Kevin popped the top on the beer can and took a long draw, then sat back to watch the fire. A cold beer and a campfire. The perfect end to a perfect day. He smiled to himself, randomly poking at the fire with a stick. It didn’t get any better than this. Miles from the […]
Mark’s Musings
So Alive
He stood back to admire his work. She looked so peaceful, like a sleeping princess in a Disney movie. Her long, dark hair spread out over the satin pillow. Her pale face so smooth. Her lips so red, so moist, painted so carefully with her own blood. Kevin smiled. She was perfect. He lifted each […]
Kevin
Kevin sat in his car on the side of the road waiting for his next victim. Everything was ready. The rear driver’s side tire was flat. The rag and bottle of ether were sitting on the passenger seat. His tool bag was on the back seat. He was wearing clothes and shoes he bought from […]
Books by K. Elliot Simmons
K. Elliot Simmons has written over two-dozen best-selling novels, mostly crime fiction. He rarely writes from the perspective of the detective trying to solve the crime, preferring to tell the story through the eyes of the victims. The two notable exceptions are his first and last books, both about serial killers and both written from the […]
K. Elliot Simmons
Ken Simmons is the main character in my novel Dark Ties. He’s a crime fiction writer living in the fictional town of Murphy Creek, West Virginia with his wife Sara. Over the coming months you will find excerpts from his novels on this blog. Ken writes under the name K. Elliot Simmons because he felt it sounded better than […]
