The Race – Chapter 11

The Race – Chapter 11

“We can’t leave him down here,” Rob said. “Just keep up.” Angie was in front now, turning every few steps to throw her headlamp beam behind Rob and Lara. No sign of Dave or anyone else so far, but something in the abandoned mine was howling. Angie thought it came from...
The Race – Chapter 10

The Race – Chapter 10

“Look,” Vince said. “Right there.” The two women and the bigger guy, Rob, ran beneath one of the infrared cameras. “They left him,” Don said. “That’s significant.” Vince stared at the screen. “Or he left them. Maybe came across somebody to eat who wasn’t his...
The Race – Chapter 9

The Race – Chapter 9

Dave could smell Lara. She smelled like a warm blueberry muffin, fresh out of the oven. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d had one—goddam low-carb diet—and his mouth watered at the thought of sinking his teeth into her warm, moist skin. There would be a little...
The Race – Chapter 8

The Race – Chapter 8

Vince watched the four racers disappear from one of the camera feeds as they ran deeper into the abandoned mine. “He’s almost gone already,” Don said. Vince turned to the screen in front of Don. The man they’d injected with the Munchies was a puddle of blood and...
The Race – Chapter 7

The Race – Chapter 7

The thing—or things—shattered another bulb and moved the darkness closer. Dave hefted the bike pump, willing it to be bigger, heavier, sharper. They all had to carry knives for the adventure race for utility purposes, but all four of them had opted for the smallest...