
New York City police detective Frank Ballaro is returning home one night when he notices a trail of blood on the curb outside his apartment. It leads to an alley from which a naked man races in a frenzy. An oncoming cab ends the man's life, but not before he whispers a last, dying word - atmosphere! Frank finds a second injured man in the alley. In his hands the man desperately clutches a bizarre object, which he guards with his life. As the case leads Frank from Park Avenue to Harlem to Greenwich Village, he soon discovers the hideous meaning behind the word "atmosphere"... and the unspeakable terror that comes with it. He can only pray that it spares his life.
Author

NEW NOVEL MISSED CONNECTION COMING SOON! Michael Laimo's novels include FIRES RISING, ATMOSPHERE, DEEP IN THE DARKNESS THE DEMONOLOGIST, FIRES RISING, SLEEPWALKER, and DEAD SOULS. His short fiction has found its way into the pages of A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE, LOST ON THE DARKSIDE, HOT BLOOD XII: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, SURREAL MAGAZINE, INHUMAN MAGAZINE, plus many more anthologies and magazines. He has three short story collections, including the recently released DARK RIDE, now available from Borderlands Press. RETURN TO DARKNESS, the sequel to DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, was released in trade paperback in 2011!