Violence Redeeming — Stephen Donald Huff

The title of this collection is intended to express a conflict of means and purpose. The ultimate outcome of an act of violence rarely redeems the brutality of the act, itself, and redemption is often violent. Life is conflict; hunger competes with satiety, need succumbs to gluttony, and death is the ultimate reward of existence. Journey into the surreal and mysterious in "Constant Is the Sound," "Listen, Darling," "Tending the Garden of Evil," "Magicus," and "Airport." Have a frighteningly good time reading "They Walk," "The Toolbooth," and "Defile." Experience the true horror that is contemporary reality in "Bus Driver, Bus Driver...," "Fatty, Fatty," and "Scrawl," or take a trip into the darkness of the past in "Spin the Wheels for Ill" and "Envoy to Klis." I earnestly hope you read and enjoy all nineteen titles. Spin the Wheels for Ill: Drafted as a teenager into one of the bloodiest and most fanatical navies in the history of the world, he will spin the wheels for ill. They Walk: Two people meet on a dark and lonely highway, one is dead and the other alive. For now. Bus Driver, Bus Driver: When a crazed gunman boards a bus full of small children, it makes for a bad day at school. Dangy's Hands: They are the last hope of a doomed world. Dangy's hands will keep them during their long voyage to sanctuary. The Violent Ones: In the not-so-distant future, violence among mankind is on its way out. Almost. Constant is the Sound: It is the incessant symphony of life, the raucous discord of biology. Listen, Darling: What are the origins of human evil? Is it guaranteed from birth, or is it visited upon us via infantile nightmares? Fatty, Fatty: She was a mighty big woman. Eventually, she grew weary of the laughter. The Assignment: What might have happened if someone had murdered Adolph Hitler as a child? Tending the Garden of Evil: Homeless and wandering through a neglectful city, he finds his place, tending the garden of evil. Marvin's Onion: He loved her from first sight and determined to have her, despite his poverty and her wealth. Fortunately, he is a very clever young man. The Tollbooth: Better a tollbooth than a cannibalistic feeding frenzy The Conquering Sands: It's an alien intellect in the shifting sands of a waterless planet. Journey here to die. 472 Malign Terrace: Neglected by his addicted mother, 472 Malign Terrace is the one chance this boy has for a normal life. Defile: In the barren, combat-wracked heart of Afghanistan, evil dwells within a craggy defile. Scrawl: He grew up hard and fast in the rough places of the city. By the time he lands in prison, his flesh is covered with scrawl. Airport: At the end of a late night international flight from India to Russia, a weary traveler finds himself deposited in a lonely gate of an empty terminal. As he navigates its endless gates and corridors, the hapless traveler begins to realize he has landed in no ordinary airport. Magicus: This is an age of science in magic. A phy-magician must master both trades with equal alacrity. Envoy to Klis: The Mongol hordes once marched from the Far East into Europe.