Michael Glennon
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Michael Glennon was born and raised in Upper Darby PA and currently resides along the Jersey Shore. He attended Antioch College and has worked a variety of day jobs (kindergarten teacher, desk clerk, insurance adjustor) since graduating. His stories have appeared in The Red Herring Mystery Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Short-Story.me. He recently launched Hardboiled Books to build a home for Frank Rotten.
Song and Dance is the inaugural entry in the series. |
Song and Dance
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Mystery, Detective
A fledgling GenX detective follows the trail of a runaway Boomer down a rabbit hole of suburban strip clubs and Atlantic City casinos, laying bare the price paid for selling short your dreams. Elementary schoolteacher, William “Billy” Gardner hits middle-age, wonders what it’s all about, and wanders through smoky fleshpots and glittering gambling dens in search of illumination. He makes a weekend excursion to America’s newest Playground and misses the return bus, not for the first time. Billy’s wife, Liz, hires Frank Rotten to bring him home. Liz’s meddling mother wants Billy to stay lost and hires Frank to make him an offer. Liz’s new squeeze wants to take Billy’s place and makes an offer of her own. Frank sees the chance to make a killing, ignores the conflicts of interest, and almost gets killed himself when he and Billy face off on opposite sides of a generational divide. 
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