"Short of Breath" by Trent Zelazny

Cemetery Dance's A Halloween Short Story ebook series

Readers unfamiliar with "Short of Breath" by Trent Zelazny may prefer to read these notes only after reading the story.

He’d promoted himself to the rank of murderer. What was going on? Just what the hell happened?

"Short of Breath" is an enjoyable story in the John Collier/Alfred Hitchcock vein, a story of marital hubris and Halloween-flavored nemesis.

Under "cold sunset and Cimmerian clouds" Ian Cain reflects: 

Was it payback for his attempt, or payback for his failure? 

Jesus Christ, he thought, talk about irony.

Jay

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