Certainty: And Other Mistakes

Broken people, vengeance, life, death, and that which comes thereafter define this collection of short stories from the twisted mind of Scott R.S. Raphael, author of A Little Slice and Spruce Road. From horror to mystery to crime to...comedy?...Certainty and Other Mistakes includes eight strange and discomforting tales of darkness and distress. Includes the novella "Cutaneous"! Cutaneous: A pair of police detectives investigates a brutal and bloody series of murders while the prime suspect, a self-obsessed tattooist, seeks to preserve his art. Unknown, Unsaid: Following the death of his famous but estranged father, a son seeks to understand the man he never truly knew. The Responsibility of a Remorseful Man: After contributing to the most devastating night of his boss's life, a well-meaning but misguided employee tries (a little too hard) to make up for the harm he's caused. Next to Godliness: While bleeding out after a dish washing incident, a man seeks vengeance upon those who wronged him in life. Answers: An interview with a convicted child murderer forces a man to face some terrifying realities. Suicide of the Masses: Fearing for their lives, all members of the Earth's population bury themselves and hide. The MVP: An aging former hockey player tells his grandkids a story from his time in the game...a story he'd once sworn would die with him... Certainty: While staying at an isolated Bed and Breakfast in the dead of winter, a man becomes obsessed with the mysterious wailing that emanates from the shed behind his lodgings.

• | Author: Scott R S Raphael
• | Publisher: Scott Raphael
• | Publication Date: May 24, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1778095372
• | ISBN-13: 9781778095375