Nocturnal Vacations: A Dack Shannon Anthology

by Steven L. Shrewsbury

Dack Shannon, albino agent from secret intelligence cabal Majestic Services, is exiled to a remote locale and dispenses ruthless justice as he sees fit. Through tales of suspense, horror, mystery, science fiction, and noir-adventure, Dack struggles to maintain the paradox of his ruined life while serving a higher call. Encountering serial killers, supernatural Goths, government agents, superior technology, conspiracies, and the deranged, Dack discovers murky realms of the human mind gone wild. Nocturnal Vacations is the first collection of stories featuring this flawed, but irrepressible character. We are given a peek inside the mind and mysterious world of Dack Shannon…his friends, Detective Frehley, Father Malachi, M.E. Judy Spears and acolyte, firebrand stripper Brittany Brennan. Can Dack Shannon follow the program of his superiors to help in the formation of a new society…or will his inner demons consume him? Come in. Inhale the darkness. Welcome to his Hell.

195 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2002