The Stories
“The Black Box”
A fire safe found in the aftermath of a blaze on a university campus provides arson investigator Dick Byrne and MPDC Lieutenant Donald Dawson with the evidence they need to solve the cold case of a missing student, but their investigation into the killer’s motives prompts more questions than answers.
The first published story featuring Dick Byrne.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
Vol. 70, Nos. 11 & 12 (Nov/Dec 2025)
“The Electric Chain”
Arriving at the scene of an active structure fire, Dick Byrne and his protégé, Justine Buchowski, find they have only seconds to connect a series of startling clues and solve a murder.
Havok Magazine
Coming Soon! (March 2026)
