Certainty: and Other Mistakes

By Scott R.S. Raphael

Broken people, vengeance, life, death, and that which comes thereafter define this collection of short stories from the twisted mind of Scott R.S. Raphael, author of A Little Slice and Spruce Road.

From horror to mystery to crime to...comedy?...Certainty and Other Mistakes includes eight strange and discomforting tales of darkness and distress.

Includes the novella "Cutaneous"!

Cutaneous: A pair of police detectives investigates a brutal and bloody series of murders while the prime suspect, a self-obsessed tattooist, seeks to preserve his art.

Unknown, Unsaid: Following the death of his famous but estranged father, a son seeks to understand the man he never truly knew.

The Responsibility of a Remorseful Man: After contributing to the most devastating night of his boss's life, a well-meaning but misguided employee tries (a little too hard) to make up for the harm he's caused.

Next to Godliness: While bleeding out after a dish washing incident, a man seeks vengeance upon those who wronged him in life.

Answers: An interview with a convicted child murderer forces a man to face some terrifying realities.

Suicide of the Masses: Fearing for their lives, all members of the Earth's population bury themselves and hide.

The MVP: An aging former hockey player tells his grandkids a story from his time in the game...a story he'd once sworn would die with him...

Certainty: While staying at an isolated Bed and Breakfast in the dead of winter, a man becomes obsessed with the mysterious wailing that emanates from the shed behind his lodgings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1778095372
• ISBN13: 9781778095375
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Scott Raphael
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"