A bird of some sort – possibly a raven – balanced itself precariously on a skinny branch from a nearby tree, a few feet from where Karl sat. It seemed to be studying him.
Karl waited until quietness settled all around him before removing a handkerchief from his jacket pocket, blowing his nose loudly. Dabbing the tears in his eyes, he whispered, “I promise.”
About the Author
Winner of the Martin Healy Short Story Award, the Brian Moore Award for Short Stories, the Cork Literary Review Writer’s Competition and the Aisling Award for Art and Culture, Sam Millar is the author of five other novels, Dark Souls, The Redemption Factory, The Darkness of Bones, Bloodstorm and Dead of Winter. His writing has been praised for its “fluency and courage of language” by Jennifer Johnson, and he has been hailed by best-selling American author Anne-Marie Duquette as “a powerful writer”. He is also the author of a bestselling memoir, On the Brinks.
www.millarcrime.com
Also by Sam Millar
Fiction
The Darkness of Bones
Dark Souls
Bloodstorm
Dead of Winter
Memoir
On the Brinks
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