Guilty Until Proven Guilty
Bill and Melody saw no parked cars that night when they parked on Lovers' Lane. They supposed this was due to concern about the rapist — "The Full Moon Maniac," the Armitage Advertiser called him, although only one of his attacks had occurred exactly on a night of a full moon. He preyed on couples in lovers' lanes, locking the man in the trunk of a car while he forced the woman to commit what the Advertiser called "unnatural acts."
"Don't stop," Melody said. Then she opened her eyes and screamed. Bill's skinny, naked body merged into a black shadow beneath the moon, a gun jammed in his ear.
"Don't scream again, or I'll kill him," the maniac said.
GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY is a noir tale of lust, blood and murder from World Fantasy winner Brian McNaughton.
"Brian McNaughton has the grit, the gut, and the simmering glimmer of great talent... He will amaze you." – Billie Sue Mosiman, author of RED MOON RISING
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Brian McNaughton (1935–2004) was an American writer of horror and fantasy fiction who mixed sex, satire and black humour. He also wrote thrillers.
Brian McNaughton's work includes literary nods to writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and Bram Stoker. His story "The Return of the Colossus" is a sequel to Smith's "The Colossus of Ylourgne" set during World War I; while the title of "To My Dear Friend Hommy-Beg" echoes Stoker's dedication for Dracula.
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