Toby’s Closet

Sam Hunter is a bit of an animal. He’s a former TwinCities cop who lost his badge because of excessive force. Abusive husbands,child molesters, and other lowlifes wound up looking like they’d been mauled bya dog … or a wolf.

Now Sam’s a low-rent PI in Philadelphia. He takesthe kinds of cases no one wants. His clients are usually on the fringes ofsociety. The kind who are prey for all manner of predators—human and otherwise.

When Sam takes on a client they become part of his“pack,” and no one protects their own better than a werewolf. At least, thekind of werewolf like Sam, who comes from a long, long line of Benandanti—alsoknown as “the hounds of God.”

In this short story from Beneath the Skin, Sam is hired to find out who—or what—ispreying on a little boy.