So You Wanna Be a Hitman
(2013)
You’re going to love him.
In this short story, we meet the Hitman, only he’s not a hit man just yet. Instead, he’s someone trying to get by in the world with a lousy job dealing with lousy people. Things go wrong for him, but as he’s a sociopath, when the opportunity presents itself, he buys a stolen gun for a great price (even by 1997 standards). Of course, when this guy owns a gun, there’s no way he’s going to avoid using it. And because he’s a sick puppy, he wants to relive the killings by filming them. The first time is for free, but after that rush, he decides it’s time to see about turning his love of killing into a paying job and possibly even a career. But how do you go about getting clients?
This story originally appeared in the anthology Robert Bloch’s Psychos edited by Robert Bloch. It’s also available in the Gary Jonas collection, Quick Shots, along with four more Hitman stories, so if you want to save a few bucks and get them all there, that’s cool. You’ll get plenty of other stories, too. A bargain at twice the price.
If you want to read the Hitman adventures in order, this story is followed by The Xenophobic Hitman.
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