Counting Down — Gerard Stembridge

Meet Joe Power, approaching forty and counting down

...Counting the days until he sees his son, Counting the number of years he spent with his wife before it all fell apart, Counting the fools telling him to get his act together, Counting the hours until he can take one of his exhilarating nightwalks and encounter ...well, who knows what, but one thing is sure, he'll be the one to come out of it alive. Counting down every moment knowing that one day, it will be his last ...