Victims and Vultures
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“Those guardian angels have done it again – what can I say? It’s hard to comprehend the series of events leading up to the day Paul and I met, and all of the events since. What next, I ask, what next? This is more than a whirlwind or even a tornado! Perhaps, Paul and I are ‘caught up’ in the same incomprehensible Disney fantasy! No pen and pad could create such a maze of events!”
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About the Book
On a day like any other, Will spotted a young man lying on the side of the road. He invited the young man into his car and promised him a night of safety and rest. The youth, Paul, accepted the offer. Will had no idea that that day—that decision—would change his life forever. He and Paul would soon become the targets of a sadistic rapist and wannabe murderer named Tim. Paul knows his hunter. When Paul was twelve years old, his grandparents took in a drifter—Tim, who stayed at their house for a cheap price while acting as handyman and babysitter to Paul. It wasn’t long before the abuse began, and Paul became the victim of brutal sexual assaults for several years, all of it kept secret from his family. Paul thought he could escape; he couldn’t have been more wrong. Victims and Vultures is a chilling tale of a monster’s insatiable obsession for his victim. Will sees the horror in Paul’s reality, as old man and young man band together to fight back against a vicious attacker. Slowly, Will watches Paul change from an insecure, terrified creature into a self-assured leader, willing to act as bait for the bloodthirsty Tim. But in the end, will it be the victim or the vulture who lives to see another day?
About the Author
Will Kalinke travelled with a number of runaway, homeless youth coast-to-coast in back alleys and dark streets in the eighties. He gave a presentation to the 1989 ACRES/NRSSC National Conference about his experiences on that journey, and much of what he observed has been woven into Victims and Vultures. Kalinke was a teacher for much of his life. He currently lives in Florida.