Fiction Vortex - November 2014

The holidays are always magical, when the stress isn't killing you. This issue is pretty magical, too, though there should far less stress involved. Maybe "magical" isn't the right term. All the stories this month are better described as "supernatural" because they are more about unusual things than straight hocus pocus.Apocalyptic Science Fiction Story. 67 pages (16.626 words)Oil To Ashes Part 2, 'Truce'Truce brings hope. A nameless slayer erases it. Can Linc save his family for good?As peace seems overwhelmed by random acts of suburban violence, Linc Freemore must stop an unknown murderer and save his wife and son. One killer becomes many, a conspiracy larger than he could conceive.Linc already gave his son's childhood to the company. For a better life. Is that lost too? As the tipping point of war is breached Linc must fight viciously for his life, for his family and for his own virtue.Contains Graphic Violence.