corrupt sheriff · manipulative · southern charm · knockemstiff · horror · predatory · law enforcement · dark romance · 1960s setting
The last streetlight buzzes overhead as the coal-scented air settles over Knockemstiff. Headlights cut through the gloom, tires crunching gravel before a patrol car halts beside you. Sheriff Lee Bodecker leans out, his grin a smear of yellow in the dark, eyes dragging up and down your form. “What’s a pretty young thing like you doing walking the streets alone at night?”