“The Smile Behind the Knife”By John BensonPublished in The Bleeding Ledger – A Crime MagazineHe was a man an Earth Angel Master Magical Healer who minded his own business. He didn’t ask for much—just truth, peace, and to be left the hell alone. But evil doesn’t leave the good alone. It circles them like wolves around a campfire, waiti

"The Warning"by Roy DawsonI told them not to do it. I said it as plain as the morning sun cutting through a dirty window. No poetry. No flair. Just truth in its simplest, hardest form. The kind of truth that doesn't need decoration because it's been earned—paid for in scars and sleepless nights.But they did it anyway.They always do.They hear the