The Dead Empty

by Kevin Wright

Featured in GrimNoir by Kevin Wright

Detective Avinash Shakteel from Slum Chutney returns in another thrilling case in The Dead Empty.

Hired by a crippled union demagogue for a cut and dry protection job, Detective Avinash Shakteel soon realizes the scope of the job is far beyond even his abilities. Thrust into a race against time for the stakes of limb and life, the Hindi detective knows he can’t hope to accomplish his doomed mission. But can he hope to accomplish a new goal? Can he survive?

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 19, 15

About the author

Kevin Wright studied writing at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell and fully utilized his bachelor’s degree by seeking and attaining employment first as a produce clerk and later as an emergency medical technician and firefighter. His parents are thrilled.
For decades now he has studied a variety of martial arts but steadfastly remains not-tough in any way shape or form. He just likes to pay money to get beat up, apparently.
Kevin Wright peaked intellectually in the seventh grade.
Kevin Wright wrote this bio, and this is how he actually refers to himself while speaking to people, in the third person like some steroid-addled NFL wide receiver.
He enjoys reading a little bit of everything and writing sci fi, fantasy, and horror. He does none of it well. Revelations, his debut novel, is his second venture into the realm of novel writing. His first was nigh-unreadable. Kevin continues to write in his spare time and is currently working on another full length novel.