Mallerford

By Robert Livenmore

Ira Singh is a beautiful young reporter who interviews a death row inmate at Mallerford, a prison in a contemporary but unconventional setting. Kallerman, a murderer, is initially belligerent, but opens up due to Singh's considerable charms. Singh feels the despair of Kalleman's hopeless situation, and develops an irrational affection for him. She stands in the front row at his execution, which is cancelled at the last moment due to a technicality. He is led off the scaffold, looks around and spots Singh among the numerous witnesses. Singh smiles. He smiles back.
Kallerman's sentence is changed to life, but he reverts to his old thinking and gets into a fight. His punishment will be 12 lashes. Singh comes back to the prison to interview the man who escaped a strangulation death by a few seconds and is shocked to learn that he will be getting lashes. She can't hold back the tears. Kallerman sees Singh tearing up and is astonished that anyone would express such concern for him. Kallerman gets his punishment but recovers even after an excessive application of force. 42 years later, Singh and Kallerman meet when he is given a pass for a two hour supervised city streets visit for good behavior. After his conversation with Singh, Kallerman returns to the prison in a joyful state.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Livenmore
• Release date: Aug 12, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370393763

Robert Livenmore

Robert Livenmore is a man of many skills, interests, an talents who has studied drama, music, accounting, art, and business, and has worked in sales, investments, real estate, and performance arts. His hobbies include reading, conspiracy theories, backgammon, woodworking, and poker. A native of Ohio, and former resident of the Southwest USA, he currently lives in Pennsylvania with his spouse and daughters.

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Mallerford, by Robert Livenmore

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or business establishments, or events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright 2016 by Robert Livenmore

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To my family for their patience and inspiration

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Mallerford

About the Author

Smashwords Interview with Robert Livenmore

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Mallerford

Though unusual, there would be no additional cost to the state; no elaborate arrangements to make. It would be only a minor inconvenience, if any, so Warden Arnason was inclined to grant the condemned man’s last request. A slight rearrangement of the procedure was all that was required. Arnason looked out of his second-story window. His office was one of the few rooms in the entire prison with a view to the outside. Over the razor wire fence he could see rolling hills and forests to the north. The sky was a brilliant blue with few clouds. In the direction of the city, to the east, new residential developments were creeping ever closer to the compound.

Arnason was in his fifties and a veteran of twenty years on the police force. He had modest success controlling his paunch and was skillful in public relations. His kids were out of college, and he still adored his wife of twenty-seven years and thrived on the respect and power associated with running an 800 inmate prison.

Last Request of a Condemned Man

I, Robert Kallerman, respectfully submit my last request of my life to Warden Arnason, which I wish to be granted to me in the final ten minutes of my life, just before I will be hanged to death. When I am escorted from my cell on my final journey, I wish no one to speak to me in any way. Any final arrangements, including last rites, I wish to be administered in my cell before I am taken to be hanged. My second cousin Adam Smyth, my only known living relative, who will