EIGHT LIES (About the Truth): A collection of short stories (14 page)

SEAN CHERCOVER
is a former private detective turned novelist and screenwriter. A dual citizen born to a Canadian father and American mother, he grew up in Toronto and spent childhood summers in Georgia. After living in Columbia, South Carolina; Chicago; and New Orleans, he returned to Toronto, where he lives with his wife and son. He is the author of the novels
Big City Bad Blood, Trigger City
, and The Trinity Game. His fiction has won the Anthony, Shamus, CWA Dagger, Dilys, and Crimespree awards, and has been shortlisted for the Edgar, Barry, Macavity, Arthur Ellis, and ITW Thriller awards. His website is conveniently located at
www.chercover.com
and he uses the Twitter handle:
@SeanChercover
.

This collection copyright © 2012 by Sean Chercover

Cover art by Jeroen ten Berge

Interior design by Typeflow

All rights reserved – Shift Lock Incorporated

The stories in this book are works of fiction. Names, characters, businesses,
organizations, places, events, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination
or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events, or locales
are entirely coincidental. Seriously, get over yourself. These stories aren’t about you.

“A Sleep Not Unlike Death” originally appeared in the anthology
HARDCORE HARDBOILED, edited by Todd Robinson.

“Maybe Someday” originally appeared in the anthology
BEAT TO A PULP: ROUND 2, edited by David Cranmer

“The Non Compos Mentis Blues” originally appeared in the anthology
CHICAGO BLUES, edited by Libby Fisher Hellmann

“One Serving Of Bad Luck” originally appeared in the anthology
KILLER YEAR, edited by Lee Child

“A Calculated Risk” originally appeared in the anthology
THRILLER 2, edited by Clive Cussler

To learn more about Sean Chercover, visit
www.chercover.com

To learn more about the cover artist, visit
www.jeroentenberge.com

To learn more about the interior designer, visit
typeflow.wordpress.com