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Breaking Eggs

Kurt Newton & L. L. Soares

First published November 2010
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

From Kurt Newton and L.L. Soares comes a twisted tale of murder, family bonds, and redemption. Martin is a mob cleaner for the Vanducci crime family. When their boss needs some people erased, he and his partner, Big Phil, round them up, retreat to Vanducci's cabin in the Vermont countryside and do what Martin does best…”break some eggs”. Although he gets little joy from his career, he is paid well and the mob is the only family he knows. Still, he reminisces about simpler times–times spent on his loving grandfather's farm… When Karl Merriweather passes away, he leaves behind a brood of eight adopted Romanian orphans. With their father dead and rotting on the kitchen floor, Gheorghe and Nina, the eldest of the group, lead their young brothers and sisters off the family farm in search of help. Their short trek leads them to the Vanducci cabin and to horrors that rival those of their homeland. When Martin and Big Phil return to the cabin to dispatch their latest victims, they soon discover that they are not alone. However, the damaged orphans are far from defenseless, and a deadly encounter soon leads to an unexpected alliance and a war between a mafioso hit squad and a band of misfit children. And when the smoke clears…heads will roll.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 2010 Cover Breaking Eggs Sideshow Press Chapbook |1