The Bad Sign: Crime and Horror Stories

A lot of guys have a midlife crisis, but yours probably won’t have a body count.For fans of The Sopranos, Chinatown, Dennis Lehane, and Jim Thompson.Four standalone stories of high-stakes crime and pulse-pumping terror. Desperate mobsters, man-eating tigers, and hired killers inhabit these blood-soaked tales.The Bad Sign: Michael Cociarelli is a washed-up never-been in the crime business. But at thirty nine years old, he still wants to live up to his legendary father. When his antics cause the death of an important mobster, he must choose between the status he always wanted, and the love and safety of his wife and son. Thanks to a few fateful decisions, he’s about to be embroiled in a violent power shift in L.A.’s underworld.The King of Cats: A gangster and a billionaire smuggle a litter of man-eating tigers onto a cargo ship for an illegal deal south of the border. But when a storm hits the ship, the tigers get loose and a determined security officer, Jean Antonia, catches onto their plan. Caught between a vicious animal and an unrelenting monster, Jean must put a stop to the billionaire’s plan before anyone else dies.Crematorium: A group of ghost hunters film their show at an abandoned crematorium near the Texas border. Just when things start to get interesting, they discover a horrifying secret and meet the men who’ve kept that secret for many years.Badmen: After ripping off the wrong dealer, a stickup crew must steal a priceless card collection from a mobbed-up comic book shop. But things go sideways when the wrong guy takes a bullet and they find an empty vault. They must nurse their rival back to health and find the cards before the stakeholders decide to clean house.”A sharp-edged take on modern Mafia relations with great characters and flavorful writing””Scared the sh*t out of me.””An eye for the grit and grime of street-level criminals. Whereas Scorsese showed us the allure of the Mafia with Goodfellas, [The Bad Sign] shows us just how much nicer it is to be a normal dude.”