Bad Intentions - by Michael Downing (Paperback)

About the Book

Inspired by the music of Warren Zevon, fifteen original crime stories explore bad decisions, unintended consequences, and redemption. All proceeds benefit Philabundance.

Book Synopsis

Bad decisions have a way of sticking around.

Fifteen stories of crime, consequence, and everything that comes after.

Inspired by the music of Warren Zevon, Bad Intentions is a collection of crime fiction that lives in the space between bad decisions and worse consequences. These aren't stories about perfect plans or clever escapes. They're about what happens after-when things fall apart, when the truth catches up, and when there's nowhere left to run.

From back roads to barrooms, from quiet desperation to sudden violence, the characters in these pages are all chasing something-money, redemption, control, revenge, a second chance-and finding out, usually too late, what it costs.

Dark, sharp, and unflinching, Bad Intentions brings together fifteen distinct voices in crime fiction, each exploring the fallout of choices that can't be undone. Stories that understand the same thing: consequence has a long memory.

Bad Intentions is a collection of stories about damaged people, dangerous choices, and the wreckage left behind.

No heroes. No perfect crimes. No easy endings.

A portion/all proceeds from the anthology benefit Philabundance, supporting hunger relief efforts throughout the Delaware Valley.