A Criminal of the Near Future

The only news you can trust is the obituaries. Franklin Sinclair. Arrested, imprisoned. In the clutches of the State, in the clutches of a counselor. A massif of a man, always probing, always one step ahead, always leaving him with small cryptic wooden boxes. What is it that lies underneath the machinery of the state? What is its purpose? How does it feed itself? And most importantly: what is it that rattles inside the final box? Published with bonus story "Nuclear Spring." * A thriller of dark science fiction by Unter Grimschrund. Unter Grimschrund writes tales of speculation and mystery with a proclivity for the dark side. His favorite writers include H.P Lovecraft, Dean Koontz, Edgar Allen Poe, J.G. Ballard, and Franz Kafka. He lives in the great brooding gloam of the Pacific Northwest with his wife and children, under supervision of the proper authorities and mental health professionals, of course. His fiction has been professionally published under another pen name. If you liked this story, you might also like these other stories by Unter Grimschrund: * Crossroads * Mind Reel * The Man in the Quadrangle * The Drill * More titles coming soon.