Patti - Wow, what a story! I think you do a really effective job of exploring what happens when an obsession takes over and how it affects everyone. This is terrific.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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Patti - Wow, what a story! I think you do a really effective job of exploring what happens when an obsession takes over and how it affects everyone. This is terrific.
Thanks so much, Margot. Thanks for taking the time to read it.
Great! I loved the "bringing it to a head" line.
Jeff M.
Great and creepy--loved the ending...
"She would show them just how hostile a wife she could be."
Loved it.
Nicely grisly.
Thanks all!
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