Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel

Chapter I.

“Friday, the 13th; I thought as much. If Bob has started, there will be hell, but I will see what I can do.”

The sound of my voice, as I dropped the receiver, seemed to part the mists of five years and usher me into the world of Then as though it had never passed on.

I had been sitting in my office, letting the tape slide through my fingers while its every yar...