Gerald's Game

On a warm October day Jessie Burlingame lies in the bedroom of her secluded lake home listening to the far-off sounds of the country the cry of a loon the growl of a chain saw the bark of a lonesome dog Nearer she hears the banging of the screen door left unlatched in the autumn breeze nearer still the click of the key locking the second pair of handcuffs that chain her to the bed Gerald Burlingame her husband of years looms over her grin on his face gleam in his eye lust in his heart This is Geralds favorite gamelittle kinky perhaps but all in good funAnd then quite suddenly the fun is over Geralds heart fails him in the heat of passion leaving Jessie hideously trapped and dreadfully alone As darkness gathers in the room that is now Jessies whole world she must face not only the terror of never escaping but the most excruciating truths about her life the murky secrets that brought her here in the first place.