Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol. 3

My contribution to this March 2018 anthology is “Adam Raised a Cain.”

This story features Mick Sawyer, one of the two protagonists in the first novel of the Ania series, Blood on Blood. When that novel begins, Mick is a tainted ex-cop, brought low while on the job. The actual events that caused that to occur are referred to by Mick and other characters, but remain mysterious.

“Adam Raised a Cain” explores that mystery.

You can also find my co-author of the Ania series in this episode. Jim Wilsky’s “Bear Trap” is an origin story for Jerzy, Mick’s half-brother and antagonist in Blood on Blood. At the beginning of the novel, Jerzy if fresh out of the joint. Find out how he ended up there in the first place.

As an aside…I read the beginning of this story for one of my Hump Day Readings (#2), if you want to hear it live from the author’s own lips…

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