Crosley: A Short Story
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Veteran writer Elizabeth Engstrom is at her best with her finely-crafted short fiction. Known for her dark fantasy novels and stories as well as mysteries, she combines genres here in “Crosley,” an erotic story of love and loss, of longing and heartbreak and justice. Engstrom is the author of thirteen books and well over 250 short stories, articles and essays. Her most recent novel is York’s Moon, a critically-acclaimed mystery, and her most recent nonfiction book is Crimescape’s Something Happened to Grandma. Engstrom is an author, teacher, editor and former publisher who is a sought-after panelist, keynote speaker and instructor at writing conferences and conventions around the world. She is on faculty at the University of Phoenix. www.elizabethengstrom.com
Elizabeth Engstrom
Veteran writer Elizabeth Engstrom has investigated and written about murder and serial killers, both in nonfiction for Time Warner’s Crime Library and in her own dark fiction. Singled out by People Magazine as one of America’s best mystery writers, her 13 critically-acclaimed books and more than 250 short stories, articles and essays have been well-received in markets around the world. Two movies based on her books are currently in development. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Theology, which gives her a unique view on family dynamics. She is on faculty at the University of Phoenix.
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Crosley - Elizabeth Engstrom
Crosley
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This is a work of fiction. The characters have been created for the sake of this story and are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Art Copyright © 2011 by Alan M. Clark
eBook Design, Eric M. Witchey
Originally published in the collection The Alchemy of Love and in the Thirteenth Annual Year’s Best of Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
This eBook edition, Copyright © 2012 by Elizabeth Engstrom
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eBook ISBN: 978-1-4524-2188-9
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Introduction
I wrote this short story while on Oahu, teaching an evening class on writing fiction. One morning I woke up to a tremendous tropical downpour, the kind that pounds the roof and the ground so loudly that it’s difficult to hear anything else. The air was hot and humid, the atmosphere sultry, all of which is conducive to a story of bare skin, cold drinks, hot sun, salt-sweaty lovemaking and broken hearts. I wrote this story with pencil on damp paper while watching the earth bathe. It was originally published in the collection The Alchemy of Love (illustrated by Alan M. Clark), and then in the Thirteenth Annual Year’s Best of Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
—Elizabeth Engstrom
Crosley
By Elizabeth Engstrom
Part One: Francine
I have always been fascinated by evil. I’ve flirted with it, been tempted by it, but only once have I fallen in love with it.
I live on an island in the South