("Roadhouse" is short story. It is also included in the author's 6-story Arm of Darkness collection.)
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On a miserable winter night, an aimless drifter named Dink wanders into a warm dive bar in the mountains.
A place to shelter in a storm. A place to hide from the cops. A place to forget about a body hidden up the road.
You might could say this place is perfect. The wrong kind of perfect.
Dink lost his soul years ago. Tonight’s just the night the mountain comes to collect.
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This Daggyland Dark Single is just one of six short stories in the ARM OF DARKNESS collection. The full collection contains six short stories of horror: "Skullworm," "Roadhouse," "Glow," "Kin," "Sunshine Lady," and the origin story, "Arm of Darkness."
JOSEPH D’AGNESE’s crime fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazines. He’s a winner of the Derringer Award for Short Mystery Fiction. He lives in North Carolina, USA.