Second Chance: End Storm Short Story #2

By Maz Marik

Kyle wants a roof over his head for Easter. Police Constable Neil Burns wants to see out the bank holiday and get home to his girlfriend.

The plans of both men are disrupted by a mysterious power cut and reports of even stranger events forty miles north in London. With chaos ruling the streets and danger at every turn, will either of them get a second chance?

END STORM: WHEN THE END BEGINS, WHERE WILL YOU RUN?

Second Chance is a ~6000-word short story that runs parallel to the opening chapters of the 5-star reviewed British horror novel End Storm, and tells the story of one of the novel's characters when the End began.

The story can be enjoyed before or after reading End Storm, with no fear of spoilers.

Second Chance is the second End Storm short story, after The Gathering.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Maz Marik
• Release date: Apr 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301580231

Maz Marik

Maz Marik is a horror author from England. Born in the small town of Threapwood, he grew up in the Midlands and has also lived in the USA, the Caribbean, Spain, Mexico, Turkey and Egypt.He currently lives in the south of England, a setting he has employed for his debut novel End Storm, which was published as an e-book at Amazon and Smashwords on December 1st 2012.

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Second Chance

End Storm Short Story #2

Maz Marik

Copyright © 2013 Maz Marik

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Please note this novel was written in Britain by a British author, and therefore uses British spelling and grammatical conventions.

Cover design © 2013 Ish Ferris

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Contents:

Second Chance

Author’s Note

About the Author

Second Chance

Hands cuffed, Kyle looked up out of the car window as it pulled into the police station grounds. The clouds had been forming for a while, and had deepened in colour, the gloom overhead mirroring his own mood. Another arrest. Another night in a cell. Probably another fine he would never get round to paying. At least he was guaranteed food and a roof over his head.

Welcome back, the officer in front said, as he slowed the vehicle to a stop. I doubt this will get to court for a while with the bank holidays, but as always you picked a shop that insists on prosecuting every time.

It was true, but Kyle hadn’t had much choice. Most of the high street had either banned him from the premises completely, or instructed their overweight security staff to stalk him like a terrorist, CCTV cameras whirring in time with his every step. The shop he had visited on this occasion had a particularly lazy security guard, but