not, and have never been a Gigolo, but decided to have
our hero from Book 1 meet his comeuppance in Book 2 when he meets a Courtesan,
who tumbles his well-kept secret. It's all there for you to appreciate.
In this second Book in the series, I've also looked at taxidermy, car crime and conditions under which an innocent journalist might be tortured and imprisoned in Vietnam? All based on personal experience, or else events I've read about in the press which struck me as being worthy of a view to be expressed in a short story.
These are just a few
tasters of a collection of tales I hope you'll enjoy reading as much as I've
enjoyed writing them.
Andrew Segal
Excerpt
The object of their attention was the two men approaching
them. The older of the two, in his early forties, bull-necked, shaven headed,
around five feet eight, his companion, in his late teens, lean built and
slightly taller.
The younger man spoke first, his voice tremulous, “Christ
dad. I said we shouldn’t have come down this street. It’s asking for trouble.”
“It’s a free country son. We don’t need permission to walk
any street we want.”
“But what’re we gonna do? There’s four of ‘em.”
“Stand still son. Now! Let them come to us. We start
nothing. Maybe they’ll walk on. If they start getting clever, well, just
remember what I’ve taught you.”
The four were closer now. “Dad?” The boy sounded frightened, felt frightened, his heart hammering painfully in his chest.
About the Author
My inspirations have come from real people, events or situations that have presented themselves. Titles like, I am a Contract Killer, I am a Gigolo, Death Zone, License to Kill, are all based on my own lifetime experiences, questions asked, incidents occurring.Let me be reassuring, thus-far, nobody has been murdered on
my watch. But the notion gave rise to the impetus to write my first murder
mystery, The Lyme Regis Murders. Could I make the jump after years of writing
macabre short stories to a full length drama? That familiar beating in the gut,
said, ‘Yes, try it. Give it a go.’
And so to that cosy coastal town where nothing untoward ever
happens. Or perhaps it does. The author seeks to shatter notions, change
people’s perceptions, spoil long held views. That was my intention in entering
into the world of crime thrillers. I’ve found that ‘nice’ people are not always
what they seem. The helpless can be transformed into the most dangerous, the
most dangerous become the most harmless. It’s all up to the writer and what
they’re hoping to achieve.
For me there have been 10 children’s books, 4 books of short
stories and so far, three novels, with a fourth in the mixer.
Whilst a short story might be written with a flurry of
adrenalin in the space of a few hours, a book will need more than just a flash
of creativity. It will need perseverance, discipline and dogged determination.
But then, isn’t that what is required of every ambition?
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