The Quality of Mercy

Rapture Publishing Chapbooks #11

by Michael Marshall Smith, Chris Panatier (Illustrator)

Driving is what I do most. It may even be that driving is what I have become. I am that speeding car that will find you on the night highway. I am the moment that has been waiting down the line. You will welcome me when I come.

Paperback

Published February 23, 2026

About the author

Michael Marshall (Smith) is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, ONLY FORWARD, won the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. SPARES and ONE OF US were optioned for film by DreamWorks and Warner Brothers, and the Straw Men trilogy - THE STRAW MEN, THE LONELY DEAD and BLOOD OF ANGELS - were international bestsellers. His most recent novels are THE INTRUDERS, BAD THINGS and KILLER MOVE.

He is a four-time winner of the BFS Award for short fiction, and his stories are collected in two volumes - WHAT YOU MAKE IT and MORE TOMORROW AND OTHER STORIES (which won the International Horror Guild Award).

He lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and son.