Her Black Wings

"Her Black Wings" is the first story in The Faceless P.I. by Thom Brannan.

The story begins with The P.I. sitting on a beautiful lawn in suburbia, trying to hold his guts in.

Everything unravels from there in a then-and-now, alternating narrative, told in flashback. He has taken a case with Lauren, the then-girlfriend of Simon d'Argent, who has been shot down. She comes to the P.I. for protection, and despite his years of hard-won cynicism, he finds himself obssessed with her.

The P.I. abuses the last of the favors he's owed through the police department, and even goes so far as to assault a detective on the case. Through all of this, he finds himself drawn closer and closer to Lauren, until eventually something ghastly is revealed.

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