Deadly Streets

A Killer Thriller Short Story

Rain slicks the pavement as he waits at a quiet bus stop, a stranger among strangers.
People hurry past—young, old, men, women—each of them lost in their own small world, unaware of the predator sitting inches away.

Cecil Cobb prefers it that way.

For years he has walked these streets with a calm, monk-like stillness, hiding the truth behind an ordinary face. The city doesn’t know his name, but it has felt his presence—victims found and lives ended.

Tonight, another life slipped through his fingers.
And as Cecil listens to the rainfall and watches the crowd blur by he replays the moment over and over.

He had warned her.

But she didn’t listen.

On these streets, danger doesn’t lurk in the shadows.
It sits in plain sight, waiting for the next bus.