Pack Rules (A Short Story)

By Jameson Kowalczyk

A hunter finds himself in a bloody battle of wits when he signs up to stalk a werewolf alongside an aging monster slayer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jameson Kowalczyk
• Release date: May 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476257853

Jameson Kowalczyk

Thank you for visiting my page. I hope you enjoy the stories you find here. I write a mix of thrillers, literary fiction, horror, and sci-fi. I like memorable characters, fast pacing, big ideas, and endings that hit the reader like a bombshell. If you read something please take a moment to rate it, leave a review, and/or tell a friend.

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Pack Rules

Jameson Kowalczyk

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012 Jameson Kowalczyk

Cover design by Jameson Kowalczyk

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The dirt road led to a chain link fence, ten feet high, topped in razor wire. Harvey didn’t think it looked strong enough to hold the kind of creature he had come here to hunt. For the hundredth time that day—and the thousandth time since he’d booked this weekend outing—he wondered if the whole thing was an elaborate ruse.

For what purpose? he thought, and the answer was obvious: he had thirty thousand dollars with him—more than enough money to be killed for. Behind that fence there could be men waiting to shoot him, take his money, bury his body. The idea seemed obvious, he felt stupid for not thinking of it sooner. He’d been so enamored with the idea of hunting a monster, he’d failed to see an obvious trap. He was as dumb as the lustful fools who answered internet ads for anonymous sex, only to end up chained to a wall in some serial killer’s basement with a car battery clipped to their nipples.

Harvey held his foot on the brake pedal and considered whether he should turn around and go home. The idea that he was walking into a trap seemed far more plausible than the idea that he was actually going to hunt a werewolf.

He considered the fence another moment. It was probably only an initial layer of security, intended to keep people from walking onto the reserve.

Harvey moved his