Midnight Mirage
The Devil’s Road Chapter 05: Follow the Lead
Welcome to Issue #16 of The Devil’s Road, a serial novel following the exploits of Samantha Hart, a Sequoyah County Sheriff, full of vengeance and fury using her badge to hunt down her sister's killer as she uncovers a trail of bloodshed that coats the heartland. If you missed it, you can read last week’s Chapter 05: Follow the Lead —- Issue 01: The Shadow Highway.
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And now, please enjoy Chapter 5 Issue 1 of … The Devil’s Road.
In 2004 an Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations analyst discovered a crime pattern along the Interstate 40 corridor between Oklahoma and Mississippi. Subsequently, The Federal Bureau of Investigations (F.B.I.) started the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. They discovered over 500 bodies of women along the interstate highway system with more than 200 potential suspects, a trail of bloodshed that coats the heartland. The Devil’s Road is a serialized novel based on this horrific discovery.
After a certain number of hours without sleep, your body tosses off the heavy blanket of rest and flips all the light switches on at the same time. It’s euphoric and clinically proven to cause hallucinations, not that Sheriff Samantha Hart needs to stay up over 36 hours to see her dead sister standing outside of her parked cruiser.
The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s vehicle is parked across the street from the Old 64 Truck Stop. For the past month, this has been Sam’s usual perch, the place where she often encounters visions of her sister, Mary. However, this is the first time she’s appeared outside the car. That’s interesting.
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