A Light in the Dark
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Incensed, Christian phones Milestone County’s Sheriff Philip Erickson to lay an animal cruelty charge. When Sheriff Erickson arrives, the two men have coffee, and a spark of attraction that has been developing between them since they met, flickers to life. But Philip is on duty and has to leave.
Later that night Christian wakes up from the sounds of breaking glass as someone forces entry into his house. He calls Philip but before the sheriff arrives, Bret appears in the door of Christian’s bedroom, drunk and wearing a Halloween mask.
In the aftermath of the drama the suppressed attraction between the two men comes to a boil, leading to new hope and mutual satisfaction for Christian and the sheriff.
Thomas Grant Bruso
Thomas Grant Bruso graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2004 with a Bachelor’s in theatre performance and English writing. He knew at an early age he wanted to be a writer. He has been a voracious reader of genre fiction since he was a kid. His literary inspirations are Dean Koontz, Karin Fossum, Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Connolly. He loves animals, book-reading, writing fiction, and prefers Sudoku to crossword puzzles. He writes book reviews for his hometown newspaper, The Press Republican. He lives in Plattsburgh with his husband, Paul, and their miniature pincher diva, Riley. For more information, please visit facebook.com/thomasgrantbruso.
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A Light in the Dark - Thomas Grant Bruso
A Light in the Dark
By Thomas Grant Bruso
Published by JMS Books LLC
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Copyright 2014 Thomas Grant Bruso
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Dedication: To my husband Paul. Thanks for your support. I could not have done this without you.
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A Light in the Dark
By Thomas Grant Bruso
I head to the kitchen for a third refill of Earl Grey. Through the window above the sink, I stare out into a bare October morning and glimpse Darth Vader, my neighbor’s grey and white Huskie, thirty feet from me over the well-tended hedge separating our yards. He yanks at the end of his too-short leash as though he is playing tug-of-war with himself, trying to get free from the metal porch railing.
My lips curve into a snarl at the ungodly sight. Some people should not be allowed to have pets.
Bret Hicks, the dog’s owner, is a seventeen-year-old high school dropout who lives with his mother and hosts drinking parties at his house on weekends when his mother is out of town. Which