“Dead Thoughts” – SNEAK PEEK – 1st Chapter
1 – In the Dark Most of the shellers had departed the ocean side of Portsmouth Island on the ferry to Ocracoke Island and then on to the mainland in Carteret County, North Carolina. Transportation to and from this popular barrier island is easy and fast if you have a boat and can spare 20 minutes. Ferry hopping, on the other hand, can take hours. Howard “Hatch” Delaney had the rest of his life to spare and would not be jockeying with the tourists filling the ferry. Being a homeless…