A cannibalistic serial killer targeting gay men is on the loose. Devin, who has become increasingly erratic in the last two months, just split up with Gary, his lover of three years. Vanni, a habitué of the gay clubs, makes extra spending money on his knees in the club johns. Is one of these men the killer? Or will one of them instead become the killer’s next target? Detective Hollis Robbins is in charge of the case. He intends to stop the killer, if he can. When the killer strikes again the four men’s lives intertwine as the search for the murderer intensifies. Will the attraction that two of them begin to feel for each other survive the hunt? Do they have the strength to continue on after tragedy strikes and teaches them that love can be bittersweet?

The Beast Within

After putting on a pair of worn jeans he stopped long enough to flick on the TV as he went to the kitchen to pour some coffee. He came back to the living room just in time to hear a reporter say there had been another of what the news people had dubbed ‘The Heartless Murders’. Cup in hand he stood in front of the TV to watch.


Hell, I was right there last evening.So was he,was his next thought when he saw a man he recognized in the background behind the police officer the reporter was interviewing. It took him a moment to realize the man in question was also a cop. “Damned good thing I didn’t come on to him,” he told himself with a chuckle. “I’d be sitting in jail for solicitation right now.”


Chapter 10