The following is a short piece that wound up inside the coming-out-in-December-2016 publication, TEST OF THE PROFESSIONALS. You are reading the original form before I put it in the novel. I welcome you the chance to compare and critique the differences. This is October, Colin Jeavons' birthday month and the whole reason for the piece--a tribute to one of the most sociopathic Moriartys since George Zucco (whom I believe was subtly paid tribute by DC Comics as the character of "Boss" Zucco, the organized mafia gangster who paid for the murder of Dick Grayson's family.
Read it HERE.

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