Mod Recall: A short story

by Rob McCarthy

Human test subject Eamon Rawlins suffers from a crippling and lifelong anxiety disorder. That's why his protective mother insisted he move into a tiny house behind her own. It's also what made Eamon an ideal candidate for an experimental neuroprosthesis developed by bleeding-edge biotech lab Crandall & Crandall.

But when Eamon disappears with the lab's mind-altering technology grafted to his spine, he leaves behind more than just a worried mother. For starters there's the series of horrifying drawings uncovered by Eamon's therapist. And then there's the corpse on Eamon's living room floor.

When contract enforcer Frankie Devlin gets the case, the signs seem to point back to Crandall & Crandall. But in world-renowned neuroscientist Evelyn Crandall, Frankie encounters a mother every bit as protective as Eamon's. The question is, has one of these mothers has raised a murderer? And, if so, how far will she go to protect her son?

58 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 17, 2015

About the author

Rob McCarthy is a medical student who has written a stunning debut. THE HOLLOW MEN is a complex and pacy novel vividly set in contemporary London and a busy hospital. Harry is a compassionate and determined hero and THE HOLLOW MEN is the first in an intended series.