After discovering a photograph in a book of a little girl killed by her own mother, a woman becomes preoccupied wondering how anyone could kill their own child. One hot summer day the answer becomes all too violently clear. A short pysychological thriller from Untreed Read's Fingerprints line.
### From the Author
I wrote "Crime Scene" when I ran across a book of very disturbing and explicit crime scene photographs in a bookstore many years ago in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. I bought the book, which shows you how twisted my twisted interests are. But there was one image that I simply could not get out of my head: that of a strangled little girl. It gave my nightmares. It broke my heart. To this day, I can still see that stark and horrible image in my mind's eye, even though it's been many years since I actually held the book in my hands.
This brain imprinting was what I had in mind when I started writing "Crime Scene." In the story, I wanted to show how something as simple as a photograph can leave a lasting, indelible impression and how that impression can create a yearning to put things right again.
"Crime Scene" has no ghosts or vampires or paranormal beasties. But, as a horror writer, I think I number it among my most horrific--and, in a way, redemptive--works.
### About the Author
In their October 2006 issue, *Unzipped magazine said: "You could call him the Stephen King of gay horror." And *Dark Scribe*** magazine said: "Reed is an established brand - perhaps the most reliable contemporary author for thrillers that cross over between the gay fiction market and speculative fiction." To date, Reed has fifteen books in print, and his short fiction has appeared in more than 20 anthologies. His novel, *ORIENTATION*, won the EPPIE Award for best LGBT novel of 2008. He lives in Seattle, WA. *
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After discovering a photograph in a book of a little girl killed by her own mother, a woman becomes preoccupied wondering how anyone could kill their own child. One hot summer day the answer becomes all too violently clear. A short pysychological thriller from Untreed Read's Fingerprints line. ### From the Author I wrote "Crime Scene" when I ran across a book of very disturbing and explicit crime scene photographs in a bookstore many years ago in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. I bought the book, which shows you how twisted my twisted interests are. But there was one image that I simply could not get out of my head: that of a strangled little girl. It gave my nightmares. It broke my heart. To this day, I can still see that stark and horrible image in my mind's eye, even though it's been many years since I actually held the book in my hands. This brain imprinting was what I had in mind when I started writing "Crime Scene." In the story, I wanted to show how something as simple as a photograph can leave a lasting, indelible impression and how that impression can create a yearning to put things right again. "Crime Scene" has no ghosts or vampires or paranormal beasties. But, as a horror writer, I think I number it among my most horrific--and, in a way, redemptive--works. ### About the Author In their October 2006 issue, *Unzipped magazine said: "You could call him the Stephen King of gay horror." And *Dark Scribe*** magazine said: "Reed is an established brand - perhaps the most reliable contemporary author for thrillers that cross over between the gay fiction market and speculative fiction." To date, Reed has fifteen books in print, and his short fiction has appeared in more than 20 anthologies. His novel, *ORIENTATION*, won the EPPIE Award for best LGBT novel of 2008. He lives in Seattle, WA. * * *