Twilight and Darkness
Welcome to the Book World of Author/Adventurer
Jamel DuBois.
TWILIGHT AND DARKNESS
Available from:
Shadow Line Press
149 Magnolia Drive
Winterville, NC 28590
www.shadowlinepress.com
and bookstores everywhere
Jamel DuBois.
TWILIGHT AND DARKNESS
Available from:
Shadow Line Press
149 Magnolia Drive
Winterville, NC 28590
www.shadowlinepress.com
and bookstores everywhere
His new book,
Twilight and Darkness,
is a little bit wayward,
a little bit eerie,
and a little bit dark-side
collection of short fiction.
The stories may make you smile ...
or they may cause you to shudder.
One reviewer said, 'oooooh,
some of these are scary.'
But, see for yourself.
Scroll down for a brief description of eleven stories that are
certain to please if you like stories that are beyond fairy tales.
Twilight and Darkness,
is a little bit wayward,
a little bit eerie,
and a little bit dark-side
collection of short fiction.
The stories may make you smile ...
or they may cause you to shudder.
One reviewer said, 'oooooh,
some of these are scary.'
But, see for yourself.
Scroll down for a brief description of eleven stories that are
certain to please if you like stories that are beyond fairy tales.
TWILIGHT AND DARKNESS
Stories of Murder and Lesser Crimes
by Jamel DuBois
Stories of Murder and Lesser Crimes
by Jamel DuBois
In his collection, TWILIGHT AND DARKNESS, author Jamel DuBois presents more than a double handful of stories in which characters are displayed in their darker modes. Some, those in the Twilight, are not as bad as others; and those others, well, they reside in full Darkness. The reader can see the light and make the distinction.
"Bring Me the Head of Kathleen Sullivan" relates the murder and mutilation of a prominent citizen in lower Texas, and the fallout felt on both sides of the border. Sheriff Barnaby Wallace of Hidalgo County sorts out the grisly mystery.
"Frequent Flyer." People get themselves and those around them into trouble, and protective laws can do little about it until after the fact. The police are the conscientious clean-up crew, no matter how long the messy job takes.
"Dominoes," delicately positioned and aligned by an omniscient hand, when pressed into movement to nudge into the next one and that one into the next, results in a jumbled heap that no longer resembles any intended pattern.
In "Guitar and Heart Strings," a songwriter-guitar player’s life is marked by hard work and hard times; and betrayal and lost love. His music finally scores on the charts under someone else’s name, and if this sounds like the substance of a sad country song, you’re right in tune.
"Sea Dogs" is a sinister company headquartered on a luxurious yacht, captained by a woman CEO who instead could carry the corporate title, CSB‒Chief Sea Bitch. Detective Oscar Bailey of Galveston P.D. is appointed to muzzle the beast, but needs bite protection from the mad dog.
"The Taking of Kaitlyn Peck" is all in a day’s work for officers working the case of a young girl abducted on the way from school to her upscale neighborhood home. Fortunately for all concerned, and happily for the ethnic-opposites friendly feuding sheriffs, it’s not a murder case.
"The Husband Hunter" had a man but couldn’t keep him, but finally tracked him down after years of frustrating search. By then she found she didn’t want him, but what she did demand was payback for her humiliation and his wrecking her home, bank account and her very existence.
"Storm Clouds and Blue Skies" mark the futures of some gypsy pilots but it’s only one or the other; not both of those forecasts, for all the high-fliers. A cold business decision of personnel reduction by long distance causes the crash of a small airline, but with a bailout solution.
"A Day At the Zoo," is not an outing for the family nanny and her juvenile charges, and certainly is no picnic, except for the inhabitants of a wildlife park in South Africa. Roger should have read the signs: Remain In Your Vehicle At All Times, and Do Not Feed The Animals.
"Out of Focus." Robert Elkton harbors a grudge with Gerald Moss for more than forty years, and then stumbles onto Gerald unexpectedly. Click, click, goes his mind, detailing revenge for the long endured and lying slur. And click, click, go the cameras that hold his plan in check.
A person of the street can be largely ignored or be vulnerable to violence, but for the goodwill service provided, "The Streetwalker’s Price," can be negotiable. It all comes down to gun play and a power play in the neighborhood.
"Bring Me the Head of Kathleen Sullivan" relates the murder and mutilation of a prominent citizen in lower Texas, and the fallout felt on both sides of the border. Sheriff Barnaby Wallace of Hidalgo County sorts out the grisly mystery.
"Frequent Flyer." People get themselves and those around them into trouble, and protective laws can do little about it until after the fact. The police are the conscientious clean-up crew, no matter how long the messy job takes.
"Dominoes," delicately positioned and aligned by an omniscient hand, when pressed into movement to nudge into the next one and that one into the next, results in a jumbled heap that no longer resembles any intended pattern.
In "Guitar and Heart Strings," a songwriter-guitar player’s life is marked by hard work and hard times; and betrayal and lost love. His music finally scores on the charts under someone else’s name, and if this sounds like the substance of a sad country song, you’re right in tune.
"Sea Dogs" is a sinister company headquartered on a luxurious yacht, captained by a woman CEO who instead could carry the corporate title, CSB‒Chief Sea Bitch. Detective Oscar Bailey of Galveston P.D. is appointed to muzzle the beast, but needs bite protection from the mad dog.
"The Taking of Kaitlyn Peck" is all in a day’s work for officers working the case of a young girl abducted on the way from school to her upscale neighborhood home. Fortunately for all concerned, and happily for the ethnic-opposites friendly feuding sheriffs, it’s not a murder case.
"The Husband Hunter" had a man but couldn’t keep him, but finally tracked him down after years of frustrating search. By then she found she didn’t want him, but what she did demand was payback for her humiliation and his wrecking her home, bank account and her very existence.
"Storm Clouds and Blue Skies" mark the futures of some gypsy pilots but it’s only one or the other; not both of those forecasts, for all the high-fliers. A cold business decision of personnel reduction by long distance causes the crash of a small airline, but with a bailout solution.
"A Day At the Zoo," is not an outing for the family nanny and her juvenile charges, and certainly is no picnic, except for the inhabitants of a wildlife park in South Africa. Roger should have read the signs: Remain In Your Vehicle At All Times, and Do Not Feed The Animals.
"Out of Focus." Robert Elkton harbors a grudge with Gerald Moss for more than forty years, and then stumbles onto Gerald unexpectedly. Click, click, goes his mind, detailing revenge for the long endured and lying slur. And click, click, go the cameras that hold his plan in check.
A person of the street can be largely ignored or be vulnerable to violence, but for the goodwill service provided, "The Streetwalker’s Price," can be negotiable. It all comes down to gun play and a power play in the neighborhood.
