Available for the first time as an eBook,┬аNew York Times┬аbestselling author Eric Jerome DickeyтАЩs thrilling short story┬аHarlem
тАЬPeople called me Harlem. I dubbed myself after that dangerous neighborhood that IтАЩd never seen. I read life is rough in Harlem, and a black man isnтАЩt expected to live to see twenty-five. I was twenty-three. The clock was ticking.тАЭ
When Harlem gets off on a murder charge due to insanity, the asylum heтАЩs sent to feels worse than death, with one exception: the beautiful nurse Daphane. As their relationship grows, so do the stakes: she has the ability to help him escape, and he has the ability to set her free from her abusive relationship. Yet Harlem has one big secret: he was perfectly sane when he committed his crime. But in the end, DaphaneтАЩs own secret may be the deadliest of all. . . .
Includes an excerpt from EricтАЩs upcoming novel,┬аBefore We Were Wicked, coming April 2019.┬аHarlem┬аwas previously published in the 2006 anthology┬аVoices from the Other Side.