Now I’m in some kind of weird cell. I stand here a moment with my hand still on the door’s metal handle, unsure of what to do. I lean my head against the wall as another wave of dizziness hits. At least, I think it’s dizziness. There’s a gentle rocking sensation—must be a lingering byproduct of the drugs someone slipped me to bring me here.
But my head clears, and the rocking sensation continues. The motion seems strangely familiar. Then it hits me: I’m on a ship. It must be enormous, judging from the almost imperceptible degree of roll. And I remember where I’ve encountered this odd petroleum smell before: the refinery pier at Galveston, Texas. This is an oil tanker.
As this fact sinks in, a lump of fear begins to grip the pit of my stomach. I’m not simply trapped in a locked room. I’m also afloat somewhere on the ocean.
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Blood Passage
Maintenance supervisor Brian Francisco goes to sleep for the night in his Midwest apartment and awakes to find himself a prisoner aboard an oil tanker at sea.
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Interested in a stand-alone short story? This 30-minute read (not part of The Blackwell Files) makes a perfect bedtime story:
Coming Home
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Have you heard the one about the thriller/mystery writer who wrote a children’s book about a dog?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author Steve Freeman is a former member of the US Army's Signal Corps, a thirty-year employee of a large American technology company, and an avid traveler who has visited every continent but Antarctica. His novels draw from firsthand experience of military service, the tech industry, and the diverse cultures of our world.
He currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.
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