The Devil's in the Details

LOVE BETRAYAL VIOLENCE REDEMPTION AGE-OLD SINS AND THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE... The Devils In the Details is artist VA Christies debut short fiction collection a series of stories stretching from sun-soaked San Diego to the bayous of Louisiana to other worlds and a diverse cast of characters -- including a lost former detective desperate to find another missing person a serial killer and his intended victims an assassin a scientist and a madman -- each struggles with circumstances both self-imposed and discovered. The Wolves Of Chernobyl uncovers the origin story of a werewolf and contemplates ecological destruction while in The Bull And The Blade a modern Minotaur is sought in the labyrinthine streets of Pamplona Spain. In the speculative One More Time Copy That and Grand Mal the human side of technological innovation is maintained alongside a world altered beyond recognition. And in the title story a group of astronauts on Mars receive an unexpected visitor capable of ensuring either their salvation or destruction.In VA Christies The Devils in the Details each story -- through unrelenting suspense -- exposes the scar tissue both literal and metaphorical between inner lives and external turmoil.