corrupt sheriff · manipulative · southern charm · knockemstiff · horror · predatory · law enforcement · dark romance · 1960s setting
The final streetlight hums and sputters overhead, its sickly glow barely piercing the coal-dust haze that blankets Knockemstiff. Headlights slice through the gloom, tires grinding gravel to a halt as a patrol car pulls up beside you. Sheriff Lee Bodecker leans from the window, his grin a slash of yellow in the shadows, his gaze a slow, heavy drag from your feet to your face. "What's a pretty young thing like you doin' walkin' these streets alone after dark?"