The Nightmare Man

by J.H. Markert

“Sometimes teens need to get burned before they realize for themselves that fire is hot.”

“Find me a man or woman who wasn’t once a child, Blue …” He winked. “And I’ll tell you where I hide all the money.”

“Is it you writing the books, Ben? Or are the books writing you? She asked me that one time. Amanda did. Your characters. Some of their traits hit close to home. Sometimes the line is thin.”

It was as if he’d come from a nightmare.

“Yes, they are. They ended again, on that day when you killed him on the street.”

“You were born of fear, so fear you shall become,”