The Beast That Fears Men

By Giovanni Diaz

After a successful heist, Carter and his crew are ready to divvy up the cash and go their own ways. 

 

But something incomprehensible rises from greed. Something that will show them what fear truly is. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Giovanni Diaz
• Release date: Oct 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223261100

Giovanni Diaz

Giovanni Diaz is a writer from New York City. His short story, "4H", can be found in the November 2018 issue of Drunk Monkeys Magaizine.  He is currently working on his next novel, The Sons of a Rebel God

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The Beast That Fears Men

Giovanni Diaz

Published by Giovanni Diaz, 2023.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

THE BEAST THAT FEARS MEN

First edition. October 3, 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Giovanni Diaz.

Written by Giovanni Diaz.

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The gun still smoldered in Carter’s hand.

He wheeled the car around the divider, skirting the driver-side door against a blade of concrete, slicing sparks across night. He drove off Main Street and onto an off-road that climbed into Bucker’s Tears Mountain. The wheel writhed against his hands until he realized how fast he was going, and he eased into a steady climb and breathed to slow his heart.

He followed the road into a copse, rolled to a stop, killed the ignition.

Sirens spiraled below.

Motorcycles growled ahead of them, and Carter gripped the .45 until sweat trickled down his wrist.

He took another breath, exhaled, and waited until his heartbeat was no longer a stampede of thunder. Sirens grew distant, the motorcycles fainter still, and he turned and looked back at the duffel bag and the edges of hundred