Nicholas looked at the floor. “You knew my mother, James, before Williams got to her.” He paused and cleared his throat. “You might say fighting Haywood Williams is something of a family business.”
“But I... I’ve played my part. I’m done.”
“I can see why you’d think that, I do. He made you feel like a pawn, a mean to his ends. I’m here to tell you that you’re much more than that. You make a difference, James.”
Billy Crown went for a walk one day, leaving behind a pack of cigarette and a lighter. He was never seen again.
There's a cowboy in Utah with a bullet hole in his hat and a dirty noose tucked under the collar of his shirt. He has been here a long, long time...
“Okay, what happens to me when she dies?”
“You start again, whenever you like.”
“Just like that.”
Frankie Mason is dead. Now James, his only son, is unable to cope with the permanent scar left by witnessing his father’s brutal death. No matter what lengths he would have to go to, James will have his revenge.
Nicholas looked at the floor. “You knew my mother, James, before Williams got to her.” He paused and cleared his throat. “You might say fighting Haywood Williams is something of a family business.”
“But I... I’ve played my part. I’m done.”
“I can see why you’d think that, I do. He made you feel like a pawn, a mean to his ends. I’m here to tell you that you’re much more than that. You make a difference, James.”
Frankie Mason is dead. Now James, his only son, is unable to cope with the permanent scar left by witnessing his father’s brutal death. No matter what lengths he would have to go to, James will have his revenge.
There's a cowboy in Utah with a bullet hole in his hat and a dirty noose tucked under the collar of his shirt. He has been here a long, long time...
“Okay, what happens to me when she dies?”
“You start again, whenever you like.”
“Just like that.”
Billy Crown went for a walk one day, leaving behind a pack of cigarette and a lighter. He was never seen again.
Nicholas looked at the floor. “You knew my mother, James, before Williams got to her.” He paused and cleared his throat. “You might say fighting Haywood Williams is something of a family business.”
“But I... I’ve played my part. I’m done.”
“I can see why you’d think that, I do. He made you feel like a pawn, a mean to his ends. I’m here to tell you that you’re much more than that. You make a difference, James.”
Frankie Mason is dead. Now James, his only son, is unable to cope with the permanent scar left by witnessing his father’s brutal death. No matter what lengths he would have to go to, James will have his revenge.
There's a cowboy in Utah with a bullet hole in his hat and a dirty noose tucked under the collar of his shirt. He has been here a long, long time...
“Okay, what happens to me when she dies?”
“You start again, whenever you like.”
“Just like that.”
Billy Crown went for a walk one day, leaving behind a pack of cigarette and a lighter. He was never seen again.
Ilia Epifanov is an American science fiction and supernatural thriller author. He has written over thirty short stories, books, and comics, and his works take readers to curious and uncanny worlds to grapple with intimacy and loss.
Crescent Earth, the first book of Ilia’s latest sci-fi series, kicks off his most ambitious mystery yet. Through a time traveling spaceship, readers are transported across a rich interstellar landscape to solve the murder of Frankie Mason.
In his spare time, Ilia is a developmental editor who reads crime fiction and comic books while taking his two Pomeranians to the park. He gets his inspiration from long walks with his family and through his travels. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and currently lives in Los Angeles.