Chapter 1

The door to hell stands under a fluorescent light in an alley in Queens. The devil himself showed me.

***

I didn’t hear any music coming from the building. Nobody was smoking outside, and no other partygoers had arrived, just Roman, his friends Raine and Norhan, and me. The situation had all the elements of a CSI episode, and I’d be playing the part of Corpse Number One.

I knew that leaving a bar with a group of strangers was a terrible idea, but I coul. . .

Chapter 1

The door to hell stands under a fluorescent light in an alley in Queens. The devil himself showed me.

***

I didn’t hear any music coming from the building. Nobody was smoking outside, and no other partygoers had arrived, just Roman, his friends Raine and Norhan, and me. The situation had all the elements of a CSI episode, and I’d be playing the part of Corpse Number One.

I knew that leaving a bar with a group of strangers was a terrible idea, but I coul. . .