The Race – Chapter 14

The Race – Chapter 14

Angie froze. She watched the thing on Rob’s face, watched it grab the back of his head and pull it toward the shiny, torn belly below the exposed rib cage. It grinned and cooed as Rob lurched back. He dropped Lara and pried at the thing on his face. Angie knew it was...
The Race – Chapter 13

The Race – Chapter 13

Angie dragged Rob and Lara behind her. The shaft ahead curved to the left, cutting her headlamp off before it could go more than ten feet. Through a clenched jaw and without turning around she told Rob, “Check behind us.” “Nothing. Nobody. But I can’t see very far.”...
The Race – Chapter 12

The Race – Chapter 12

Don came out of the cot room to check the monitors. The three racers stumbled beneath a camera, two of them with wild, terrified eyes beneath headlamps. The infected girl seemed to be crying and fighting to get loose from the other two as they ran. A few moments later...
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...