Stephen J Speak

Author, Cricket Player, Soccer Coach, Teacher, Guinness-Lover, Father and Friend

Getting Away With It or Not

This collection of short stories takes the reader on a wild ride over speed bumps of human instinct and cunning. some stories explore the dark side, places we go and choices we make that we know we shouldn't but end up doing it anyways. In total contrast, the humor weaved throughout the book will stay with you long after you turn the last page. From the cosmopolitan streets of Paris to the sordid side of the Playboy Mansion, these stories will keep you wondering, will they get away with it or not?

Excerpt from book

The only way I can explain it is it's like being two different dogs, but in one body. I'm a wolf hybrid. One of the dogs in me has a personality that fits my name, Alfie perfectly. I'm just a big old clumsy doofus of a dog, with big floppy feet and a gormless look in my eyes. My Human loves me anyways.

But the other personality is driven by something very dark, powerful and intensely innate. Let's call this dog, Alpha Male. Poised, precision of pure instinct, his razor-sharp stare emanating from his hollow eyes will set your mind on edge as his teeth snarl from his vicious mouth. Menacing muscles of at least 6 feet on two legs, he stands ready to pounce, rip and tear with terrifying ease.

It was Alpha Male that possessed me that night as I leaped over the chain link fence, casting an imposing shadow from the luminescence of the full moon...