A Study of an Accident: Bryant Street

By Dean Wesley Smith

Dan remembers clearly the time before the accident.

He remembers his wonderful wife and daughter. Impossible to forget. He refuses to eat or work or even move most days.

He made a mistake, they died. He lives. He blames himself for their deaths.

Someone knocks on his home door. And the truth flips as only it can on Bryant Street.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WMG Publishing
• Release date: Apr 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781519973269

Dean Wesley Smith

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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Dan remembers clearly the time before the accident.

He remembers his wonderful wife and daughter. Impossible to forget. He refuses to eat or work or even move most days.

He made a mistake, they died. He lives. He blames himself for their deaths.

Someone knocks on his home door. And the truth flips as only it can on Bryant Street.

CHAPTER ONE

THE BLINDS OF THE LIVING ROOM had been closed for six months, and only two light bulbs still worked, giving the room a constant feel of depressive gloom. Deep black shadows extended from the once-modern furniture, extending across the oak-colored hardwood floors like stains.

The room smelled of rotted food, a foul odor that now seemed