Chamber Music
Peter A. Balaskas
~One convict sought freedom; the other sought only salvation.~
Douglas Quaide is serving thirty years at the Kerwin Correctional Facility, where despair constantly presses on his soul. When his new bunkmate---notorious serial killer Heinrich Shultz---unleashes a deadly talent, Quaide discovers a path to his own humanity...and possibly to his salvation.
Eyes of a Child
C. S. Fuqua
~When a farmer imprisons an angel to "heal" his severely handicapped daughter, his demands -- and prayers -- are answered in ways he'd never dreamed. ~
"Angel think we gonna hurt her, Daddy."
You already have.
The girl's grin faltered.
It groaned against the paralyzing slices of pain through Its back. It squinted into the dim light, gaze resting finally on the wall beyond the staircase. Fear crept into Its chest.
"You best stay put," the man said, stepping around the end of the girl's bed, stopping barely out of reach. "I had to cut them off. One got blown half-off anyway. I didn't think..." He looked away, his eyes going to the girl. "I really didn't mean to shoot you."
"You shot me?" Its voice rasped.
You already have.
The girl's grin faltered.
It groaned against the paralyzing slices of pain through Its back. It squinted into the dim light, gaze resting finally on the wall beyond the staircase. Fear crept into Its chest.
"You best stay put," the man said, stepping around the end of the girl's bed, stopping barely out of reach. "I had to cut them off. One got blown half-off anyway. I didn't think..." He looked away, his eyes going to the girl. "I really didn't mean to shoot you."
"You shot me?" Its voice rasped.
