Backup
By RICK MOFINA
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About this ebook
An 11-year-old boy finds his dad's gun and rushes to a deadly stand off at the mall. "Backup" by Rick Mofina is the 2,300-word, gut-wrenching short story that was nominated for Canada's top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arthur Ellis Award, in the category of Best Short Story, presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. "Backup" received further acclaim when it was named a finalist for a Best Short Story Award by The International Thriller Writers. It is one of three gripping tales in his crime anthology, THREE TO THE HEART.
About the author:
Rick Mofina is a former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several notable thrillers.
The International Thriller Writers, The Private Eye Writers of America and The Crime Writers of Canada have listed Rick Mofina's titles as being among the best in the world.
His books have been published in some 21 countries and have been praised by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Sandra Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan, Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper. For more information please visit rickmofina dot com .
RICK MOFINA
Rick Mofina is a former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several acclaimed thrillers. He's interviewed murderers face-to-face on death row; patrolled with the LAPD and the RCMP. His true crime articles have appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Reader’s Digest and Penthouse. He's reported from the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Qatar and Kuwait's border with Iraq. For more information please visit www.rickmofina.com
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Backup - RICK MOFINA
BACKUP
A Short Story
RICK MOFINA
Title
Introduction
Backup
Contact Rick Mofina
Other Short Stories
About the Author
Also by Rick Mofina
Praise for Rick Mofina’s Books
Copyright © 2012 by Rick Mofina
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the creation of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Backup
Rick Mofina
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Copyright © 2012 Rick Mofina
Copyright © 2009 Rick Mofina
ISBN 978-1-927114-29-2
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Cover photo Copyright © 2009 © 2012 Rémi Thériault
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INTRODUCTION
The story Backup
first appeared in Ottawa Magazine. It was later selected as a finalist