The Distant Factory — All Parts

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Three years after the murder of her brother by a corrupt politician, Anastasia Sims is hellbent on revenge no matter what the costs. She sets out on a rash of petty crimes by herself until she is recruited by a group of black market arms dealers for the purpose of money laundering. At a crossroads she must choose whether or not she’s going to turn the other cheek and redeem herself or do the unthinkable, but when she encounters Connor Patterson and Damian Welker it seems like the choice has already been made for her.

Table of Contents

• The Distant Factory — Chapter One
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Two
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Three
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Four
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Five
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Six
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Seven
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Eight
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Nine
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Ten
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Eleven
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Twelve
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Thirteen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Fourteen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Fifteen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Sixteen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Seventeen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Eighteen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Nineteen
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Twenty
• The Distant Factory — Chapter Twenty One

Commentary

Although this story is a work of fiction, it highlights very real and very important social issues that plague our society. I will not write an essay about all of it because the lessons are there, we only need to pay attention. The first (and quite putrid) version of this story was originally written in 2011 on the advice of my therapist at the time to hopefully help me process my feelings about growing up in poverty, mostly on the streets of run down neighborhoods ridden with crime and other greatly unfavorable conditions. In 2014 I then decided to revive this project after actually being homeless for a few weeks, and living in a friend’s disarranged hunting trailer and it ended up more or less like this story you’ve just read, minus a few new edits.

Thankfully I never had to witness a murder, and much less committed one, but I’ve seen many things that left a scar on me to this day. By being the “bad guy” and having control over all events from behind my computer screen I could regain that control I never felt I had. Before, I was vulnerable but now I am victorious. If you enjoyed this story I kindly ask you to please consider supporting my writing career by purchasing one of my paid books.