In the beginning, as in many beginnings, there were deals with the Devil, attacks by unlikely demons, ghost dogs, strange things in a cemetery, long walks home, true love and true hate and true ambivalence. Hack Hammond fought Indestructum for his girlfriend and the world. Denis Grey took A Walk Down Main Street sometime after Clinton Irving vowed there would be No More Lonely Knights. Angela found quite a reason to Make It Big. Caspar Thomas should have thought things through before Four Hours, and Conrad Warner should have seen it coming in Dog Days. And everyone just stared at The Monument. In the beginning, there were First Lies: early short stories by T.F. Torrey.
Some of these stories have appeared in minor publications both on- and off-line. Though early work and rough, many of the tales here are genuinely good. Others are decent, but several are truly drivel. Read at your own caution.
