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Alexander Garrison | Draws on local folklore and urban legends to add a supernatural tinge to their crime novels.
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The Last Performance
Words: 2988 · Source Novel:: The Paper Union
At a grand press conference in the Aldwyck ballroom, the couple steps before the cameras to announce a "new beginning." The spotlight is blinding. Elara, in a calculated move, deviates from the script and publicly reveals a sanitized version of the original murder, pinning it solely on Magnus Thorne while preserving the fragile illusion of her marriage. Alexander, realizing the trap too late, clutches her hand for the cameras as the weight of his own complicity presses down. In the aftermath, Magnus vanishes, the status quo is preserved, and the gears never stop. Alexander is left a hollow puppet, staring at a newly generated credit report that lists his status as "high-risk," while Elara assumes control of Credence Global, her eyes as cold and unreadable as the data she commands. The machinery of power has consumed them both.
The Silent Partner
Words: 2992 · Source Novel:: The Paper Union
Hunted by Detective Keats and cornered by their families' demands, Alexander and Elara form a fractured truce. Tracing the deleted data, they uncover a clandestine "dead file" within Credence Global's archives—a black ledger maintained by a silent partner: Elara's uncle, Magnus Thorne. The ledger reveals the marriage was engineered not for political gain, but to merge the Vane name with the Thorne surveillance network to cover up a decades-old murder that founded both dynasties. Their entire lives have been archived as an insurance policy. Every plea for escape is met with a cold reminder that the files define their existence.
A Corpse in the Rain
Words: 2985 · Source Novel:: The Paper Union
Julian Croft is found dead in his apartment, his body posed beside a shattered credit report bearing the Vane family crest. Homicide detective Lorna Keats, a hard-bitten woman immune to political pressure, notes the knife wound is surgically precise. With the press circling, Alexander and Elara must perform their most delicate act yet: a televised joint statement of "grief and unity." Behind the scenes, they realize both of their collected files on Croft have been erased. Someone has access to the master records of Credence Global, and the alibi they crafted for each other the night of the murder is built on a lie they cannot expose without incriminating themselves.
The Whispering Wire
Words: 2987 · Source Novel:: The Paper Union
Weeks into the marriage, the war escalates. Elara intercepts a Credence Global internal memo detailing Alexander's attempt to purchase incriminating "behavioral data" on her past lovers. In retaliation, she plants a listening device in his private study, capturing a conversation where his father, Senator Vane, demands they manufacture a pregnancy announcement to solidify poll numbers. Simultaneously, a notorious gossip columnist, Julian Croft, begins publishing insinuations about the Thornes' wartime profiteering. Both families activate their private intelligence networks, unaware that a third party is manipulating their surveillance feed for a darker purpose.
The Gravel Wasteland
Words: 2987 · Source Novel:: Deadline for the Damned
Alexander Voss receives an anonymous tip about the Great Western Project lawsuit: Apex Continental v. Vincent Gale. Visiting the abandoned site, he discovers the body of a migrant worker, a man who died not from neglect but from a ritualistic execution. Voss realizes the lawsuit is a facade masking a deeper war between survival-driven victims and a killer who hunts for sport. His investigation attracts immediate, hostile attention.