Mark Tilbury

Characters are just extensions of my madness.

A writer is a messenger for the subconscious.

The concrete floor beneath the airbed was hard and uncompromising, digging into her back and making it difficult to breathe. The stale air reeked of disinfectant and shit. And something else that she couldn't quite place. Death, perhaps?

Detective Inspector Carver took a picture from the breast pocket of his suit. He handed it to me. __his is what you did, Michael. Take a good look. See if it jogs your memory.__ gawped at the mutilated corpse of a naked young girl lying on a blood-soaked double bed. Her hands were bound to the brass headboard with duct tape. Blood covered her upper body, and her long blonde hair was streaked a murderous shade of red. One eye stared at the ceiling as if searching for salvation, the other, a bloody unrecognisable pulp, bore no relation to its sightless counterpart. __arla Marie Coombs. Twenty-one years of age. Do you recognise her, Michael?