| Author: | Edith Maxwell | ISBN: | 9781301781850 |
| Publisher: | Edith Maxwell | Publication: | January 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edith Maxwell |
| ISBN: | 9781301781850 |
| Publisher: | Edith Maxwell |
| Publication: | January 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
In this short story Elise Chase, about to start a prestigious graduate program in Baltimore, is winding down a quiet life in Japan, teaching English and studying Japanese as she lives with her Navy boyfriend. Their rakish friend Lance flirts with Elise and then asks her to receive a package his sister mails from the States.
But the package contains drugs and things go terribly wrong. An embittered Elise finds a way years later to send Lance a sweet package of revenge.
This story first appeared as "Obake for Lance" in RIPTIDE by Level Best Books (2004). Elise is a major character in SPEAKING OF MURDER by Tace Baker, Edith Maxwell's pen name (Barking Rain Press, September 2012).
In this short story Elise Chase, about to start a prestigious graduate program in Baltimore, is winding down a quiet life in Japan, teaching English and studying Japanese as she lives with her Navy boyfriend. Their rakish friend Lance flirts with Elise and then asks her to receive a package his sister mails from the States.
But the package contains drugs and things go terribly wrong. An embittered Elise finds a way years later to send Lance a sweet package of revenge.
This story first appeared as "Obake for Lance" in RIPTIDE by Level Best Books (2004). Elise is a major character in SPEAKING OF MURDER by Tace Baker, Edith Maxwell's pen name (Barking Rain Press, September 2012).
