The Finger Man

By Douglas Yates

The city tightens its grip on fear-doors locking sooner, footsteps quickening, warnings stacking upon one another like a fragile barricade against inevitability. They believe vigilance protects them. They believe their caution shifts the balance.
They are wrong.
I watch from above, tracing their adjustments, cataloging their desperate attempts at control. They do not know me. They do not understand me. I exist beyond their fear, beyond their speculation, beyond their reach.
The process does not falter.
The freeze-dryer hums steadily.
The fingers are sealed-lined up, logged, perfectly arranged. Tomorrow, I will take another.
Because fear does not matter. Only control does.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FCMY6LJP
• ISBN13: 9798287513078
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"