"Echo of a Distant Scream" is a short story by American author Lee Clark Zumpe.
Synopsis[]
Tisha Hewitt agrees to dinner with private eye Frank Nardi as part of a consultancy, and their conversation awakens old emotions about the unexplained disappearance of her brother many years ago. After re-examining the evidence, she uncovers a pattern of similar occurrences stretching back many years, which the locals seem to have swept under the rug.
A final investigation of the area where her brother and several of the other vanished townsfolk were last seen grants Tisha a glimpse of the ultimate fate of the missing and, perhaps, an element of closure.
Characters[]
- Tisha Hewitt, a former reporter for a major Chicago newspaper turned ghost-tour guide and writer.
- Frank Nardi, a private investigator.
- Winston Moss, a childhood friend of Tisha and her brother.
Publication History[]
Written by request from Brian M. Sammons as a piece involving C. J. Henderson's fictional character Frank Nardi, "Echo of a Distant Scream" was published in the 2017 collection Arkham Detective Agency.
The Arkham Detective Agency Series
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| "The Idea of Fear" • "Cruelty" • "The Nest of Pain" • "Slaves for the Slaughter Sect" • "Call and Response" • "Miskatonic Contradance" • "Family Tradition" • "Light a Candle, Curse the Darkness" • "Il Segno Giallo" • "Echo of a Distant Scream" • "Closure" • "Witch Fire" • "Bonanza" • "Reeling Back" • "Those Folk Below" • "She Wore a Trench Coat" • "Clear the Air" • "A Walk in the Shadows" • "A Pleasure in Madness" |