Gumdrop City

A True Crime story fictionalized through the eyes of a father/widower. Also included in the collection of short stories, "Anthology of Evil" (2012). This story was first written in 1984 after hearing it in an abnormal psychology class at Western Washington University.
This story is the foundation for the short horror origin story and prequel film, "Gumdrop, a short horror".(2020) which has won several awards at film festivals (Indo French International Film Festival & Cult Critics Movie Awards and official selection of the Gorst Underground Film Festival and finalist in the Cult Movies International Film Festival in London).