THE HAMMER FILES
Blood Loyalty and Paradise: The Deferred Bill
The Deferred Bill The house was dark. Angela and Jackie were asleep, safe in the warm, quiet world I had…
Blood Loyalty and Paradise: The Poet of Paris
The Poet of Paris “Paris?” Frank Vance didn’t even take his cigar out of his mouth. He just stared at…
Blood Loyalty and Paradise: Frank’s Peace
Frank’s Peace The memory of the airport blurred, the timeline pulling taut. The cheap paint of our office dissolved, the…
Blood Loyalty and Paradise: Braving the New World
Braving the New World White. A white-hot burn of terror in a white-hot expanse of infinity. I had no body,…
Blood Loyalty and Paradise: Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning Sunrise The white-hot burn of the code faded, not with a “zip,” but like a bad dream at…

