Figures of Fear: An anthology by Graham Masterton
Author:Graham Masterton [Masterton, Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780105994
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2015-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
I took a deep breath. ‘Hey, how’s it going?’
Her reply was terse. ‘Fine. We’re all fine. The real question is how are you?’
‘Listen, Marie, I think I’m on to something. I’ve been threatened by a local guy called John Shooks. He says he knew Jack. He warned Jack to stop cutting down trees but Jack wouldn’t listen. Marie, I think he killed Jack. He’s trying to scare the forestry company into pulling their operation.’
‘For Christ’s sake, Bill, have you told the authorities?’
‘Yes. Well, no, not quite. They told me to get out of town.’
‘I hope you’re doing what he asked,’ said Marie. Her voice now reflected concern.
‘What if it was this Shooks character? I can’t just give up and let him get away with murder.’
There was a pause. ‘Listen, Bill, I’m not going to yell. I don’t want another fight. Come home and leave the investigation to the experts.’
I felt prickly. I’d called her for support. For a friendly voice. ‘I don’t think you’re listening. Jack’s girlfriend was decapitated last night right in front of me and I’m sure it was this freak, Shooks.’
‘What?’ Marie screamed. ‘You’re going to get killed, you idiot. Then where will we be? Stuck here without a husband. Tabby and Conrad without a dad. You’re always so goddamned selfish.’
‘Jesus, Marie, I called you for some support, not a goddamned lecture.’
‘Right,’ she snapped, ‘if you won’t come home, we’ll come to you.’
‘No, it’s too—’ My words trailed off as I heard the line drop and go dead.
Goddammit!
I hurried back into town, straight for the glitzy tackle shop on Roseau Avenue, right across the parking lot from the North Star Bar.
‘It’s got a lovely action on it,’ said the clerk, handing me a .338 Winchester hunting rifle. ‘You could take out Bigfoot’s left eye at four hundred paces with that.’
He checked my ID and then, after making a couple of phone calls to verify I was who I claimed, he swiped my credit card and sent me on my way with the rifle, ten boxes of ammunition and a cheery, ‘Happy huntin’.’
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