I am thrilled to announce that there’s a new Jasper Dent story available today!

The story is titled “Six Ways to Kill Your Grandmother” and it’s set right after Billy is arrested and sentenced. Jazz (who isn’t called “Jazz” yet, but whatever) is living with his grandmother, desperate to stay out of foster care. Here’s a snippet from the opening of the story:

If there was one thing Jasper Dent had learned from his father, it was this: There were many ways to kill someone, but damn few ways to do it without being caught. This is what sufficed for “pearls of fatherly wisdom” from Billy Dent, quite possibly the world’s most infamous serial killer.

The killing part is easy, Billy had told him time and time again. Might even be too easy. It’s the getting away that separates the men from the boys.

Jasper was only fourteen years old, but he thought there was a good chance he could fit into the “men” column and get away with it. His theoretical victim was his own grandmother, Jasper’s only relation who wasn’t in jail or flat-out missing.

You’ll find the story in the anthology Life is Short and Then You Die, which also features stories from such talents as R.L. Stine (!), Jonathan Maberry, Kelley Armstrong, and more!

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